Christmas

“If you start now from the center of Athens, you’ll reach Rovaniemi faster than Marousi.” With this phrase, drivers humorously express their frustration over the traffic in the capital, which becomes increasingly unbearable as the Chr

Today, December 23, 2024, marks the last day of school before the start of the Christmas holidays. Students will return on Wednesday, January 8, after the Epiphany holiday.

For the Christmas holidays, schools officially close today, December 23.

The weather will worsen today and tomorrow, with locally heavy rainfall, thunderstorms mainly in maritime and coastal areas, locally gale-force winds over the seas, snowfalls in mountainous regions, and temporarily in semi-mountainous areas of central and northern Greece, especially in the northwest.

Activity in the festive market is reaching its peak, with consumer preferences for gifts remaining consistent: clothing and footwear top the list, followed by gifts, toys, and cosmetics. Merchants are optimistic that their revenue will surpass last year’s levels, exceeding €4 billion.

This year’s Christmas will come with the right kind of weather, meaning cold temperatures, rain in the lowlands, and snow in the mountains of the north and even at lower elevations.

On Saturday, the alleged perpetrator of the attack on the outdoor Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, was brought before a magis

The Turkish Foreign Ministry early Saturday condemned a deadly car attack at a Christmas market in Germany.

"We are deeply saddened by the incident at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, which, according to initial assessments, was a deliberate attack," it said in a statement.

Emergency services work in a cordoned-off area near a Christmas Market, after an incident in Magdeburg, Germany, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024.

German police arrested a Saudi Arabian man after a deadly car-ramming attack on a Christmas market Friday in which an SUV barrelled through a crowd of revellers at high speed, leaving a trail of bloody carnage.

Update: Two people dead and over 50 injured

A car rammed into a crowded outdoor Christmas market in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, on Friday evening, leaving at least one person dead and injuring over 50 others. Authorities suspect the act was deliberate, though the motive remains unclear.

Car crashes into Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on Friday (20/12).

There were conflicting information about the casualties. The first information speaks of at least 11 dead and 80 injured, 15 of whom are in a serious condition.