Kozani

A van suspected of smuggling migrants in Kozani, northern Greece, crashed during a police chase in the early hours of Friday, with preliminary reports saying that one passenger was killed and 10 injured.

Bad weather has a lot of Greece under its grip, with snowfall and below freezing temperatures.

Bad weather has a lot of Greece under its grip, with snowfall and below freezing temperatures.

In the Athens area, mostly in the northern parts, some roads are closed, police warn.

These include: the road to Mt. Parnitha, the Alimou-Katechaki road, Anapafseos Street, in the suburb of Papagou, beyond the cemetery and Fylis and Tatoiou Avenues, northwest of Athens.

A woman walks along a snow-covered street in Chortiatis, near Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on Friday. The Leandros cold front arrived on Friday, bringing heavy snowfall mainly to the northern regions of the country and a significant drop in temperatures nationwide. The frosty weather will continue Saturday, with the snow expected to continue unabated, even in Attica.

The National Organization for Public Health (EODY) has dispatched a mobile testing unit to Kozani in northern Greece following a fresh coronavirus outbreak in what is one of the hardest-hit parts of the country.

Greek authorities on Friday announced a ban on movement from 6 p.m. to 5 a.m. and the suspension of click-and-collect services at retail stores in the region of Kozani, northern Greece, to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

Fears that the holiday spirit will prove stronger than fears of the coronavirus are expected to prompt the announcement of hard regional lockdowns in parts of the country that are struggling to contain the second wave of the pandemic.

There are 11 areas in Greece close to "red alert" status due to the rising rate of coronavirus infections and the government is considering tighter local lockdowns, Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias said Wednesday.

Apart from the Western Attica regional unit, all others are in central and northern Greece.

As the Covid-19 pandemic is fading away in most parts of Europe, the continent is straining to revive its hard-hit economy - on a bumpy road, as economic forecasts indicated.
But signs showed that demands from China are cushioning the shock.

A wet front swept across much of the country on Wednesday, bringing heavy rainfall and thunderstorms to many parts including Volos and much of Magnesia.
Volos was particularly hard hit with three hours of torrential rain in the morning that flooded streets and squares.