Thessaloniki
Holocaust Museum in Thessaloniki gets approval
The urban planning authority of Thessaloniki in northern Greece announced Wednesday that permission for the construction of a Holocaust museum in the city has been granted, and that construction will begin early next year.
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Building permit for Thessaloniki Holocaust Museum finally issued
Greece's Environment Ministry and Thessaloniki's municipal town planning authority issued on December 19 the building permit for the construction of the city's Holocaust Museum, with work expected to begin next year, the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki announced on Wednesday.
The project is slated for completion in 2026.
Self-styled ‘monk’ charged in Thessaloniki dog attacks
A 50-year-old man, who has declared he is a monk living in a cell on Mount Athos, was prosecuted on Monday for the felony of abusing animals following his arrest, after a complaint that he attacked stray dogs with a knife in Thermi, a suburb of Thessaloniki.
The defendant, a Serbian national, appeared before a judicial investigator in the northern port city.
Fresh attempt to redirect tourist growth
New land-use regulations to be approved by the Environment Ministry will attempt to limit tourism development in so-called "saturated" areas and spread it to less developed regions.
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Passengers stranded in snowstorm after bus breaks down
Forty passengers travelling from the northern port city of Thessaloniki to the western town of Ioannina were left stranded in intense snowstorm on Friday evening after their long-distance KTEL bus broke down.
Athens-Thessaloniki railway reopens to passengers
The rail link between Athens and Thessaloniki has reopened after a three-month stoppage caused by Storm Daniel, with 131 boarding the first service from the capital on Saturday morning.
"The Greek railway is back on the tracks," said Infrastructure and Transport Minister Christos Staikouras, who was among the passengers as far as Larissa.
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Preaching Orthodox Christianity in the jungles of Colombia
He came to our meeting with his three companeros. He had just arrived at the mission's offices in Thessaloniki from Colombia and he greeted me singing, "Hello, Mother Saloniki," a song by popular singer Zafiris Melas.
Toll prices to shoot up at the start of the new year
Toll prices }will be hiked by an average of 7-7.5% as of January 1, according to the new rates published by the six operators of Greece's national highways, in line with an agreement with the Infrastructure Ministry.
This means, for example, that the Athens - Thessaloniki trip for a regular sized family car will increase by 2.20 euros to €33.55.
Athens-Thessaloniki rail link restored, freight-only operation until Dec 16
The railway link along the central Athens-Thessaloniki axis, previously disrupted by the damage caused during storms Daniel and Elias, was set to be restored Monday with the arrival of the first commercial train at the Thriasio Logistics Center.
Dozens arrested over anniversary street riots
The Hellenic Police (ELAS) announced on Thursday that 193 people were detained, of whom 30 were arrested, in connection with street riots that erupted in Athens and Thessaloniki on Wednesday night after marches and rallies commemorating the fatal shooting of 15-year-old Alexis Grigoropoulos in 2008 by a police special guard.
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