Chalkidiki

The National Meteorological Services (EMY) issued a weather bulletin warning of a sudden turn with storms, strong winds and possible hails for Tuesday starting in northern parts of the country.

An 86-year-old man was killed on Tuesday in a car accident near the town of Nikiti in Halkidiki, northern Greece. According to police, the man died when the car he was traveling hit another vehicle.

The saga over the Skouries gold mine project in the northern Greek region of Halkidiki, which is backed by Canadian gold-mining company Eldorado and has been dogged by controversy and setbacks for years now, reads like a bad soap opera.

The Greek police have arrested two Serbian citizens suspected of stealing several luxury cars in Chalkidiki, Greek media reported.

The suspects are a 24-year-old woman and a 33-year-old man, believed to be the "core" of a group that has been stealing cars "in different composition every time."

An event that has taken Paris by storm is now at the Halkidiki peninsula in northern Greece after setting up decks at the Maori Beach Bar in Gomati, through Sunday, July 23. Tropical Discotheque features DJs from Paris, London, Berlin, Athens and Thessaloniki playing soca, merengue, calypso, samba, reggae, mambo and other music from the French West Indies, Latin America and Africa.

The Consulate General of Bulgaria in Thessaloniki has confirmed that it has not received information about injured Bulgarian citizens in the torrential rains of the Greek peninsula of Halkidiki, Bulgaria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on 18 July, reported BNT.

Emerald and turquoise waters, heavenly beaches, exceptional nature, beach bars, seaside resorts for family holidays and a vibrant nightlife.

Three German journalists from major publications were treated to a delicious gastronomic journey to wider area before the entering the Holy Athos Mountain. The culinary trip, which took place at the beginning of June, was organsied by the offices of the Greek National Tourism Organisation in Germany as part of the “MountAthos Area Cuisine 2017” event.

Greece clinched second spot in the world in the number of blue flags with 486 of its beaches receiving the award, announced the Hellenic Society for the protection of Nature (HSPN), with 12 Greek marinas also picking up blue flags. Greece had 25% of the total of the 47 countries that took part in the international program, with the region of Chalkidiki getting 71.

A 38-year-old surgeon charged with the murder of a 36-year-old Georgian woman was remanded in custody Wednesday after appearing before an investigating magistrate in Thessaloniki.