Thessaloniki
Les Toits de Paris | Athens | January 25 – March 10
The Kalfayan Gallery in Athens (kalfayangalleries.com) presents the solo exhibition of Thessaloniki-born artist Edouard Sacaillan titled "Les Toits de Paris" (The Rooftops of Paris). Sacaillan's paintings provoke with their honesty and poetry.
Body found in Thermaic Gulf
A body was found in the Thermaic Gulf in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on Sunday. The corpse was discovered floating in the water near the Kalamaria marina, approximately 7 kilometers southeast of the city center.
Coast guard officers retrieved the body, and authorities are currently awaiting the results of a forensic examination.
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Book center being reborn, with broader remit
More than 10 years after the plug was pulled on the National Book Center of Greece (EKEVI) in 2013, a new agency representing the Greek book market and literary world is in the offing, with greater funding capabilities, including from private sources, and a broader remit, taking over responsibilities that have, until now, belonged to the Culture Ministry's Literature Directorate.
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Survey: Athens Europe’s worst city for remote working
Greek social media is up in arms after a Forbes Magazine article ranked Athens as the worst European city for remote working. The article was based on a survey by a British technology services company, Brother UK, which looked at which are the best and worst cities for remote working in Europe.
Bringing exquisite angels back to life
The famous angels of Kurbinovo, a small village on the shore of the Great Prespa Lake in North Macedonia, have got their colorful robes, expressive faces and fluttering wings back, after the wear and tear of time had dulled the luster of what is regarded as one of the greatest murals of the Komnenian era (AD 1081-1204).
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Three long-suffering projects finally set to launch
This will be the year for the inauguration of seemingly eternal projects that have been waiting for more than a decade.
The first will be delivered by February, being the last part of the Aktio-Amvrakia highway in western Greece, contracted for the first time in 2010 and then in 2020.
Ambulance service plans new parking spaces to avoid Thessaloniki flyover construction delays
Two new ambulance parking bases in Thessaloniki will be established in the coming days to address severe delays in ambulance transfers caused by ongoing construction of the Thessaloniki flyover.
Ambulance drivers told state-run broadcaster ERT on Monday that there was daily traffic gridlock on both lanes of the peripheral road, causing significant delays in their operations.
Takis Tloupas: Stories from the basement
Rare Super 8 footage captured between 1950 and 1980 by Takis Tloupas and unearthed in the basement of his Larissa home by director Kalliopi Legaki inspired her to explore the life of the photographer who gained renown for his black-and-white images of life in the Thessalian city and countryside. The resulting film, titled "My Father's Studio," "is not a portrait," the director says.
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US Embassy, consular services to remain closed on Monday
The US Embassy in Athens and its Consular Section, the US Consulate General in Thessaloniki, and all US government offices in Greece will be closed on Monday, January 17, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr Day, a US national holiday.
Plan for new Thessaloniki forest unveiled
A Thessaloniki businessman has unveiled plans to plant a new forest in a northern suburb of the city.
Under the plans, presented by Stavros Andreadis to the mayor of Pavlos Melas, Dimitris Aslanidis, 300,000 trees will be planted on site of 300 hectares in the Efkarpia district.
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