Halkidiki

Suspects charged with demanding bribes to avoid planning office foot-dragging, and up to 20K euros to whitewash building violations, legalize illegal construction

The severe weather system, named Bora, has caused significant destruction in Halkidiki, particularly in the Sithonia region

The village of Taxiarchis is located in the country's Christmas tree production region, Halkidiki prefecture; annual event is held on eve of Feast Day of the Archangels

According to the Athens Geodynamic Institute, the earthquake’s epicenter was located in the sea area 11 kilometers south of Nea Moudania, in Halkidiki.

New evidence in the August death of a teenager at a Halkidiki amusement park has resulted in the closure of the company that certified the park’s safety.

Hellas Gold is a subsidiary of Canadian multinational Eldorado Gold, and has received the mining rights for the Skouries mine, Olympias and Stratoni mines in northern Greece's Halkidiki prefecture

The new evidence is being considered with caution, as it is based on the testimonies of other children at the Halkidiki summer camp

An official investigation into the causes of the malfunctioning of a ride at an amusement park in Halkidiki, that led to the death of a young man, finds the accident could have been avoided.

An engineer visited the amusement park in Halkidiki, which was operating without a license, just hours before the accident took place and declared rides 'safe' without testing them.

The young man was thrown from a 'broken' ride at a Halkidiki Amusement park on Monday evening and died instantly, according to a coroner report

The teen sustained fatal injuries late Monday night after his ride's seat detached at the outdoor amusement park at the coastal Pefkohori resort in northern Greece's Halkidiki prefecture

The beach bar in Halkidiki prefecture's Kassandra peninsula was scene of a shooting on Friday amid a violent melee between Bulgarian nationals

Probe into the shocking death of an 8-year-old girl, who drowned at a well-known overnight summer camp in northern Greece this past week, continues

The 55-year-old owner of the beach bar, a Bulgarian man, was arrested along with two patrons injured during the incident. All three remain hospitalized

According to a report from SKAI, the girl may have been at the bottom of the pool at the summer camp for up to three hours without anyone noticing, until her sister began looking for her

It is suspected that the incident may have involved members of the Bulgarian mafia

Following the incident, the head of the summer camp, a 34-year-old, was also arrested in the early on Wednesday and brought to the Kassandra Police Department

Salinization of the water supply in the northern Greece coastal region of Halkidiki has been a problem for years, and it is getting worse.

The aerial oversight aims to identify violations linked to beach and coastal concessions, as well as public land encroachments

The well-known northern Greece holiday 'magnet' of Halkidiki has the most Blue Flags in Greece among prefectures, with 104. Crete, as a whole however, has 146 Blue Flags