Greece reopens historic mosque for Eid celebration

An aerial view of the historic Yeni Cami, or New Mosque, in the port city of Thessaloniki, northern Greece. On Wednesday, Eid prayers were held in the historic former mosque in northern Greece for the first time in 100 years. Photo: AP

Greece on Wednesday reopened an historic mosque in the northern city of Thessaloniki for the first time in over a century to allow prayers marking Eid al-Fitr, the celebration ending Ramadan.

Around 100 people attended prayers at the Yeni Mosque, last used in this capacity in the early 1920s, before a war between Greece and Turkey led to a population exchange that whittled away the city's Muslim population.