Thessaloniki

Within May electric buses will be on the streets of Athens and Thessaloniki, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport responsible for Transportation Christina Alexopoulou emphasized in an interview on Wednesday with Real FM radio.

As she stated, the objective is to upgrade the fleets of both cities with each new bus entering service replacing an older one.

Six people died in a powerful storm that broke out last night in the popular tourist area of ​​Halkidiki. More than 100 people are injured.

The storm, accompanied by strong winds, rain and hail, has rooted trees, there are also damaged roofs and cars.

PAOK is looking for a new manager after the unexpected departure of Razvan Lucescu on Friday, with Abel Ferreira being the likely successor according to reports.

Just days before the Holy Synod's emergency meeting to discuss a tentative deal between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Archbishop Ieronymos on relations between Church and state, bishops have been lining up to denounce and reject it.

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

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras said he felt Thessaloniki as second home during his arrival and meeting with Tasos Tzikas, President of the Thessaloniki International Trade Fair (TIF) which begins Saturday, September 9 and will last till next week.

The Turkish consulate in Greece's Thessaloniki was attacked by a small group with Molotov cocktails early on April 23, Doğan News Agency has reported.

The group with their faces covered threw two Molotov cocktails at police officers at the consulate at 5:30 a.m., but only one of them caught fire.

There were no injuries or material damage in the attack, the agency said.

A recent survey of Discovery Channel among its audience showed that Bulgaria was the top tourist destination in Europe.

This was announced by Gerard de Frouville, representative of Discovery Channel, during the opening of the Sixth international meeting of tour operators in Plovdiv on Thursday.

A 63-year-old man who was reported missing while on a hunting expedition on the outskirts of Thessaloniki by his family on Monday was found dead on Wednesday, the police has said.

A large search had been launched for the missing man, including a special K-9 unit.

The 63-year-old's body was found on Wednesday afternoon and appears to have died of natural causes.

A resident of Thessaloniki drowned on Sunday after his car was swept away in a flash flood during heavy rainfall in the northern port city.

The 49-year-old man was driving in a on off-road vehicle in the suburb of Oraiokastro when his vehicle was swept away in a surge of rainwater.