[sws_blue_box box_size="630"] Salonika (Thessaloniki), Macedonia, Greece during World War One. [/sws_blue_box] People stroll in park next to harbour, large houses in background. Another view with ancient fortress in background. Shot of a few young men standing beneath large arch, pan up to show top of arch. Another huge arch straddling a street, electric tram and various pedestrians. ...

  Athens Macedonia News Agency--The 7th International Alexander the Great Marathon was held in Macedonia on Sunday, with Teklu Geto Metaferia from Ethiopia placing first, finishing the 42.195 kilometer course in 2 hours, 18 minutes and 44 seconds. The Marathon, which sets off from Pella, birthplace of Alexander the Great and finishes near the White Tower in ...

Macedonia News 14th TDF: Opening Ceremony (3/10/2012) OPENING CEREMONY  The curtain rose on the 14th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival - Images of the 21st Century on Friday, March 9, 2012 in the packed Olympion Theater. The simple ceremony, with musical accompaniment, was followed by the screening of Tony Gatlif’s documentary Indignados, a cinematic homage to the Occupy movement. The percussion ...

Macedonia News - The UN Mediator, Mr Matthew Nimetz, had the chance to visit the most famous Archaeological Museums of Macedonia during his stay in Greece. The American Diplomat had a visit to the Archaeological Museums of Pella and Thessaloniki. He was accompanied by the Greek Ambassador to UN, Mr Adamantios Vasilakis and his close friend, Mr ...

Some years ago i went to a school her, and i asked the kids where their country ends and all the kids told me names that exists in Greece. They told me their country ends in Thessaloniki, in Kavala, and in Giannena" httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTUqfuTbk_s&feature=related   FROM: http://www.youtube.com/user/FlorinaGREECE

Thessaloniki, Macedonia 1916 - A call for the Greek government from to take action against Bulgarians by a massive crowd of 30,000 Macedonians who gathered in Thessaloniki. The Macedonians, Proud of being Greeks had erected a big Greek flag. Similar public meetings against Bulgarians took place in other cities of Macedonia in Greece. The public meeting of the thousand Macedonians was ...

Macedonia News - The city of Thessaloniki has emerged as the winner in the competition for European Youth Capital for the year 2014. "Thessaloniki built the strongest application, with a profound program that is packed with creative ideas," said Peter Matjašič, President of the European Youth Forum. The Thessaloniki candidacy is themed on the word ...

Edessa in Macedonia (Northern Greece) : Mini-Amsterdam, criss-crossed by canals and aqueducts, can be dubbed a ‘water city’ By Haris Argyropoulos   According to the celebrated late novelist Menelaos Lountemis, Edessa, the main town in the border region of Pella, Macedonia, was “a stepping stone for God to the heavens.” Best known for its waterfalls, including Greece’s highest at ...

Author :  Apostolos Papapostolou Macedonia -In a recent survey held in Thessaloniki – Greece’s second-largest city with its 400,000 inhabitants – seven out of 10 interviewed responded that the White Tower with its unique silhouette is ”the symbol of the city.” Nine out of ten responded mistakenly that the tower ”used to be a prison,” apparently mistaking it for ...

  Giannis Boutaris, the mayor of Thessaloniki, the greatest Macedonian city and second more populous in Greece, blasts FYROM's attempt to usurp Greek history. Mr Boutaris stated during the exhibition about ancient Macedonia in Louvre: "This case is extremely laughable, that is you can't prove you're not an elephant. Skopjans, for some reason that only they know [deny their history], ...