Spetsofai (σπετζοφάϊ), an unusual word to pronounce, but a very hearty and tasty dish to eat.
Tag: Thessaly
An impressive cave made of wood, becomes the “diamond” of Hyades Mountain Resort, located on the edge of the lower district of Trikala Corinthias at an altitude of 1100 meters. Τhe concept…
Greece’s Civil Protection Deputy Minister for Crisis Management, Nikos Hardalias in his televised briefing on Thursday announced the gradual lifting of restrictions from May. Hardalias clarified that although the restriction measures to…
Dimitris Mitropanos is one of Greece’s most legendary and loved musicians. He was born on April 2nd, 1948, in the city of Trikala in northwest Thessaly where he lived until the age of…
Greece in comparison to its European counterparts has weathered the coronavirus pandemic well, so-much-so that it is receiving praise for its efforts. Despite these efforts, unfortunately 93 have died and there are…
Greek police reported an increase in the curfew violations imposed by the Government to contain the spread of coronavirus in Greece. According to authorities the violations had reached 974 incidents by Saturday…
Greek authorities reported 1,916 violations of the curfew restrictions on Wednesday, imposed to stop the spread of coronavirus throughout Greece. The majority were recorded in the region of Attica (824), on the…
Greek police on Saturday announced that there were 1,400 recorded violations of curfew restrictions imposed to stop the spread of coronavirus throughout Greece, while the total number of those arrested was at…
The first electric car recharging station was installed in the municipality of Karditsa, Central Greece. The announcement was made on Thursday by Regional Governor of Thessaly Costas Agorastos, who said that “the…
As temperatures continue to slowly plummet across Greece and heavy storms hit regions across Greece this week, Metsovo received its first snowfall for the 2019 season, bringing with it a real taste of…
A team of Greek students from the University of Thessaly’s research team, iGEM Thessaly, was awarded the gold medal at the international synthetic biology competition held in Boston. Organised by MIT University,…
The Hellenic Statistical Authority (HSA) on Thursday announced that Greek unemployment rate fell to 16.7% of the workforce in August this year, down from 18.9% in August 2018 and 16.9% in July…
The Hellenic Statistical Authority released new unemployment figures on Thursday, showing the Greek unemployment rate fell to 16.9% of the workforce in the second quarter of 2019, from 19.2% in the first…
Greece’s National Meteorological Service (EMY), has issued a warning of strong rain, winds and possibly hail that will affect central and northern Greece over the weekend. The areas that will be affected…
The weather system “Chioni” arrived in Greece on Wednesday, bringing gale-force northerly winds reaching up to 9-10 on the Beaufort scale, as well as plunging temperatures with many parts of the country falling…
A new weather system called “Telemachos” is forecast to hit Greece starting today, Monday, January 7. According to the latest forecast by the National Observatory of Athens’ Meteo service, as opposed to…
Locals from Trikala headed to the city centre for fireworks, music, and festivities as the pretty city of Thessaly put up its display this weekend of what will be Greece’s tallest natural…
The cold weather is set to kick in across Greece today and the first lot of snow is expected around the country this Friday, 16th of November. According to meteorologists, rainfall will be…
Spiritual, magical, mystical, extraordinary, breathtaking, peaceful. These are only some of the words people use to describe beautiful Meteora. A visit to Meteora offers the unique experience of nature’s grandeur in conjunction with…
One of the last, if not the last, traditional coffee shop, Ouzeri, and grocery store in Greece, is still impressively owned and run by 95-year-old Stefanos Gogos of Ano Palaiokarya in Trikala.…