The Latest Breaking News from ssaloniki

Greek station master court appearance delayed as anger simmers

Station master faces life imprisonment if found guilty of negligent homicide after train crash killed at least 57.

Al Jazeera · Mar 4, 2023

Train crash wreckage scoured as anger rises across Greece

Government accused of rail safety failures, as several Greeks wait to hear if their relatives are among victims.

Al Jazeera · Mar 3, 2023

Protests erupt in Greece after train crash tragedy that killed 43 blamed on 'human error'

'Tragic human error' appeared to be the cause of a horror head-on train crash which left 48 people dead and more than 100 injured just before midnight on Tuesday, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said

Daily Mirror · Mar 2, 2023

Roma teenager dies in Greece after police shooting

A 16-year old Roma boy died in hospital on Tuesday after being shot by police in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki after allegedly filling up a truck with fuel and then driving off, state TV ERT said.

Reuters · Dec 13, 2022

Greeks march to mark 14th anniversary of student killed by police

Thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets of Athens on Tuesday to mark the 14th anniversary of the police killing of a teenage boy, whose death triggered Greece's worst riots in decades.

Reuters · Dec 6, 2022

Boy, 16, shot in head by police officer during car chase over unpaid petrol station bill

The teenager, who is in a critical condition in hospital, was not named but was identified by relatives as being a member of the Roma community outside Thessaloniki in Greece

Daily Mirror · Dec 5, 2022

Weather tracker: Storm Ariel brings heavy rain and lightning to Greece

Low pressure disrupts water and power supplies in Thessaloniki as meteorological winter begins

The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2022

Police deployed in Athens for uprising anniversary marches

Thousands of police have been deployed in Athens and the northern city of Thessaloniki for commemorative marches to mark the anniversary of a 1973 student uprising that was brutally crushed by the military dictatorship then ruling Greece

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2022

Salonika Burning by Gail Jones review – wartime novel feels miraculously fresh

Jones takes four famous figures who served in Thessaloniki during the first world war and imagines how their stories could have overlapped

The Guardian - AU · Nov 17, 2022

Splendid Byzantine churches head Thessaloniki’s holy sites

On a summer Saturday morning, three men raised a party tent on the terrace of the 1,600-year-old church of Osios David

The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2022