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Students and teachers take to the streets as nationwide strikes hit schools and hospitals in Greece
Rallies are planned across Greece on Wednesday as teachers, hospital doctors and civil servants demand better pay, staffing and public services. Athens transport is largely unaffected, but several metro stations will close in Thessaloniki
A 20-year-old woman died in Thessaloniki after using a psychotropic drug; her boyfriend, who had taken the substance with her, was arrested
The young woman lost consciousness after taking the substance on Saturday and was taken to a Thessaloniki hospital, where she died in the early hours of the same day

Greek PM rejects Parthenon Sculptures loan as 48 relics return from Bulgaria
Under a Greece-Bulgaria exchange, 48 relics taken in 1917 go on show in Thessaloniki until 5 November before returning to their monasteries and the Serres Metropolis, while Greece hands Sofia Tsar Samuel's remains and bones from four sarcophagi

2026 a year of rising prices for Greece’s “Airbnb” market: how occupancy and rates moved over the first nine months
Short-term rentals in Greece saw nationwide occupancy hold steady at 34.8% over the first nine months of 2026, while the average nightly rate rose 7.9% to €121.5, according to hosthub's analysis of more than 17,000 properties

Private clinic in Thessaloniki performed chemotherapy without a license, even on patients without cancer
National Transparency Authority recommends closure – Clinic had posted a video on its website advertising chemotherapy, despite not having the required legal authorization

Thessaloniki buses collide and bus slams into stop, four injured
EKAV, the Fire Service and Traffic Police rushed to the area, and the circumstances surrounding the collision are being investigated

Thessaloniki man jailed for assaulting partner and abusing her for months
The Thessaloniki court handed down a one-year term, ordering two months served over a previous domestic violence conviction, while prosecutors investigate the defendant's three children's living conditions and the sadomasochistic assaults she described at trial


