Chalkidiki

Greek tourists are showing significant interest in spending the holiday season in Bulgaria this year. Travel agencies have reported a notable increase in bookings, with a Thessaloniki-based agency confirming that the number of clients heading to Bulgaria has doubled compared to the previous year.

Authorities are investigating a break-in at the Sithonia Municipality Urban Planning Office in the northern region of Halkidiki, discovered Thursday after officials reported a forced entry.

Police have sealed off the area, and the case is being handled by the Polygyros Crime Investigation Unit.

Fully restored and modernized, the Petralona Museum in Halkidiki has been operational since late August. It is the only museum in Greece dedicated to the Paleolithic Era, housing finds from the impressive Petralona Cave, which also reopened in March after its own restoration.

Continuing its customer updates, DEDDIE announces that as of last night, all repair work on the damage caused by Storm Bora to the network in Western, Central, and Eastern Thessaloniki has been completed.

A man has been found dead on the Halkidiki peninsula in northern Greece following the passage of Storm Bora.

Local reports indicate that the man's vehicle overturned and fell into a ditch as he tried to avoid falling rocks caused by landslides triggered by the heavy rain.

Two earthquakes struck within minutes of each other on Sunday evening (November 3) in Halkidiki.

Specifically, according to the automatic readings from the Geodynamic Institute, the first earthquake occurred at 19:03 with a magnitude of 5.2 on the Richter scale. Its epicenter was located 12 kilometers south of Nea Moudania, Halkidiki, with a focal depth of 5 kilometers.

Two members of the Kassandra Municipal Council in Halkidiki, northern Greece have filed a lawsuit against Mayor Anastasia Chalkia for alleged dereliction of duty following a fatal accident in the summer at a local amusement park in Pefkochori.

The family of the 19-year-old man who died last week on a fun park ride in Pefkochori, in Halkidiki, has welcomed the order of a Thessaloniki appellate prosecutor that a a certified engineer conduct a technical inspection of the fatal ride.

This year’s festival in Agios Mamas, Halkidiki, will take place under entirely different conditions.

After extensive inspections of the festival grounds in Agios Mamas, it was decided that, for the first time, there will be no grills, and it appears the amusement park will not operate either.

Civil Protection is on high alert and has developed an immediate response plan in anticipation of the severe weather that will affect the country until Saturday.