Ancient Macedonia

The National Meteorological Service (EMY) warned of thunderstorms on Monday that will affect the western, central and northern parts of Greece.

According to EMY, clouds with local rains are expected in the northern Ionian and gradually in Epirus, western and central Macedonia and western Thessaly. The rain will be accompanied by thunders and hail. 

People race horses in Doxato, a town located in northeastern Drama, in a photo made available on Tuesday. The custom dates back to ancient Macedonia and is annually revived at the beginning of May.

A 53-year-old man has appeared before a prosecutor in the northern city of Kavala on suspicion of conducting an illegal excavation at the archaeological site of Philippi.

Police said the man, equipped with a metal detector, earphones, a small carving tool and an improvised digging tool, conducted the illegal dig on the site on Wednesday evening.

Just a day after launching on Netflix on Wednesday, a six-part docudrama on the life and conquests of one of Greece's most revered ancient figures shot up to the Top 10 most watched shows in the country.

The partly restored Palace of Aigai, in northern Greece, was much more than the palace where Philip II of Macedon resided and where his son, Alexander, was proclaimed king in 336 BC before embarking on his now legendary conquests. It was a public place, where up to 8,000 people could gather in the colonnade, says Angeliki Kottaridi, the now retired archaeologist who led the restoration effort.

Alexander the Great was proclaimed king there & the same columns that the visitor sees today “heard” the Macedonians soldiers rhythmically calling out his name

Police in Serres, northern Greece, have apprehended a 65-year-old suspect on charges of antiquity theft.

North Macedonia's first prosecutor in charge of handling attacks on journalists tells BIRN that while the number of physical attacks is falling, 'online threats are increasing'.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who is visiting Pella and Edessa on Tuesday, was given a tour of the Pella Museum and its archaeological site by Culture Minister Lina Mendoni and the head of the local antiquities office, Elizabeth Tsigarida.

A 27-year-old Syrian national arrested at a migrant camp in Athens last week has reportedly recanted an earlier confession in which he allegedly admitted to being a member of the ISIS terrorist organization and appearing in a 2014 video of the group.