Thessaloniki, Greece News

The food retailer plans to make an offer to buy the remaining 47 percent of shares by the end of the year.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Greece's government on Tuesday announced the immediate closure of public television and radio broadcaster ERT, in a shock move that affects nearly 2,700 jobs.

Police in Thessaloniki have arrested two men and three women, all Bulgarian nationals, following a sting operation in which the suspects attempted to sell a newborn baby boy to two undercover police officers posing as a married couple for 15,000 euros.

European Union criticises the establishment's failure to deal with violence in a country suffering from effects of harsh budget cuts: here .

Thousands of Athenians and foreign visitors paraded through the streets of central Athens on Saturday evening, celebrating the ninth installment of Athens Pride, a march to promote tolerance and diversity organized by the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community .