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Unlicensed settlements created without the required paperwork from the town planning departments are commonplace in Greece and a gordian knot for the state to handle. Urban planning is has been chaotic as unlicensed buildings spurt over the countryside without even a proper unified land registry.

Deputy eastern Attica governor Petros Philippou on Wednesday announced that junior and high schools in certain parts of the region were to remain closed due to cold weather and icy conditions.

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.