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A 32-year-old man was arrested in Kilkis, northern Greece, on Saturday over a post he made on a social networking site saying he would kill his migrant neighbors.

He was arrested after a complaint about the post was filed to police.

A new business initiative based in Kavala combines art and tradition with new technologies in the production of silk scarves. The venture, called Mantility, aims to promote the works of Greek designers on silk.

A 42-year-old man was in police custody on Friday after allegedly shooting a neighbor, a man also aged 42, and the latter's 67-year-old mother in the small town of Chrysoupoli near Kavala in northern Greece following a dispute over a parking spot. 

Folk customs from different parts of the world, experimental rock and international cuisine - guests of the Cosmopolis Festival will experience all this and more when the four-day event returns to the port town of Kavala.

In northern Greece, was declared a red code for very dangerous rainfalls in the regions of Central and Eastern Macedonia for the next 24 hours. The regions include the Halkidiki peninsula, the island of Thassos and the region of Kavala, where many Bulgarian citizens are staying.

The warning is about very dangerous rainfall and strong thunderstorms.

The final two of four concessions for hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation in the Ionian Sea are set to be signed on Tuesday by Energy Minister Giorgos Stathakis, the head of Hellenic Hydrocarbon Research Management, Ioannis Basias, and the contractors. 

An Istanbul prosecutor has sought life in prison for 16 suspects including philanthropist Osman Kavala and actor Mehmet Ali Alabora on charges of "attempting to overthrow the government," state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.   

Two fresh cases of violence against hospital workers were reported on Tuesday by the national union of hospital workers (POEDIN).

The first incident took place on Monday at the Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital in Thessaloniki, when the father of a young child that had gone for an examination attacked a worker.

The government is raising obstacles in the process for the concession of 10 regional ports through a Shipping Ministry bill that provides for the introduction of a 5 percent levy on the turnover of the contractor that undertakes each port.

"Everything has changed. I've changed, first of all. The first time I made this journey I was just under 40 years old. Now I'm just over 50. But mostly it is the Aegean that's changed.