Kalamaria

A 17-year-old student from Thessaloniki, northern Greece, was temporarily arrested last Tuesday for falsely reporting to the police that an explosive device had been placed in his high school.

The school, located in the district of Kalamaria, was evacuated and a bomb disposal unit arrived  to inspect the building.

Police on Wednesday detained a woman in connection with the disappearance of a 10-year-old girl in Thessaloniki last week.

The woman is believed to be an acquaintance of the child's family and may in the past have lived in the same neighborhood as her.

Officers found her on the beach of the town of Katerini and led her to Thessaloniki's Security Division.

Police in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on Saturday announced that a 10-year-old girl who had been missing since Thursday had been found safe and well in the city's Kalamaria neighborhood.

A magistrate in the northern port city of Thessaloniki released two men accused of trying to set off homemade explosives outside the home of a former minister on bail on Monday.

A loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) was found dead by a member of the public in the Thermaic Gulf, off Thessaloniki on Tuesday afternoon.

The turtle was found near the local Yacht Club and the coast guard was notified, along with the municipality's environmental directorate, who pulled the turtle out of the water.

Police on Thursday found an arsenal of illegal weapons in the home of a 79-year-old man in the Thessaloniki suburb of Kalamaria in northern Greece.
The man was arrested and was to appear before a Thessaloniki prosecutor for the illegal possession of a Scorpion machine gun, four magazines and 132 cartridges.

A rodent infestation in cemeteries in the region of Kalamaria in Thessaloniki, has prompted a prosecutor to order a preliminary investigation following complaints filed by the union of funeral homes.

According to the complaint, there has been a large increase in the number of mice, rats and cockroaches seen in the cemeteries, compromising public health. 

Clashes broke out during a high school soccer tournament match in Triandria in Thessaloniki on Wednesday involving pupils and others in the stands, leading to 14 arrests and two injuries.

The entrance to an apartment building in the Kalamaria district of Thessaloniki, northern Greece, was damaged when a makeshift explosive device was detonated by unknown assailants on Thursday.

According to reports, the blast on Konitsis Street occurred in the early morning hours.

Police said the explosion didn't cause a fire but shattered windows and damaged walls.

Construction commenced Friday on the second tunnel of the Thessaloniki metro's extension to the suburb of Kalamaria. This stretch of the subway system, which is still under construction after years of delays, will have five stops.