Florina

A cold front will bring wintery weather across Greece this weekend, with rain, storms, a drop in temperatures, and snow at higher elevations. 

According to the National Meteorological Service (EMY), the southern winds, reaching up to force 8 in the northern Aegean, will bring wet conditions to the Dodecanese, Ionian, and mainland regions.

The Interior Ministry has started cleaning up electoral rolls, implementing a provision included in the law on postal voting, approved last January.

According to an official announcement, the aim is to remove deceased voters from the rolls, particularly those abroad whose deaths were never reported to the relevant Greek authorities.

Freezing temperatures hit northern Greece Saturday morning, signaling winter's arrival. Areas including Drama, Florina, Kozani, Ptolemaida, and Lagadas in Thessaloniki recorded big drops. The lowest was -9 Celsius in Nevrokopi, Drama. In Ptolemaida, Nea Kafkaso in Florina, and Perithori in Nevrokopi, lows reached -6C, while other areas like Varyko, Grevena and Paranesti saw -5C.

Authorities are investigating whether a potential construction flaw in the heating system led to a mass carbon monoxide poisoning at a hotel in Florina, northern Greece, according to reports on Tuesday.

A hotel in Florina, northern Greece, where 14 guests had to be hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning on Sunday had been cited for licensing violations less than 10 days earlier, the Tourism Ministry confirmed on Monday.

A serious incident occurred around 2:30 a.m. Sunday morning at a hotel business in Limnochori Amyndeon, in Florina.

The victim of the car crash in Tsaritdshani that took place on Saturday afternoon (21/9) was the deputy mayor of Florina Lazaros Antoniadis, local media report.

The accident occurred when the deputy mayor’s truck veered off course and burst into flames.

Another fatal road accident claimed the lives of 2 bears of this year’s litter late on Wednesday night (28/8) on the Florina-Ptolemaida road (near the Vefi junction).

Indeed, summer is slowly coming to an end, and some people still haven’t had the chance to enjoy either the sun or the sea. But as always, nature has the solution—a late-summer getaway to the Greek mountains can guarantee a comparable, if not better, travel experience away from the mass summer tourism.

Two bear cubs have been killed after being hit by a vehicle in the northwestern prefecture of Florina.

The remains of the two bears were found on Monday morning by motorists on the Florina-Kozani national road.