Thessaloniki's Aristotle University

A university professor in Thessaloniki has reported to police that he was mugged while withdrawing money from a cash machine at the northern entrance of the AHEPA University hospital.

The 67-year-old academic at Thessaloniki's Aristotle University said the incident occurred on Thursday in broad daylight.

The municipal council of Thessaloniki is to discuss on Monday a proposal to award Israeli writer and intellectual Amos Oz the Silver Medal of the City for his contribution to the letters and to efforts to settle the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

As a judicial investigation into last month's catastrophic wildfires in parts of Attica gathers pace, experts have warned of toxic pollution in the areas affected by the blazes.

The Jewish Community of Thessaloniki (JCT) has expressed its "regret" and "indignation" on a Holocaust memorial desecration in Greece's northern port city.

The monument, which is located on the campus of Thessaloniki's Aristotle University (AUT), was erected in the memory of the Jewish students who perished at the Nazi death camps.

A monument on the campus of Thessaloniki's Aristotle University (AUT) which commemorates a Jewish cemetery destroyed by the Nazis was targeted by vandals on Tuesday, the second time in two weeks.

The perpetrators daubed blue paint and painted a cross on the monument.

Scientists have warned that a large earthquake in Thessaloniki could wreak havoc and cause damage of more than 20 billion euros.

A report by a committee set up last year by the Education Ministry to investigate the problem of lawlessness in Greek universities has not offered specific solutions but leaves it to specific institutions to tackle the problem as they see fit, Kathimerini understands.

The Cultural Park in Keratea, east of Athens, presents an educational outdoor exhibition on the dinosaurs and the Ice Age that was put together in cooperation with experts from Thessaloniki's Aristotle University. Running from June 16 to July 30, the exhibition comprises dinosaur models and guided tours (in Greek).

A year after 471 undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral students at Thessaloniki's Aristotle University published a letter lamenting the level of delinquency inside its vast campus, a committee set up to discuss the issue concluded on Friday that the presence of police officers on the premises had reduced crime.

An innovative application developed at Thessaloniki's Aristotle University, which "decodes" the crying of babies to help inexperienced parents, will be presented at the World Finals of Microsoft's Imagine Cup 2018 competition, to be held at the end of July in Seattle, USA.