January 11, 2023
FEATURED, weather
The first snow of the year has covered landscapes in northern Greece’s ski resorts as a result of the temporary deterioration of weather conditions. This is the first snow to fall on the slopes and may not be enough for skiers, however it gives fans of winter sports a reason …
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December 20, 2022
Society, Very Mix
Rail operator Hellenic Train SA was fined 300,000 euros by Greece’s Railroad Regulatory Authority (RAS) for stranding 820 passengers in harsh weather conditions on January 24, when five trains were stuck on the major north-south train route of Greece. Following a months-long review of Hellenic Train, a subsidiary of Ferrovie …
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November 27, 2022
FEATURED, weather
The first snow of the year fell in several regions in northern Greece on Sunday, turning the landscapes into scenery from fairy tales, as snow-romantic Southerners love to describe. Snow-covered and Christmas-like Nympfaio in Florina, western Macedonia. The village of Nymfaio is a mountain settlement that has been designated since …
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April 15, 2022
FEATURED, weather
A gradual change of weather is forecast over the weekend as a barometric low coming from North Africa moves to Greece with main feature very high concentration of Sahara dust but also rainfalls and sharp temperature drop. The concentration of Sahara dust is forecast to be very high in the …
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March 20, 2022
weather
One day before the official start of the spring and Athenians woke up with freezing temperatures and snow falling even in areas of the center of the city. The National Meteorological Service EMY issued a emergency bulletin warning of heavy snowfalls in the Greek capital and even more south in …
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March 11, 2022
FEATURED, weather
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY has updated its emergency bulletin on Friday noon warning of dangerous weather phenomena due to snow weather “Philip.” The update of the weather warning issued on Tuesday, March 8, is based on the latest forecast data. According to EMY, the main features of the bad …
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March 10, 2022
FEATURED, weather
Primary and secondary schools in parts of northern, eastern and western Attica will remain closed also on Friday, March 11, due to snow weather “Philip”, regional authorities announced on Thursday. Hay trucks are banned from highway parts as of 10 p.m. Thursday. According to a statement by the Attica regional …
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March 9, 2022
FEATURED, weather
Schools in several areas of Attica will remain closed on Thursday due to snow and cold weather front “Philip”, Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Minister Christos Stylianides decided on Wednesday. The schools are in areas of north, east and west Attica. The specific areas affected by this decision were announced …
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March 9, 2022
FEATURED, weather
Barometric low “Philip” stroke Greece with snow even at low altitudes and rainstorms in the south as well as temperatures much lower than the seasonal average. Many schools are closed. Trucks over 3.5 tonnes have been banned from traveling on Athens-Lamia highway if there have no snow chains. Many schools …
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March 8, 2022
FEATURED, weather
Cold air masses from northern Europe will move further south and will affect Greece with heavy snowfalls until the upcoming weekend. In an weather warning issued by the Greek National Meteorological Service EMY, the bad weather front named “Philip” (Filippos – Φίλιππος) said that its main features will be lower …
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March 4, 2022
FEATURED, weather
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued a weather warning over the weekend with heavy rainfalls and thunderstorms and locally dense snowfalls. The barometric low will affect mainly the West and the North of the country on Saturday and Sunday, March 5-6. According latest forecast by the National Observatory of Athens, …
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February 28, 2022
FEATURED, weather
Greece National Meteorological Service EMY updated on Monday its weather warning on bad weather front “Bianca.” EMY said in the update that the barometric low “Bianca” has already moved northeast and the intense weather phenomena show on Monday a temporary weakening. However, there is a new deterioration from Tuesday, March …
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February 27, 2022
FEATURED, weather
Bad weather front Bianca stroke northern Greece with heavy snowfalls and ice conditions that forced authorities to ban trucks from Egnatia Odos highway and motorists to use snow chains on Sunday. Traffic was banned on many rural roads around Thessaloniki, Chortiatis-Agios Vassilios and Melissochori-Oreokastro due to adverse weather conditions. The …
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February 21, 2022
FEATURED, weather
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued a warning on Monday morning of the upcoming bad weather front with main features being heavy rain- and snowfalls, thunderstorms, temperature drop and strong northern winds blowing withe 8 Beaufort. The bad weather front is forecast to reach Greece on Monday night, February 21, …
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February 7, 2022
FEATURED, weather
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued a weather warning on Monday about weather deterioration with heavy rainfalls and thunderstorms, dense snow falls, significant temperature drop by 8-10 Degrees Celsius and powerful winds of up to 10 Beaufort. The powerful winds will start in the north Ionian Sea, they will later …
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January 31, 2022
FEATURED, weather
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued a weather warning on Monday noon drawing attention to an upcoming bad weather front with main features heavy rainfalls and thunderstorms, dense snowfalls and stormy winds of intensity 8 to 9 Beaufort. The bad weather front is forecast to start on Tuesday noon, February …
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January 28, 2022
weather
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued a warning on Friday due to weather deterioration with main features heavy rainfalls and thunderstorms, locally dense snowfalls and gale-force winds with intensity 8 to 9 Beaufort. Mostly affected by the bad weather front forecast to hit from Friday night until Sunday noon, Jan …
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January 27, 2022
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Τhe office of the Public Prosecutor in Athens investigates the multi-day power outages in several areas of Attica in the midst of a snow weather, low temperatures and frost. Investigation is to determine whether the offense of disturbing the operation of an utility has been committed. The order for the …
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January 26, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis offered a “personal and sincere apology to our fellow citizens that underwent hardship for many hours, trapped in Attiki Odos,” on Wednesday. “There are very clear responsibilities of the concessionaire for the way that it handled this latest snowstorm. These will be fully investigated based …
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January 25, 2022
Very Mix
Motorway operator Attiki Odos on Tuesday accepted the resignation of its CEO, Bill M. Halkias, after hundreds of motorists were trapped on the company’s tolled highway around Athens in the Elpida snowstorm. In a company statement, Halkias, CEO of the company since 1999, stated that the last motorists had been freed …
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