Xanthi, Greece News

President Karolos Papoulias visits Thessaloniki to attend a series of events commemorating the cityA's liberation from Ottoman rule as well as celebrations for A'Ochi DayA' , the national holiday marking GreeceA's refusal to allow Axis troops to enter Greece in 1940.

Greece's new 300-member parliament that emerged from the October 4 general elections was sworn-in on Wednesday morning, in a special ceremony in the unicameral House.

Mavi Boncuk Elected to the new The Hellenic Parliament Cetin Mandac [1]and Ahmet Hac osman [2] Elected to new German Bundestag [3] Aydan Oguzoz, Memet K l c, Sevim Dagdelen, Serkan Toren and Ekin Deligoz.

Man, 25, murdered outside cafe on busy street in Galatsi A 25-year-old man was shot dead at 3 a.m. yesterday outside a cafeteria on Veikou Street, the main road that runs through the Athens neighborhood of Galatsi, north of the city center.

Conn-x TV, OTE's IPTV service, is now available at four more cities. The citizens of Grevena, Ioannina, Corfu and Preveza can now enjoy the television of the future.

Greek former monopoly telco OTE has launched its IPTV services in five additional cities, bringing the total number of cities covered to 25.

In the center of the Cycladic complex of islands lies the island of Paros, which is home to the old country town of Naoussa, located on the northern bay of the island.

THE old men in skullcaps hiked up the cobblestone steps in the last bruised light of dusk.

Myths and legends lost in the mists of time surround a picturesque and almost mystical waterfall in northeast Greece, with two remote and neighbouring municipalities fighting over its name.

Bristol City forward Peter Styvar is set to join Greek outfit Skoda Xanthi on a season-long loan in July after failing to settle at the club.

First, let us recall an interview with Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis published by the Athens-based Adesmeftos daily over the weekend.

LAMBROS PAPANTONIOU Announcement of the Passing of Lambros Papantoniou Mr. Peter Papanicolaou President, Cyprus Federation of America The members of the Cyprus Federation of America express sincere sadness of the passing of Lambros Papantoniou, Washington s diplomatic correspondent for the Greek Daily Newspaper Eleftheros Typos, Radio Thessaloniki, ...

Athens, May 25 Cuba participated in the first Spanish-speaking Cinema Festival, in the northern Greek city of Xanthi, with eight films, including short and full length films.

Greece is likely to face strict criticism regarding its treatment of a Muslim minority in the northern region of Thrace following a scheduled visit next month by Council of Europe officials, diplomatic sources have told Kathimerini.

In the village of Echinos in northern Greece elderly men sip coffee and mingle in the town square.

The 14th Tourism Panorama exhibition opened on Thursday its gates for the public at an exhibition centre in northern Athens with exhibitors from Greece, Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa.