Thessaloniki International Fair

American literature will be the special focus at this year's 19th Thessaloniki Book Fair on May 4-7, which will feature authors, translators and professionals from around 40 countries and a rich program of events.

About 77 percent of the Greek public learn the news from social media, while there is a trend for most people to put emphasis on information originating from TikTok and Facebook, Alternate Professor of International Journalism at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Nikos Panagiotou, told a conference on Monday.

The Prime Minister was present at the opening ceremony of the TIF and participated at the meeting of the Board of TIF-Helexpo

The cancellation of this year's Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF), for the first time since WWII, is expected to result in a loss of up to €100 million, businessmen in northern Greece say.

Some say the total loss, including secondary benefits, could result in an earnings loss of €150 million for Greece's second largest city.

Developments at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) confirmed that Greece's political landscape is gradually reverting to the traditional bipolar system of yesteryear, a system that came to an abrupt end with the country's financial meltdown.

The Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) is an important institution for Greece and it is high time it changed from a festival of Third World-type statism into a modern exhibition designed to highlight the most dynamic and outward-looking aspects of what the country has to offer.

Greece's prime minister says financial reforms such as reducing taxes, fighting bureaucracy and attracting investment must be implemented before the country asks its creditors to agree to lower budget surpluses.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis laid out his economic program for the coming year during a speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair on Saturday.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will seek to present his vision for economic growth in his keynote speech at the annual Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF), government sources said Tuesday.

US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt stressed the US government's intention to do everything in its power to support Greece's economic growth, during a press conference on Tuesday.

The third installment of the Thessaloniki Beer Festival kicks off at the Helexpo exhibition center in the northern port city, featuring 40 brewers and eight street food stalls, as well as live music. The concert program starts on Thursday with Pavlos Pavlidis and the B Movies band, followed on Friday by Max the Sax, on Saturday by Koza Mostra and on Sunday by Locomondo.