- 20h ago
Mother and infant die, father and child injured in Halkidiki tanker crash
A passenger car collided with a tanker on a provincial road near Polygyros on Wednesday evening. Two victims, a woman and an infant, were confirmed dead; a man and a child were seriously injured.
- yesterday
Search continues off Thessaloniki for 69-year-old missing after fishing boat capsizes; wife rescued after hours in the water
A 69-year-old man is missing in the Thermaic Gulf after his fishing boat overturned on Tuesday morning. His 67-year-old wife swam for hours before being pulled from the water by a private vessel.
- yesterday
Ryanair passenger pulled half out of window after engine debris shatters glass at 9,000 feet
A 61-year-old Serbian man was pulled head-first out of a cabin window on a Ryanair flight from Thessaloniki to Memmingen on 10 July, after what passengers described as an explosion and investigators suspect was engine debris striking the fuselage.
- 4d ago
Very high wildfire risk for Thessaloniki and Kilkis on 13 July, Civil Protection warns
The Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection placed fire services on partial alert, activated stage 2 operational readiness, and enforced preventive traffic bans in national parks for Monday 13 July.
- 4d ago
Greek summer sales begin Monday, with turnover forecast at 7–7.4 billion euros
The summer 2026 discount period in Greece starts Monday July 13 and runs through August 31. Stores may open on the first Sunday, July 19, and trade groups forecast turnover of 7 to 7.4 billion euros, a nominal 2% to 5% rise year-on-year.
- 4d ago
Mitsotakis praises arrests in Marfin and Thessaloniki murders: 'No asterisks nor offsets against terrorism'
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis used his weekly Sunday review to hail the Friday arrests of suspects in four murders (the recent killing of Vagia Nestora in Thessaloniki and the three deaths in the 16-year-old Marfin bank arson), calling them a vindication of the rule of law.
- 6d ago
Greek minister vows 'democracy always wins' after arrests in 2010 Marfin arson and recent Thessaloniki firebombing
Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chrisochoidis, speaking from Crete, linked the arrests in the 2010 Marfin bank fire that killed three people and a recent arson attack against the Nestoras family in Thessaloniki.
- 6d ago
Three arrested for arson that killed ND politician’s mother; key suspect hid on Crete
Greek anti-terrorism police arrested three people on 10 July 2026, nine days after a gas-canister attack on the home of New Democracy candidate Afroditi Nestora killed her mother Vagia and injured her and four others.
- 6d ago
Mitsotakis hails arrests in Thessaloniki arson-murder case: 'The state honours Vagia Nestora's memory'
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis opened his parliamentary address by welcoming the first arrests in the deadly arson attacks in Thessaloniki, a day after the funeral of victim Vagia Nestora.
- 6d ago
Ryanair passenger partially sucked from cabin after window detaches over North Macedonia
A Ryanair Boeing 737-800 window detached shortly after takeoff from Thessaloniki on 10 July 2026, pulling a 61-year-old Serbian passenger partially out of the aircraft before fellow travellers hauled him back.
- Jul 9
Greek PM attends funeral of arson victim Vagia Nestora as injured daughter defies doctors to say goodbye
The funeral of Vagia Nestora, who died after a gas-canister arson attack on her family home in Thessaloniki, is taking place in Kozani with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and opposition leader Nikos Androulakis in attendance. Her daughter, New Democracy politician Afroditi Nestora, left hospital against medical advice to be present.
- Jul 8
Greece extends VAT and capital gains tax suspension on property into 2027
Greece's economic team is preparing to extend the suspension of the 24% VAT on new-build properties and the 15% capital gains tax on property transfers into 2027, with a permanent abolition of the latter also on the table.
- Jul 5
Greek government spokesperson rebukes former PM Samaras for attacking New Democracy on referendum anniversary
Government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis responded to former prime minister Antonis Samaras's social media videos criticizing the ruling New Democracy party, on the 11th anniversary of the 2015 referendum.
- Jul 5
Greece records 20 arrests for fire negligence in first five days of July, including four for hot works during high-risk alert
Greek authorities made 20 arrests for fire-related negligence between 1 and 5 July, while four people were detained in Attica for performing hot works on a day of very high fire risk.
- Jul 5
22-year-old driver arrested after crashing into four parked cars and injuring two pedestrians in Thessaloniki
A 22-year-old driver was arrested early Sunday after a dangerous driving spree in Thessaloniki's Kalamaria district left four parked cars damaged and two pedestrians injured.
- Jul 5
Wildfire near Thessaloniki forces evacuations, toxic cloud spreads over city
A wildfire that started Saturday evening in a ravine near Oreokastro spread to industrial sites, sending a plume of toxic smoke over Greece's second-largest city and prompting evacuations of several suburbs.
- Jul 5
Mitsotakis condemns Thessaloniki arson attack that killed politician's mother, vows perpetrators will face justice
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said no ideological pretext can justify murder after an arson attack in Thessaloniki killed Vagia Nestora, mother of a New Democracy politician.
- Jul 5
Arson attacks on New Democracy officials in Thessaloniki kill one woman, injure five; police hunt at least three suspects
Three coordinated arson attacks targeting homes of ruling New Democracy party members in Thessaloniki early Wednesday left one woman dead and five others injured. The Anti-Terrorism Unit is analysing video footage, DNA traces and phone records to identify at least three perpetrators.
- Jul 4
Wildfire in Oreokastro forces evacuation of 157 residents from chronic illness care home
A wildfire broke out in Oreokastro, Thessaloniki, on Saturday evening, prompting the preventive evacuation of the Agios Panteleimon chronic illness institution with 157 residents.
- Jul 4
Greece battles 60 wildfires in 24 hours, evacuations ordered in Thessaloniki and Chalkidiki
Firefighters tackled 60 agroforestry fires across Greece on Saturday, with 16 breaking out almost simultaneously in Central Macedonia, where the risk index hit category 4. Evacuation orders were issued for areas near Thessaloniki and Chalkidiki.
