Macedonia

Prodexpo North, the main real estate exhibition in northern Greece, is taking place on Tuesday in Thessaloniki at the Makedonia Palace Hotel, with Transport and Infrastructure Minister Christos Staikouras launching proceedings.

For more information, go to prodexponorth.gr. 

Farmers from Florina and Western Macedonia protesting about soaring production costs and compensation payments will close Greece's border crossing with North Macedonia for four hours on Monday.

Significant rain will hit large parts of Greece from late Sunday to Monday afternoon, the National Meteorological Service (EMY) says, updating its weather forecast.

Rains and storms will start in western and southwestern Greece late Sunday and, by early morning, will also engulf most of the mainland, except for the region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace in the northeast.

As part of the exhibition "Chaeronea, 2 August, 338 BC: A Day that Changed the World," the Cycladic Art Museum hosted a speech Friday titled "The Great Question: King Philip or Demosthenes?" by Oxford University professor Robin Lane Fox, scientific adviser for Oliver Stone's "Alexander."

The next major challenge is the completion of the excavations where the school where Aristotle taught the great Greek king of Macedonia was located

As farmers plan to descend on Athens on Tuesday, Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis has reportedly expressed his opposition that they do it with tractors, but is not against the use of cars and buses. 

President Katerina Sakellaropoulou looks at ancient helmet in the exhibition "Chaeronea, August 2, 338 BC: A Day that Changed the World," at the Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens. The Battle of Chaeronea was fought in 338 BC, near the city of Chaeronea in Boeotia, between Macedonia under Philip II and an alliance of city-states led by Athens and Thebes.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis attended the official launch of two fireboats on Wednesday, describing it as a significant step in a 2.1-billion-euro investment in its fire service and civil protection. The two vessels were commissioned into service during a ceremony held at Piraeus Port near Athens.

The number of international arrivals at Thessaloniki's Makedonia Airport posted a significant increase last year compared with 2022, while the tourism season launched earlier for the cruise sector in the northern port city this year and the prospects are very encouraging for 2024, Deputy Tourism Minister Elena Rapti announced in a video call at a conference organized by the Regional Union of Mu

Representatives of protesting farmers on Monday said that they are unhappy with the government's proposals on addressing their various issues and will announce how their protests will proceed on Tuesday.