Menemeni

A woman died on Monday morning after being hit by a commercial train near the Thessaloniki Police Headquarters in the area of Menemeni, state-run news agency AMNA reported.

The police is looking into the case while authorities are waiting for the train driver's statement to determine he circumstances of the accident.

Schools will remain closed in the metropolitan area of Thessaloniki on Thursday due to safety concerns over a new storm which is expected to bring intense snowfall in northern Greece, according to announcements by the region's municipalities.

A 37-year-old ethnic Greek from the former Soviet Union who had absconded while on a furlough from Felli Prison in Grevena, northwestern Greece, last November was caught by police on Thursday in Menemeni, a suburb of Thessaloniki.

The fugitive is serving time for several burglaries in central Thessaloniki and Menemeni.

Thessaloniki Port Authority (OLTH) expects 2014 to be the best year for the country’s second port since OLTH was founded.

It estimates that some 350,000 containers will have passed through the port by the end of 2014, with total load reaching 4.6 million tons.

There will be no buses in Thessaloniki from Monday due to a strike until further notice by drivers at the local public transport company, OASTH, who say they have not been paid in more than a month.

OASTH employees’ representative Dimitris Tsermenidis said that the drivers have not been paid for 45 days and that the company is owed some 130 million euros by the state.

There will be no buses in Thessaloniki from Monday due to a strike until further notice by drivers at the local public transport company, OASTH, who say they have not been paid in more than a month.

OASTH employees’ representative Dimitris Tsermenidis said that the drivers have not been paid for 45 days and that the company is owed some 130 million euros by the state.