Thessaloniki

FlixBus, the renowned European bus company, is set to launch new routes to and from Bulgaria in anticipation of the summer season, "Capital" reports. Managing Director of Flix Sofia Knowledge Hub, Petar Bankov, announced the exciting news, revealing that starting from June, FlixBus buses will operate daily between Sofia and Thessaloniki.

The race for the European elections dominates the political scene after parties unveiled their roster of candidates last week. Political leaders are crisscrossing the country, aiming to mobilize voters seven weeks before the ballot.

The European soccer governing body, UEFA, has appointed an ethics and disciplinary inspector to look into complaints issued by Thessaloniki club PAOK over the treatment of its fans and members of its team by the Belgian police in the game against Club Brugge for the Conference League competition last week.

The Olympic flame lighting ceremony in Ancient Olympia for the Paris 2024 Games will take place on Tuesday.

The Torch Relay across Greece will last 11 days, covering 5,202 kilometers and 563 nautical miles, featuring 600 torchbearers. 

Four minors were arrested in the northern port city of Thessaloniki following another violent incident. 

On Friday night, outside a health store in the Thermi area, the minors, along with unknown accomplices, assaulted two individuals aged 17 and 19, causing them physical injuries. 

The 19-year-old was transported by ambulance to a city hospital for precautionary treatment. 

The Stars of David adorning the balconies along the top of the building catch the first glimmers of the dawn light as worshipers pass through the gates of the historic Yeni Cami, or New Mosque, for morning prayers.

More than 100 Muslims gathered to observe prayers commemorating Eid al-Fitr, which marks the conclusion of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at the Yeni Mosque in the northern port city of Thessaloniki on Wednesday.

The prayers, unprecedented in 102 years, took place amidst heightened police security.

The fact that Greece remains stuck where it is despite its potential is due, to a significant degree, to an excessive preoccupation with politics - with a small p - and we journalists and commentators are partly to blame for this.

A 53-year-old woman and her 47-year-old partner are facing trial on charges of arson and assault after a domestic violence incident led to a house being set on fire Wednesday night in a village near the northern port city of Thessaloniki.

The Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) is tracing the money trail for thousands of properties that were either bought in full with cash or part of the price was paid in cash. At the same time, the target is 2,500 real estate cases with a year-end statute of limitations.