In such turbulent times, industry events like Agora are all the more essential to the health of the documentary ecosystem, according to Thessaloniki industry head Angeliki Vergou.

Greek police say a Turkish national has been killed and one other wounded in a shooting in the northern city of Thessaloniki.

Greece's worst rail disaster in 2023 was due to chronic safety gaps that still need to be addressed to prevent a repeat, Greek investigators said on Thursday. On February 28, 2023, a passenger train coming from Athens and a freight train coming from Thessaloniki collided head-on near Larissa in the Tempi area,

Residents of Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city, often use its White Tower as a point of reference when giving directions.

As the Thessaloniki Intl. Documentary Festival prepares to host its 27th edition, which runs March 6 – 16, festival director Orestis Andreadakis sees no shortage of threats to truth, freedom and the values on which the democratic order is based.

Following the annulment of Romania's presidential elections in 2024 amid allegations of Russian interference, there have been a number of demonstrations in support of far-right candidate Calin Georgescu who had won the first round.

The new documentary The Dating Game is lining up dates at film festivals around the world. Director Violet Du Feng’s film — about men in China struggling ardently to find spouses — heads to the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival in Greece for its international premiere this Saturday.

Blaming the government for the train accident and calling it a murder, the protesters said the government has not done anything to get justice

Protesters hurled petrol bombs and set fire to trash cans in Athens on Friday as hundreds of thousands of Greeks went on strike and took to the streets in nationwide demonstrations on the second anniversary of the country's deadliest train crash.

Two years after the country’s deadliest rail disaster, many are still demanding greater safety and accountability.

A protest over the Greek government’s response to the nation’s largest ever train crash turned violent on Friday as Scores of youths hurled rocks and gasoline bombs at police.

Riot police fired volleys of tear gas, stun grenades and water at protesters hurling gasoline bombs and smashed-up paving stones in Athens during mass demonstrations Friday to mark the second anniversary of a devastating train crash that has become a symbol of institutional failure in Greece.