Tag: Thessaloniki
Economy 28.10.22 | 12:37

Nikoloski asked EU to finance the construction of a high-speed railway from Skopje to Thessaloniki

The vice-president of VMRO-DPMNE Aleksandar Nikoloski, who is participating in a series of events in Brussels dedicated to the situation in Europe, asked the European Union to finance the construction of a high-speed railway from Skopje to Thessaloniki. In his address at a session organized by the European...

Balkans 17.10.19 | 15:43

Greek leftist radicals invade Turkish consulate in Thessaloniki

Greek police arrested at least 10 people on Thursday for invading the Turkish consulate in Thessaloniki in protest at Ankara’s incursion in Syria, the APA-MPE agency reported. The group presented themselves as visitors to the Mustafa Kemal Ataturk museum on the consulate grounds. A First World War...

Balkans 06.08.19 | 15:56

Greece to promote “Macedonia” brand

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis appointed on Tuesday Maria Antoniou as head of the prime minister’s office in Thessaloniki, MIA’s Athens correspondent reports. “The prime minister’s office in Thessaloniki must acquire a key role and essence not only in the relations with the...

Balkans 10.01.19 | 10:31

Lightning strikes Eurowings flight EW652 from Cologne to Thessaloniki

A shock for Eurowings passengers heading to Thessaloniki in North Greece from Cologne in Germany on Wednesday morning. A lightning stroke Eurowings flight EW652 forcing the pilot to return to departure airport for safety reasons. Eurowings flight EW652 had to return to Cologne, Germany, on Wednesday...

Balkans 26.12.18 | 11:28

Thessaloniki police arrest migrant traffickers

Police in Thessaloniki have arrested 2 Romanian citizens, a 34-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman, for migrant trafficking, AP reports. The arrests were made Tuesday morning, as the two were exiting a warehouse just outside the city, where 44 migrants, 27 from Pakistan – including 2 minors –...