EPIRUS

For years Athens and half of Greece have been sinking in garbage because the competent local authorities and large segments of society have either reacted negatively or are indifferent to the need to resolve the problem.

Yesterday the PM visited Epirus and the first waste management plant that was created through a public-private partnership.

Embroidered epitaphioi and ecclesiastical vestments associated with Holy Week and Easter rituals make up the core of the exhibition "Embroidered Epitaphioi from Epirus - 18th and 19th Centuries." The sacred satin garments on show are exquisite examples of ecclesiastical handicraft.

The weather is to take a new turn of the worse on Monday, according to the National Observatory of Athens (NOA) which has predicted a wet sweeping into the country from the Ionian, Epirus and the western mainland.

Stormy weather is also forecast for many parts of the country, including much of the mainland and the northern and eastern Aegean, according to the NOA.

"Balkans" is a movable term. Not only do borders have a mysterious habit of moving in the night - and sometimes in the broad light of day - but the entire landmass known as "the Balkans" is an amorphous compound of ideas, languages, religions, ethnicities, and, perhaps above all, atmospheres.

The region of Epirus in northwestern Greece is setting the bar for the rest of the country in terms of waste management with the formal launch of a state-of-the-art unit through the collaboration of the private and state sectors.

Monday's sunshine will give way to clouds, rain and even scattered storms on Tuesday, as weather is expected to deteriorate mostly in mountainous areas of Greece.

Four of Greece's 13 regional units are among the 20 poorest in the European Union according to GDP per capita, a Eurostat report published on Tuesday has shown.

The murder of 56-year-old Belgian Luigi Vancheri in the Athens neighborhood of Neos Cosmos in 2017 remained an unsolved mystery until criminal investigators were able to access the contents of his mobile phone.

The first snow fell in mountainous regions of Greece on the weekend, as temperatures dropped across the country.

The mountain ranges of Menalo in the Peloponnese, Pilio in Thessaly and Karpenisi in central Greece saw 10 centimeters of snow.

Leading Greek food company Jotis and nonprofit organization HOPEgenesis on Thursday announced a program aimed at boosting the birth rate in remote parts of Greece.