Police in northern Greece arrested a 54-year-old man and a 57-year-old woman for the possession of a big weapons and explosive arsenal. According to police, a raid on their home in Florina on Monday afternoon uncovered 29 firearms, including three sub-machine guns, 72 kilograms of gunpowder, 95 ammunition magazines and …
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Bear cub shot dead by a poacher in northern Greece
A bear cub was shot dead by most probably a poacher in the region of Florina in northern Greece. Wildlife protection organizations urge authorities to investigate the killing of the cub. ATTENTION – GRAPHIC PICTURES below The cub was born last year and was still at an age where …
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Locals rush to the streets when earthquake strikes with 5.3R Florina, northern Greece
Hundreds of people spent the night in their cars after an earthquake struck with a magnitude of 5.3 on the Richter scale the area of Florina in western Macedonia. According to the Greek Geodynamic Institute, the earthquake occurred at 11.43 Sunday night and its epicenter was 2 km from the …
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Court suspends wind park construction in Nymfeo NATURA protected area
A court in Florina, northern Greece, ruled the temporary suspension of all construction works for a wind park at Nymfeo Mountain, following a request by two environmental organizations and local residents. Machinery found 1 km before the entrance to the construction site at Aetorachi, Nymfeo, will have to be removed, …
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Bishop suspends priest who forbids the use of masks in church
A priest is Florina, western Macedonia, is threatened with suspension because he has forbidden the use of mask inside the church. He reportedly posted an announcement at the church and informed the congregation that “we are not allowed to wear a mask in the Holy and Sanctified house of God …
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Extreme weather contrast: Snow in the North, Sahara Dust in the South
Extreme weather contrast in Greece: Orange-yellow Sahara dust swallowed Crete, white snow covered the West Macedonia. While in Crete temperatures reached 30 degrees Celsius, in Florina it was ice-cold as if in deep winter. The stark weather contrast between the North and the South are unprecedented in Greece. Florina & …
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First winter snow falls in the mountainous outskirts of Athens
A sudden temperature drop brought snow in the mountainous outskirts of Athens on Monday. The first snow of the year fell on the Mountain of Parnitha in Nort-West Athens. Video Bafi shelter Screenshots from Live cam from the Bafi shelter at an altitude of 1,161 meter. With 1,413 m elevation, …
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Florina: No money for heating oil in primary schools, pupils freeze
Hundreds of elementary school students in Florina have been siting in ice cold class rooms. They wear their coats, their woolen scarves and caps on and struggle to come through the school hours that have turned in to a torture. Reason: lack of funds means no heating oil. So the …
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