Thessaloniki

The Association of Greek Tourist Businesses (SETE) said that the 25 mln target of international tourist arrivals in Greece in 2014 is attainable.

There were more than 810,000 international arrivals recorded in Greece by the end of March 2015. The figure went up from about 29% compared to the same quarter last year, marking an additional 180,000 arrivals.

Turkish Airlines has been awarded the Active Greece Awards 2015. Turkish Airlines General Manager Alp Yavuzeser accepted the award in Athens on Monday.

The 10th Alexander the Great International Marathon commenced in the northern port city of Thessaloniki on April 5. This year's events had a 40% increase in participation from 2014 with an extra 1,500 spots added by organizers.

More than 20,000 participants gathered in the region for races as well as other parallel events despite the wet weather.

Trainotaxi services are coming to Athens following their successful application in the cities of Thessaloniki, Volos, Xanthi, Larisa, Katerini and Edessa. The pilot program in Athens will be implemented with thehelp of Kosmos 18300 that responded to the tender.

Forty-one-year-old Lamaj was killed by gunfire from an AK-47 assault rifle after parking his car outside his apartment in the Vasil Shanto neighbourhood of Tirana.

Frroku, a businessman with a history of conflicts with Lamaj, was arrested in Thessaloniki, Greece, one day later and extradited to Albania.

Anti-establishment protesters occupied several public buildings in Greece and briefly entered the grounds of parliament in Athens on Wednesday, calling for the release of jailed members of a Marxist group.

Around 20 people entered the courtyard of the parliament building in central Syntagma square.

Who much time does a perpetrator who intentionally killed an off-duty police officer in Greece serve? Well, one man was released from prison on such a conviction after roughly 20 years.

Was the man rehabilitated?

The National Confederation of Hellenic Commerce on Tuesday announced the shopping hours during the 2015 Easter period in Athens, Thessaloniki and Piraeus.

Sunday, April 5 - 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. (Athens and Thessaloniki) and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Piraeus)

Good Friday, March 10 - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Retail stores will have the option to stay open on Sunday ahead of the Easter break next week, the Confederation of Greek Commerce said on Tuesday, following reactions from some professionals against Sunday operation.

By Stathis Kousounis

Athens and Hania (pictured) are the first choices among foreign holidaymakers heading to Greece next week for Catholic and Protestant Easter, according to international online travel search engine Trivago.

The data collected concerns searches for holidays in Greece between April 2 and 5.