Three Pontus federations unanimously condemn the attack against the mayor of Thessaloniki,, Yiannis Boutaris. In a joint statement issued late on Saturday, the federations underline that the perpetrators are “extreme elements not related to the organized Pontus field.” “We condemn in the most categorical manner the attack at Mayor of …

Mayor of Thessalonik, Yannis Boutaris called “mentally retarded” critics who mocked the fact that the city was part of “Resilient city Program.” Water- and power outage remain in several parts of the city as locals try to return to normal life. Large parts of Thessaloniki remain without water and electricity …

The procedures for the construction and operation of the Cremation Center in Thessaloniki are proceeding as planned despite the bureaucratic hurdles. Mayor Yannis Boutaris said on Wednesday, he was optimistic that the first cremations could be conducted in the first half of 2019. While still several permission are to be …

Sitting in a wheelchair, 92-year-old Holocaust survivor Moshe Aelion defied the rain and led the march of painful Remembrance. The march of the Jews of  Thessaloniki, from Elefterias Square to the Old Railway Station, from where the first train left for the death camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau on 7. …

The Macedonia protest on Sunday showed the real surrealism in a deeply-divided and often ignorant Greek society. There was the clergy that did whatever it could to destroy the ancient Greek world and religion defending Alexander the Great. There was the once legendary hero of the Greek Left Mikis Theodorakis …

The Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece condemn the desecration of the Holocaust Memorial in Thessaloniki on Sunday and urge state authorities and the Church to do the same. On Sunday, unknown perpetrators used a spray to write the name and the logo of neo-nazi “Golden Dawn” on the …

As efforts intensify to resolve the decades-long name dispute between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Tsipras coalition partner and Defense Minister Panos Kammenos, dampened expectations. He said that he would never back a solution including the word “Macedonia” thus revealing cracks in the coalition government. The …

For the first time ever, the mayor of Thessaloniki did not attend the students’ parade part of the celebrations of historic OXI Day, marking the beginning of WWII for Greece. Mayor Yannis Boutaris had announced a couple of days ago his intention to not attend the students parade saying that …

Tonnes of garbage in Greece’s streets. Nasty odor. Rotting waste under the sun. Citizens are fed up. Businessmen in despair. Especially those of the food sector who see their customers running away. In Thessaloniki, a clever entrepreneur found THE alternative solution to the problem of bursting bins and plastic bags …

Greece’s first virtual net-metering PV system is installed on the rooftop of a school in Thessaloniki, the country’s second biggest city. The system is funded by Greenpeace Greece but is not yet connected to the grid, as it is waiting for the ministry to pass a new law. Net-metering (or …

Debtors and creditors have agree on how Greece will collect €300 million on yearly basis from indirect taxes. Jumping from beef to private education the famous 23% Valuer Added Tax finally landed on Gambling and Wine. Creditors seek 300 million EUR per year and they don’t care where the money …

The first wave of exit polls has been announced at 7 o’clock Sunday, May 25th 2014. The first wave of exit polls refer to European Parliament Elections and Attica Region. “The error margin is +/-2,” a pollster said to state NERIT TV. Live blogging continues below the exit poll results. …

With 99,88% to 100% of the polling stations  counted, the results for Athens, Attica, Piraeus and Thessaloniki are the following, according to official results of the Greek Interior Ministry via Singular Issue: Attica Region: counted 6,482 out of 6,490 polling stations Rena Dourou SYRIZA     23,80% Yiannis Sgouros PASOK 22,10% Giorgos …

Ballot boxes closed at 7 p.m. on Sunday with a shock for coalition government of Nea Dimokratia and PASOK. The Exit polls show a precedence of SYRIZA candidates in Greece’s biggest municiaplity Athens and biggest prefecture Attica.  Exit polls overturn the results of recent public opinion polls. Exit polls: Athens …

Even the representative of Samaras’ coalition government party, he himself personally, the leader of PASOK, Evangelos Venizelos was absent from the traditional military parade to remember the OCHI-Day and commemorate, the No Greeks told the powers of Axis on 28th October 1940. There were some unconfirmed claims in the press …

“With all respect, I repeat I have nothing to do with the case. I am sure some will die with regrets,” ex mayor Vassilis Papageorgopoulos told the Thessaloniki criminal court upon hearing the judge announcing his life sentence in prison. “However, it will not be us,” the presiding judge replied. For …