Kastoria

Stoner rock band Nightstalker, reggae act Locomondo, singer-songwriter Mariza Rizou and a legion of other performers come together for the 41st River Party Festival in Kastoria, northern Greece.

Police in Kastoria, northern Greece, on Thursday announced the confiscation of 68.8 kilograms of hashish after a car being driven by a 45-year-old foreign national was stopped and inspected.
The man was arrested by border guards on Wednesday after a check on the vehicle turned up four rucksacks containing 57 packages of the drug.

More than 400 cases of gastroenteritis have been reported in the region of Kastoria in northern Greece so far this year, according to the Center for Disease Prevention and Control (KEELPNO).

Laboratory tests on stool samples have shown that the gastroenteritis was caused by a virus.

A memorial dedicated to the Jews of Kastoria in northern Greece who perished in the Holocaust was vandalized on Christmas Day, the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA-MPA) reported on Wednesday. The unknown perpetrators reportedly sprayed both sides of the marble slab commemorating the event with black paint.

A memorial dedicated to the Greek Jews of the town of Kastoria, in the northern region of West Macedonia, who perished in the Holocaust was vandalized on Christmas day, state-run news agency ANA-MPA reported on Wednesday.

According to the news agency, unknown perpetrators sprayed both sides of the marble slab commemorating the event with black paint.

Greek authorities have arrested an Albanian national who was found guarding almost 130 kilos of hash in a forest in Kastoria, Western Macedonia on Thursday.

Police in the northern Greek city of Kozani seized more than 200 kilograms of unrefined hash and arrested four men, according to authorities on Monday.

Working on a tip, police stopped a car and its 25-year-old driver on Sunday and found 208.58 kilograms of hash. They arrested the driver and his 32-year-old passenger, a foreign national.

The 43rd edition of the Kastoria International Fur Fair, the top annual event for the local fur fashion industry, kicked off in northern Greece on Thursday, as local furriers turn to new markets struggling to survive after the financial crisis.

During the four-day event, 123 exhibitors from 13 countries will explore business opportunities with buyers from 43 countries.

Hundreds of people gathered at two separate rallies in northern Greece on Sunday afternoon calling for the release by Turkish authorities of two Greek soldiers who were arrested earlier this month for accidentally straying across the border.

Hundreds of people gathered at two separate rallies in northern Greece on Sunday afternoon calling for the release by Turkish authorities of two Greek soldiers who were arrested earlier this month for accidentally straying across the border.