Christos Nikolaidis was born in 1970 in Thessaloniki, Greece, he studied Journalism at Pigier College and holds an MA from Middlesex University London.

Since 1989, he has worked as a journalist and political reporter across newspapers, radio, television and online media. He has held senior roles at ERT-3, including Director of News and Information, and was Editor-in-Chief of Macedonia.

He is currently Head Editor of SKAI TV’s Northern Greece Bureau. As a war correspondent, he covered conflicts in Kosovo, Ukraine, Israel, Lebanon and Syria. In 2025, he was elected to the Board of the Union of Journalists of Macedonia and Thrace.