Over the past few years, innovation has been on the rise in Thessaloniki and northern Greece in general. The city's strategic location and the presence of a number of universities and thriving businesses reinforce Thessaloniki's comparative advantages in its goal to become a pillar of development and innovation in Southeast Europe. A large innovation and technology center, named Thess INTEC (Thessaloniki Innovation & Technology Center), currently under development, aims to become the focal po...