Macedonia

Political statements originating from Skopje regarding the potential integration of Macedonians into the Bulgarian constitution have ignited a diplomatic dispute between Bulgaria and North Macedonia.

A Danish skier was injured in a bear attack at a nature park in North Macedonia Tuesday, in an area where authorities say mild winters have led to a surge in the brown bear population.

Stormy weather is forecast in the late hours of Monday and up to midday on Tuesday, the ​​Hellenic National Meteorological Service (EMY) has said.

The travels of Bulgarian citizens abroad in January 2024 are higher compared to the same period last year. This is indicated by the data from the National Statistical Institute (NSI).

Prodexpo North, the main real estate exhibition in northern Greece, is taking place on Tuesday in Thessaloniki at the Makedonia Palace Hotel, with Transport and Infrastructure Minister Christos Staikouras launching proceedings.

For more information, go to prodexponorth.gr. 

Farmers from Florina and Western Macedonia protesting about soaring production costs and compensation payments will close Greece's border crossing with North Macedonia for four hours on Monday.

Significant rain will hit large parts of Greece from late Sunday to Monday afternoon, the National Meteorological Service (EMY) says, updating its weather forecast.

Rains and storms will start in western and southwestern Greece late Sunday and, by early morning, will also engulf most of the mainland, except for the region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace in the northeast.

As part of the exhibition "Chaeronea, 2 August, 338 BC: A Day that Changed the World," the Cycladic Art Museum hosted a speech Friday titled "The Great Question: King Philip or Demosthenes?" by Oxford University professor Robin Lane Fox, scientific adviser for Oliver Stone's "Alexander."

The next major challenge is the completion of the excavations where the school where Aristotle taught the great Greek king of Macedonia was located

As farmers plan to descend on Athens on Tuesday, Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis has reportedly expressed his opposition that they do it with tractors, but is not against the use of cars and buses.