Alexandroupoli

Municipal authorities across Greece are starting to put a cap on the number of people who can be in attendance during civil wedding ceremonies as part of the bid to contain the Covid-19 epidemic.

The measure comes as local authorities brace for a rise in applications for civil weddings after the government on Monday announced a ban on church ceremonies and services.

Police in the city of Alexandroupoli, northern Greece, were trying to identify an individual who swindled three local businessmen by involving them in a supposed donation to the Hellenic Army.

Greece and Bulgaria signed several memoranda of cooperation on security, economy, energy, transport, infrastructure and cross-border cooperation during the 4th Greece-Bulgaria High Level Cooperation Council in Alexandroupoli on Wednesday.

Greece and Bulgaria signed several memoranda of cooperation on security, economy, energy, transport, infrastructure and cross-border cooperation during the 4th Greece-Bulgaria High Level Cooperation Council in Alexandroupolis on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will on Wednesday head to the city of Alexandroupolis, northern Greece, where he will participate in the 4th Greece-Bulgaria High Level Cooperation Council.

Ahead of the Council, he will meet with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov at 10.30 a.m.

The Hellenic Gaming Commission (EEEP) shut down the Rio and Alexandroupoli casinos for the next two months on Thursday due to debts to the Single Social Security Entity (EFKA).

According to EFKA's report, the Rio casino had overdue contributions arrears that topped 25 million euros, while the Alexandroupoli casino owed 12.5 million euros.

The Fly Me to the Moon cultural events team will be regaling travelers at Athens International Airport with traditional music and dances from Alexandroupoli, the northern Greek city that is being honored at this year's holiday series.

As reactions to the transfer of migrants from the islands to the mainland intensify, local protests are also mounting in northern Greece over increasing arrivals from Turkey across the Evros River.

A man believed to be an undocumented migrant died on Saturday morning after being hit by a train en route to Ormenio from Alexandroupoli in northeastern Greece.
The incident occurred near the town of Soufli, close to the Turkish border, with authorities suspecting that the man had slipped into Greece through the Evros region.

"Next year, by this time, Bulgaria will be able to supply liquefied natural gas from the US, Qatar, Cyprus, Egypt, Azerbaijan." The start was given in May this year by Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and the Greek Prime Minister / 2015-2019 / Alexis Tsipras.