Thessaloniki

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  Civil War-Era Skeletons, Jewellery, Bullets Found Near Notorious Greek Jail

  Construction work near one of Greece's most notorious prisons in Thessaloniki has unearthed the remains of dozens of people executed during the Greek civil war era, relatives and officials said Wednesday.

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  "10 Nightmarish Seconds": 36 Dead In One Of Greece's Deadliest Rail Crash

  An intercity passenger train travelling from Athens to the northern city of Thessaloniki collided with a cargo train outside the city of Larissa in central Greece, said the governor of the Thessaly region.

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  Greece To Open Airports For Tourists From 29 Countries In June

  Greece said Friday it would reopen its airports in Athens and Thessaloniki to arrivals from 29 countries from June 15, the start of the tourist season.

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  Over 40 Migrants Found Alive In Refrigerated Truck In Greece: Police

  Forty-one migrants were found alive in a refrigerated truck in northern Greece on Monday, said police, who arrested the driver.

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  Storm In Greece Kills Six Tourists, Several Injured

  Fierce storms have killed six tourists and injured dozens of people in northern Greece, authorities said on Thursday.

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  PAOK Owner Ivan Savvidis Wanted By Greek Police For Invading Pitch With A Gun

  PAOK owner Ivan Savvidis walked into the field to protest a disallowed goal.

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  Watch: Greek Football Game Abandoned After PAOK Chief Enters Pitch With Gun

  A Greek Super League match between hosts PAOK Thessaloniki and AEK Athens had to be abandoned when the president of PAOK Thessaloniki walked onto the pitch carrying a handgun in his waistband.

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  Greek Football Match Called Off After Coach Injured By Toilet Roll

  The incident prompted the Olympiakos team to leave the pitch in protest before riots erupted outside the ground.

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  70,000 Evacuated In Greece To Defuse World War II Bomb

  Greek authorities on Saturday began evacuating some 70,000 people in the city of Thessaloniki ahead of an operation to defuse a bomb from World War II.

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  Anti-Bailout Demonstrators Rally in Greece

  Some 17,000 people took to the streets of Athens and Thessaloniki on Monday to say 'No' to the latest offer of a bailout deal, accusing Greece's international creditors of blackmail.

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  86-Year-Old Serb Guards Over World War I Dead in Greece

  Stooped and unsteady, Djordje Mihailovic walks among rows of discolored marble crosses of Serb soldiers slain a century ago in the horrors of World War I.

• Greek Bakers Encircle Monument With Ring Bread

  Greek bakers in the northern city of Thessaloniki have made a giant "koulouri," a ring bread similar to a bagel, around the city's most visible monument, the medieval White Tower. The bread, 165 meters (540 feet) in diameter, weighed 1.35 tons before...

• In Greek Crisis, Priest Buys Inmates Their Freedom

  Germany made headlines this week by letting Bernie Ecclestone, the Formula One chief, pay $100 million to end his bribery trial. In Greek justice, money talks in a different way: Some inmates jailed for minor offences are allowed to buy their freedom - at an average rate of five euros per day.

• Greek Police Search Garbage Dump for Baby's Body

  Police are searching a garbage dump in northern Greece for the body of a newborn baby after a woman told authorities she had given birth at home and then hid the infant in a closet for two days before dumping it in a garbage can.

• European volunteers help Greek 'bailout gardens'

  Volunteer gardeners from countries around Europe visited Greece's second largest city, Thessaloniki, on Sunday to help local urban planting initiatives set up help residents hit by the country's financial crisis.