Thiva

Robert Lambrou, the candidate of the xenophobic Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the elections for the parliament of the State of Hesse, is full of contradictions. Although he is the son of a Greek man from the town of Thiva, he is an official of a party which was founded with the sole aim of throwing Greece out of the euro.

A man died on Monday during a wildfire that broke out in Prodromos, located in Viotia to the northwest of the capital, earlier in the morning.

According to the police, the victim was an 80-year-old shepherd who hurried to rescue his sheep upon receiving an evacuation message for the village.

An earthquake with preliminary magnitude 4.5 struck near Thiva in central Greece on Wednesday.

The Athens Geodynamic Institute said the quake occurred at 12.54 p.m. local time, 11 kilometers east of Thiva, at a depth of 5 kilometers.

There were no immediate reports of damage or injury from the quake which was reportedly felt in the capital, Athens.

A large firefighting force was sent to tackle a blaze that broke out on the island of Thassos, one of Greece's greenest, on Tuesday morning.
The fire service said it sent 56 men with 25 vehicles at the area of Paradisos, in the southwestern part of the island. They were supported by two Pezetel aircraft and one helicopter.

A large firefighting force was sent to tackle a blaze that broke out on the island of Thasos, one of Greece's greenest, on Tuesday morning.
The fire service said it sent 56 men with 25 vehicles at the area of Paradisos, in the southwestern part of the island. They were supported by two Pezetel aircraft and one helicopter.

Weather problems persist in central and southern Greece on Friday, as the strong winds are keeping ferries docked and snowfall has blocked a number of roads in various regions.

No ferries sail out of the Attica ports of Piraeus, Rafina and Lavrio due to gale-force winds, except for the large ferries to Aigina and Poros islands in the Saronikos Gulf.

A 3.8-magnitude earthquake rattled the region of Boeotia in central Greece on Monday and was also felt in Athens.

According to a preliminary reading of the Institute of Geodynamics, the tremor struck 17 km southeast of the town of Thiva and at a depth of 5 km.

No damages or injuries were immediately reported.

Icy winds and heavy snowfall wreaked havoc across Greece on Wednesday, with motorists on the national highway linking Athens to Lamia in central Greece becoming trapped for nearly two hours in a midday blizzard.