Holocaust Museum of Greece

On Saturday, November 9, Yiannis Boutaris passed away.

The businessman, oenologist, and former mayor of Thessaloniki, Yiannis Boutaris, took his last breath tonight at a private clinic in the city, where he had been hospitalized for serious health problems recently.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is set to embark on a three-day official visit to Greece on Tuesday at the invitation of his Greek counterpart, Katerina Sakellaropoulou.

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Progress on the construction of the Holocaust Museum of Greece in Thessaloniki, scheduled for completion by the end of 2026, will be the focus of a meeting between President Katerina Sakellaropoulou and her German counterpart, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, in the northern port city on Tuesday.

The urban planning authority of Thessaloniki in northern Greece announced Wednesday that permission for the construction of a Holocaust museum in the city has been granted, and that construction will begin early next year.

Greece's Environment Ministry and Thessaloniki's municipal town planning authority issued on December 19 the building permit for the construction of the city's Holocaust Museum, with work expected to begin next year, the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki announced on Wednesday. 

The project is slated for completion in 2026.

An annual march held to mark the anniversary of the first death trains carrying the northern port city's Jews to Nazi concentration camps in World War II has been canceled this year over coronavirus fears.