Temperatures are scathing and the heat on the beach is unbearable. Suddenly, a man stands up, and in the blink of an eye he picks up his hat and just... leaves. "That's it; Finally?", asks a vacationer who is "melting" under the hot sun on an adjacent sunbed. "End; Now the holidays begin", he replies and begins to unfold one by one the virtues of cosmopolitan Kastoria, a city that may not be intertwined in the minds of most as a classic summer destination, but has many charms and can convince all those who are looking for an alternative vacation in the middle of summer.

A young man in Kastoria fought with a bear and is being treated for serious injuries.

Greek police are investigating an alleged rape of a teenage boy in a refugee hosting centre in Kastoria, Macedonia.