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Following police operations conducted in Trikala, Thessaloniki, Kozani, Katerini and Kastoria, police officers made 25 arrests -- 23 of those arrested were suspected of being members of the ring.

Epanomi is a small town and was a former municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece.

Three people were injured late on Tuesday during a protest against the firing of three employees at a grill house in Thessaloniki, in northern Greece.

The Finance Ministry's general secretary for revenues, Haris Theocharis, said that a decision regarding an extension to the June 30 deadline for tax declararions could be taken by June 25. According to government sources the new deadline would be a "one-off" extension that could see taxpayers submitting their declarations by the end of July.

'Oh My CAD' is an architectural installation that is set up in Greece by the creative group 'Beforelight.'

From the Department of Cardiology, Patras University Hospital, Patras, Greece ; G. Gennimatas General Hospital, Athens, Greece ; AHEPA, University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece ; Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece ; and 424 General Military Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece .

Greek state broadcaster ERT has stayed on air, despite an order by the government to close.

Off the air: Protesters march in solidarity with employees of Greek state broadcaster ERT in Thessaloniki on Sunday.

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is to meet European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth Androulla Vassiliou before holding talks with coalition partners Evangelos Venizelos of PASOK and Fotis Kouvelis of Democratic Left regarding the future of state broadcaster ERT at 7.30 p.m. The Athens Institute for Education and ... (more)

An AMC Airlines Boeing 737-800 on behalf of Astra Airlines Greece, registration SU-BPZ performing flight A2-921 from Novosibirsk to Thessaloniki with 160 passengers, landed on Thessaloniki's runway 16 at about 07:14L but overran the end of the runway by about 110 meters/360 feet and came to a stop with all gear on soft ground.

Even the so-called Islamic feminists who oppose such devout adherence to the sharia make ..... a weak case.

New protest rallies are planned in Bulgaria against the election of controversial young MP as the new head of the state Agency for National Security , even though he said he is ready to step down.

In watching Greece the country where we got the word we use to describe our political make up, democracy.

The European Broadcasting Union has taken the step of putting Greek broadcaster ERT's news coverage back on air, allowing Greek satellite subscribers to watch NET, the station's news channel, on television.

The European Broadcast Union resumed transmission of Greek state television Thursday as a massive strike protested the closing of the national broadcaster.

It's rare that a small wine bar has an onsite sommelier. It's even rarer that a restaurant has a female sommelier.

Female politicians in Kosovo have joined their voices against Imam Irfan Salihu after his recent comments about women's immorality.

Greek political parties and unions battled Wednesday to reverse the shock shutdown of state broadcaster ERT as a storm brewed over the conservative-led government's latest austerity cutback.

Supporters stand outside the Greek state television ERT headquarters in Athens, on Wednesday, June 12, 2013.

Greek state TV and radio have begun going off the air, hours after the government said it would temporarily close all state-run broadcasts, with the loss of about 2,500 job cuts, as part of its cost-cutting drive.