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An unknown perpetrator or perpetrators shot and killed a 57-year-old retired police officer outside a taverna in Pallini in the early hours of Tuesday morning. According to police sources there were no eye-witnesses to the shooting and its motives remain unclear. Police said that the taverna car park where the victim was shot was dark … Περισσότερα

Gone are the days of bleakly waiting for the bus on Thessaloniki’s number 64 bus route. Commuters can now enjoyably fill the time by reading from a selection of books available to them for free, in attractive book cases built inside the stone bus shelters. And when the bus arrives, no worries; you can hop … Περισσότερα

Fire-fighting forces throughout the Eastern Macedonia-Thrace region mobilised on Tuesday to put out a fire that broke out at a factory making batteries in Olvio, Xanthi. The fire-fighting effort was especially difficult due to the highly flammable materials stored in the central building, which caused minor explosions from time to time, as well as strong … Περισσότερα

Greece’s largest trade union federations held a strike rally in Klafthmonos Square in central Athens on Tuesday to mark the May 1 anniversary of Labour Day, with “Democracy, Justice, Equality, Freedom, Peace, Labour Rights” as its central slogan. The rally was organised by the General Confederation of Employees of Greece (GSEE), the civil servants’ union … Περισσότερα

After three difficult years of hard but systematic work, with compromises that had to be made but also important victories in battles seen as hopeless, Greece was finally able to stand on its feet again, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras noted in a message for Labour Day. “We are exiting the programmes cleanly, without the new … Περισσότερα