Author: Kavala.com

According to reports on Friday, a second group of 140 Ukrainian children, aged 6 to 15, who will be hosted in Greek summer camps in northern Greece, arrived at the Greece-Bulgaria border station of Promachonas on Thursday night. The children were escorted by Greek police as they arrived in Greece from the Ukrainian city of Bucha. They will be housed in summer camps in Chalkidiki (Metamorfosi, Pefkochori, and Nea Skioni), Thessaloniki (Asprovalta), and Kavala (Orfani). The children were offered shelter by Greece’s Panhellenic Union of Private Initiative Camp Operators. During the month of August, at least 600 children will be…

A 65-year-old man, who was arrested on Thassos on Tuesday in connection with a wildfire, that erupted last week on the northern Aegean island, is scheduled to appear before a prosecutor in Kavala later in the day today. Early Tuesday morning, police officers searched the suspect’s car and discovered firecrackers and flammable material. Before referring the suspect to the examining magistrate, the prosecutor is expected to press charges based on the fire department and police case file.

The Hellenic Air Force will soon send a letter of request (LOR) to the United States requesting that 38 F-16C/D Block 50 fighters be upgraded to the V variant. The Hellenic Air Force (HAF) will soon send a letter of request (LOR) to the United States for the upgrade of 38 F-16C/D Block 50 fighters to the V variant. According to the media, the letter would resolve another outstanding issue in the Hellenic Air Force’s modernization efforts and transformation into one of the most significant in the region. The modernization of the 38 F-16s will take place at Nea Anchialos…

On Wednesday, a police officer accused of shooting at and injuring two illegal immigrants during an arrest operation in a forest appeared before a prosecutor in Kavala. The officer was part of a police team that saw a group of 30 people, including migrants and smugglers, disembarking from a truck traveling on the old Thessaloniki-Kavala highway late on Tuesday. The officer allegedly fired “warning shots” while attempting to arrest the individuals. Two of the nine migrants arrested were found to have wounds to the right shoulder and right arm as a result of the shooting. The injured were taken to…

Dear Exhibitors, The Chamber of Kavala, a member of the European business support network “Enterprise Europe Network”, informs you that in the context of supporting entrepreneurship, promoting quality local products and strengthening extroversion, it has decided to organize the 28th International Exhibition “KAVALAEXPO 2022”, which will take place from October 07, 2022 to October 10, 2022, at the “Apostolos Mardyris” Exhibition Center in Nea Karvali, Kavala. “KAVALAEXPO 2022” is now an institution for the wider region and has been established as a place for investigating business partnerships, as it creates the conditions for the exposure of businesses, the increase in tourist traffic with…

The amount of €18,000 “flew” from the account of a businessman from the area of ​​Pangaios Kavala, who was defrauded by an alleged client. It was reported to police, that on Thursday, August 04, 2022, an unknown person, pretending to be a customer, contacted a business owner by phone, pretending to want to pay a sum of money in order to buy a product. During the communication, he sent a message (e-mail), where the bank appeared as the sender and which contained a link, which the businessman followed. By typing in his banking login informatio, the perpetrator managed to gain…

Improvement and modernization interventions for the completion of the basic infrastructure projects and the upgrade of the security of the port in the area of ​​Nea Peramos of the Municipality of Pangaios, Kavala, with a budget of approximately €780,000, are part of the operational program “Fisheries and the Sea” of the Ministry of Rural Development and Food. The port of Eleftheri in Nea Peramo, Kavala mainly serves fishing, while by decision of the Secretary General of the Ministry of of Rural Development and Food is designated as a port – place of landing / transshipment of coastal fishing vessels and swordfish.…

In early September, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens, and Metropolitan Epifaniy of Kiev will visit Kavala and Thassos. Metropolitan Stephanos of Philippi, Neapolis, and Thassos, along with local authorities, announced this at a press conference. According to the program, this pilgrimage will take place from September 03 to 06, 2022, on the occasion of the first official celebration of the Meeting of the Saints of Thassos, and will include specific ecclesiastical and cultural events in Thassos, Chrysoupolis, and Kavala. This visit was planned two years ago, but it was canceled due to the pandemic. The event will be…

Yesterday there was a meeting of the Deputy Governor of Kavala, Mr. Alexis Politis, with members of the Board of Directors. of COISPE Kavala. During the meeting, issues of development of cooperation and programs of KOISPE Kavala with the Region of Eastern Macedonia – Thrace and the Regional Unit of Kavala in the field of Social Solidarity Economy and Social Entrepreneurship were discussed in a positive atmosphere with the goals of psychosocial rehabilitation and work integration and reintegration of vulnerable and socially vulnerable groups, including Persons with Disabilities.

The Ministries of Development and Investments and Maritime and Island Policy proceeded with the approval of three studies, concerning an equal number of maintenance projects, as well as aesthetic and energy upgrading of the Central Port of Kavala “Apostolos Pavlos”. The relevant contacts of the MP P.E. Kavala of New Democracy, Mr. Makariou Lazaridis with the political leaders of the Ministries, but also with the Administration of the O.L.K. S.A., for the immediate processing of the relevant requests and the acceleration of the procedures, in order to improve the quality of the operation of the port and the service of the passengers. The studies, which have…