Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Macedonia. Greeks consider it like συμπρωτεύουσα (the associated-capital) of the Northern Greece. Indeed, Thessaloniki was already the largest city of the Byzantine Empire after Constantinople.

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16-year-old charged with alleged rape of 13-year-old in Thessaloniki

A 16-year-old boy was arrested Tuesday for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl in the northern city of Thessaloniki.

Police said the girl filed a complaint at the Lagkada Police Station, stating the boy sexually assaulted her in an abandoned building last Monday.

The boy will be brought before a criminal prosecutor.

Celebrating 15 Years of Innovation: Business Seeds Competition Recognizes the Future of Entrepreneurship

Recognizing the need to highlight entrepreneurial ideas that can transform our country into a productive, extroverted, and competitive economy and aiming to provide comprehensive support to innovative scientists, research teams, and start-up entrepreneurial efforts to realize their potential and their vision, the National Bank of Greece has been implementing for 15 years a holistic program to s

GSEE: General strike on 20 November

The implementation of a 24-hour General strike for Wednesday, November 20, 2024, was decided by the Plenary of the GSEE, which met today with the central issues of dealing with the price increase, the increased prices of rents and the housing market, and the restoration of Collective Labour Law.

Repair of two historic wagons of the type that transported Jews from Thessaloniki to Auschwitz (Photos)

The 93-year-old Savas Cohen, former director of the OSE, during his recent visit to the Railway Museum of Thessaloniki, in the area of Eleftherios Kordelios, was informed by those in charge of the site of the existence of two wagons – freight cars, of the type used to transport Jewish citizens to th

Chrysochoidis: 9,000 Juvenile Arrests in Eight Months, Urges Stricter Penalties for Parents Amid Delinquency Cases in Glyfada

Minister of Citizen Protection, Michalis Chrysochoidis, addressed the issue of juvenile delinquency, efforts to combat organized crime, and measures to reduce traffic violations.

According to Chrysochoidis, 6,150 minors were arrested in 2023, while arrests surged to 9,000 in 2024, despite a 20% reduction in overall incidents.

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