Thessaloniki

THESSALONIKI - Erhard Busek, president of the Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeast Europe, has said that the reform processes in Serbia are positive.

More than 5,000 Greeks have eaten over 2 tons of fruit and vegetables rejected by food stores in an event that highlighted the waste of food in advanced societies.

People lined up in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki on Sunday to eat briam, a medley of vegetables cooked in large casseroles, as well as crepes and fruit salads.

Train services between Athens and Thessaloniki were disrupted on Saturday when several wagons from a cargo train derailed at Lilaia station near Amfikleia in central Greece.

Nobody was injured in the incident.

The wagons were empty.

A bus service was introduced to serve travelers while the damage to the track was repaired.

Panos Kammenos, leader of the right-wing anti-bailout Independent Greeks party, has called for Karolos Papoulias to quit as President and open the way for early elections.

Thessaloniki Mayor Yiannis Boutaris (photo) revealed at a meeting of the city’s municipal council on Tuesday that checks on employees’ contracts have so far only revealed one case that might have breached regulations.

A Thessaloniki court is on Wednesday to hear the trial of former mayor of Thessaloniki, Vassilis Papageorgopoulos, who faces charges of money laundering.

The 67-year-old, who is serving a 12-year sentence at nearby Diavata Prison for embezzling nearly 18 million euros from municipal coffers, underwent surgery after suffering a heart attack early last month.

A joint operation by Greek and Albanian authorities has led to the arrest of nine men - four in Greece and five in the neighboring Balkan country - suspected of trafficking drugs on a large scale.

Police on Monday were investigating two attacks carried out with gas canisters at apartment buildings in the northern port city of Thessaloniki on Sunday night.
The first explosion took place in the area of Toumba at 9.55 p.m., while the second followed a... ...

The Holy Synod of the Church of Greece has instructed its priests not to conduct funeral or memorial services for people who have chosen to be cremated after their death.

“The incineration of the body is not in keeping with the practice and tradition of the Church for theological, canonical and anthropological reasons,” the Synod said in a statement.

Police were called in on Wednesday to ensure that public administration inspectors in Thessaloniki could carry out checks on the work contracts of local authority employees.