A quick stop in Thessaloniki led us to Bougatsa Bantis—an unassuming neighborhood shop where handcrafted phyllo, top Greek ingredients and one family’s story turn a humble pastry into ritual

Inbound arrivals grew by 5.6% and tourism receipts by 9.4%, translating into approximately 42.97 million visitors in 2025, compared to 2024.

Police in northern Greece are reviewing at least 10 cold cases after two women were found strangled in an apartment building, amid fears the killings may be part of a broader pattern.

Three Greek municipalities have come together to create a focused effort to better support stray pets.

Greece’s Education Ministry has forwarded all collected evidence on the February 7 incidents at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki to appellate prosecutors, as an internal administrative investigation continues.

Authorities demand answers from university leaders after Molotov attacks injured a police officer and reignited debate over campus security and controlled access

The exhibition Pete Marifoglou: The Warhol Years XXX is currently on view at the Case Studio of MOMus – Museum of Contemporary Art in Thessaloniki until April 12.

Greek police said no evidence emerged against those questioned following violent overnight incidents near a major university campus, which left one officer injured and caused damage to police vehicles

A 52-year-old faces murder and fatal rape charges while a 50-year-old is accused as an accomplice, after a months-long police probe into the disappearances of two women

A young woman who crashed into parked vehicles, a store, and a kiosk while intoxicated receives a suspended two-year sentence and one-year license suspension

Greek authorities are investigating whether a 52-year-old man is linked to multiple deaths after confessing to killing a woman whose body was discarded, as a second female victim was found in the same building months later.

A water pipe violently burst during engineering works in central Thessaloniki early Sunday morning, leaving four workers injured, one of them seriously

Authorities have arrested two brothers and another suspect in connection with a bomb explosion at Thessaloniki’s Jacky O nightclub, believed to be linked to an attempted extortion against the club owner

A 24-year-old woman lost control of her vehicle while intoxicated, damaging multiple parked cars, a kiosk, and a store, but miraculously escaped injury.

Authorities launch an urgent investigation after part of a restaurant ceiling collapsed inside a shopping center in northern Greece, leaving a 45-year-old woman hospitalized with severe injuries

Greek police detained a 50-year-old driver accused of smuggling undocumented migrants after a high-speed attempt to evade officers on a major northern highway

Five mayors from Greece’s largest cities urge the government to reverse plans to abolish local school committees, warning that centralization is already causing delays, bureaucracy and serious operational problems in public schools

After thousands rang in the new year outdoors, city services launched an overnight operation to clear the mountains of waste left behind

Severe traffic disruption hit Greece’s main highway as farmer blockades caused delays of up to 12 hours, with further road closures planned nationwide amid ongoing protests and calls for structured talks with the government

A 70-year-old woman in Thessaloniki was tricked by fraudsters posing as utility workers, who convinced her to hand over cash, gold, and jewelry worth nearly half a million euros, prompting a police investigation to identify the culprits