Thessaloniki

THESSALONIKI - Keeper of the Serbian part of WWI Allied military cemetery Zeitenlik, Greece, Djordje Mihailovic was decorated on Friday with the Order of the Serbian Flag, Second Class, on behalf of Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic.

Thessaloniki Mayor Yannis Boutaris on Thursday announced plans to establish a museum of Islamic art in Greece’s northern port city.

Boutaris, who was re-elected in May, told Kathimerini he had already contacted the Benaki Museum in Athens to ask for help to turn either the Alaca Imaret or the Yeni Cami, both former mosques, into a museum.

A 51-year-old man was arrested on Thursday in the northern port city of Thessaloniki for allegedly blackmailing a 43-year-woman by saying he had a compromising video of her and would show it to her husband unless she gave him 500 euros.

An appeals court prosecutor on Tuesday proposed that Vassilis Papageorgopoulos (photo), the former mayor of Thessaloniki who had a life sentence for embezzlement shortened to a 12-year term last week, face trial again on charges of money laundering.

The head of the National Confederation of Greek Commerce (ESEE), Vassilis Korkidis, described as largely disappointing the results of stores in major cities opening on Sunday for the start of the summer sales.

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Police in the northern port city of Thessaloniki were seeking a 53-year-old businessman over charges of running a contraband alcohol ring in the area of Kalamaria.

According to early reports, the suspect's company, which was officially trading in fabrics, had been allegedly transformed into a contraband alcohol bottling unit.

Professional journalists must be able to manage social media at any time in their fields, whether it's experts or politicians or celebrities they are covering who might tweet something at anytime that will change the news, online editor and trainer of Thomson Reuters Foundation John Mastrini told AGERPRES on Thursday.

A luxury complex of 140,000 square metres is set to be built on the banks of the Danube in the centre of Belgrade after a court ruling ended years of disputes about ownership.

The complex will include residential units, office space, galleries, a five-star hotel, convention centre, shops, restaurants and a shopping mall.

Former Thessaloniki Mayor Vassilis Papageorgopoulos had his life sentence for embezzlement reduced on Monday to a maximum sentence of 20 years by a court in the northern city.