Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace

The Ministry of Defense will submit an amendment in the coming days transferring rights of use over an area of about 5.1 acres near Thessaloniki to the local soccer club, PAOK FC, to built a new soccer stadium, Minister Panos Kammenos said on Monday.

The land, which belongs to the National Defense Fund will be granted as a concession for a period of 100 years.

A refugee girl stands next to her mother during a protest at the Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace in Thessaloniki Tuesday. Representatives of the nearby municipality of Thermi and local residents are insisting that conditions at the refugee reception facility in the area of Vasilika be improved immediately as winter is looming and temperatures are dropping.

Greek farmers in Thessaloniki drove their tractors to the city center heading to the Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace to express their opposition to government’s planned socially security and tax system reforms.

They even tried to take the gate of the ministry down using chains which were tied up to their tractors causing great tension.

Greece has one of the highest traffic accident rates in Europe, according to data presented on Monday at a seminar in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, by the Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace together with the Hellenic Institute of Transport (IMET/EKETA).

Romania, Poland and Latvia were also shown to be high on the list, the conference was told.