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Articles of the author THESSALONIKI
Turkey shouldn't coerce Greece, Europe over migrants: Greek PM
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday Turkey should not try to coerce either Greece or Europe in its attempts to get support for a plan to resettle Syrian refugees in northern Syria. Turkey plans to resettle 1 million refugees (...)

08 - 09 - 2019
Earthquake with Magnitude of 5.0 Jolts Central Greece
An earthquake with a provisional magnitude of 5.0 has shaken towns in central Greece. Police say there are no immediate reports of any serious damage or injury. The Department of Geophysics at the University of Thessaloniki said the quake occurred (...)

31 - 08 - 2018
Six Dead as Jeep Smuggling Migrants through Greece Crashes
A smuggling vehicle crammed with asylum-seekers crashed on a northern Greek highway Friday killing six people, including three children, and severely injuring a further four adults. Police said the jeep was carrying 16 men, women and children when (...)

08 - 06 - 2018
2 Macedonian Climbers Found Frozen to Death on Mountain Top
Greek firefighters say a Macedonian man and woman have been found frozen to death at the summit of Mount Kaimaktsalan. The man, 35, and the woman, 28, had been missing since Saturday morning. They were a part of a group of 40 Macedonians who were (...)

11 - 02 - 2018
Greek Village Evacuated after Mine Collapses
Dozens of villagers in northwestern Greece have evacuated their homes after a lignite mine nearby collapsed. All 182 inhabitants of the village of Anargyroi have been housed in hotels after leaving their homes, some of which are already collapsing (...)

12 - 06 - 2017
Burned out migrants in Greece try to keep sane
Kawa Mohammed lives in a small tent with his wife and his three children in the Kalochori refugee camp on the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki's outskirts. "It is the bedroom, the kitchen, the living room and sometimes the bathroom of the (...)

25 - 01 - 2017
Greece's Tsipras releases campaign manifesto
AlQa'dah 22, 1436, September 06, 2015, SPA -- Former Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is expected to announce new policy proposals in a speech Sunday night as he runs for re-election to office after he resigned in August in an effort to drum up (...)

06 - 09 - 2015
Flooding after heavy rain drowns 2 in Greece
Two men have drowned in northern Greece, bringing the death toll from severe flooding to four since the weekend, AP reported. Authorities say one local resident was found dead Thursday in a swollen river in the Philadelpheia area, some 30 kilometers (...)

11 - 12 - 2014
Greek Floods Kill 2, Border River on Alert
Police in northern Greece say a second man has died amid extensive flooding across the region, which has prompted an alert along a river that divides Greece and Turkey. A 63-year-old man was found dead early Tuesday north of the city of Thessaloniki (...)

09 - 12 - 2014
Quake Hits Northern Greece; No Damage, Injuries
Seismologists say an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 has struck the northern Greek region of Halkidiki, rattling the area but causing no damage or injuries. The Athens Geodynamic Institute said the quake struck Friday morning, 89 (...)

22 - 08 - 2014
Earthquake rattles Greece, Turkey
An earthquake beneath the sea shook northern Greece and western Turkey Saturday, with more than two dozen injuries reported on a Turkish island, AP reported. In Istanbul and in other parts of Turkey residents fled homes in panic after the quake (...)

24 - 05 - 2014
Greek troops, police block protesters from parade
AlHijjah 12, 1433, Oct 28, 2012, SPA -- A military parade commemorating Greece's entry into World War II has been held without interruption as hundreds of Greek police and troops were deployed to keep anti-austerity protesters away, AP (...)

28 - 10 - 2012
Greece: 4 Russians dead in bus accident
Police in Greece said four Russian tourists have been killed and 30 others were injured when a bus overturned on a highway outside the northern city of Thessaloniki, AP reported. The bus skidded off the road during rainfall before dawn Friday, 15 (...)

14 - 09 - 2012
Greek PM: Painful cuts will restore credibility
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras insisted Saturday that the latest package of deep spending cuts, which will once again affect wages and pensions, will be the last, but he also defended the measures as necessary to restoring his country's (...)

08 - 09 - 2012
Bad Weather in Northern Greece Turns Deadly
Greek authorities say a mountain climber has died after he was buried in a snowstorm on Mt. Beles in central Macedonia as bad weather continued to wreak havoc in the country's north. A rescue team said Dimitris Triantafyllidis, 36 years old, was (...)

07 - 01 - 2012
Papandreou says to save Greece, stay in euro
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said on Saturday he would do whatever it takes to rescue his country from bankruptcy and stay in the euro zone, as doubts in Europe grew over its membership in the bloc, according to Reuters. Sending a message (...)

10 - 09 - 2011
Greek PM says can cut deficits without new measures
Greece can meet its deficit cutting targets as agreed with international lenders without imposing new austerity measures, despite lagging revenues, Prime Minister George Papandreou said on Sunday. Greece's efforts to exit the debt crisis that has (...)

12 - 09 - 2010
Greek PM offers some tax relief, no handouts
Prime Minister George Papandreou offered no handouts to austerity-weary Greeks but gave some relief to companies struggling with recession in a main speech on the economy on Saturday. Bound by the conditions of a 110-billion-euro ($140 billion) (...)

11 - 09 - 2010
Bolt, Jeter steal show in Greece
Usain Bolt cruised to another victory in the 200 meters at the World Athletics Final Sunday and American sprinter Carmelita Jeter became the third fastest woman ever by clocking 10.67 seconds in the 100. Bolt finished in 19.68 in his last race of (...)

14 - 09 - 2009
Gay beats Powell in 100m at World Final
Tyson Gay clocked 9.88 in his last major race of the season Saturday to beat Asafa Powell in the 100 meters at the World Athletics Final. Gay overcame a slow start to pull away from Powell, who clocked 9.90. American Darvis Patton who finished (...)

13 - 09 - 2009
Thousands of Greeks protest economic reforms ahead of polls
Thousands of people marched in the northern port city of Thessaloniki today to protest the ruling conservative government's austere economic reforms ahead of elections next month, according to dpa. More than 10,000 people marched through (...)

05 - 09 - 2009
Greek military helicopter crashes in northern Greece
Greece's state TV is reporting that a military helicopter has crashed in northern Greece, killing all three people on board. The Greek army helicopter went down near a special forces camp, about 30 kilometers (18 miles) east of the port city of (...)

18 - 03 - 2008
Police fire tear gas at stone-throwing youths in Greece
Police used tear gas to disperse stone-throwing youths during an anti-racism protest in Thessaloniki on Monday, authorities said. No arrests or injuries were reported, according to AP. Police said the trouble broke out during a demonstration by (...)

20 - 08 - 2007
Floods damage houses, crop land in northern Greek villages
Scores of homes and agricultural land were flooded across northern Greece on Sunday after torrential rain that fell over much of the country, authorities said, according to AP. More than 80 homes were flooded and 15 people had to be rescued by (...)

08 - 10 - 2006
Police arrest 15 in north Greece clashes
Greek police fired tear gas against hundreds of soccer fans who hurled rocks and flares at an event attended by the prime minister in the northern city of Thessaloniki on Friday, according to Reuters. The clashes followed a march by about 2,500 (...)

08 - 09 - 2006
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