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Strong Earthquake in Albania
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake was registered this morning in southern Albania, BTA reported.
The quake began at 7:25 a.m. and the epicentre was 49 kilometres north of the Greek settlement of Konitsa near Albania.
According to the Greek Institute of Geodynamics, the depth of the earthquake was 11.4 kilometres.
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Man dies in Ptolemaida after hunting accident
A 67-year-old man died on Monday morning after being accidentally shot during a wild boar hunt in a forested area between the northern Greek towns of Kozani and Florina on Sunday.
According to reporters, a fellow hunter mistook him for their quarry.
He was rushed to a hospital in the town of Ptolemaida, where he underwent surgery but died.
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NOA counts more than 3,000 lightning strikes in one day
More than 3,000 lightening strikes were recorded Greece on August 15, with the biggest frequency detected in central regions of the country during rainstorms, according to the National Observatory of Athens.
Tomb dating to 1st century BC found intact in Kozani
Archaeologists in the region of Kozani in northern Greece have unearthed an intact tomb of a woman filled with offerings and dated to the late Hellenistic period (end of 1st century BC).
Bradley and Cooper adopted by bear sanctuary
The brown bear sanctuary Arcturos announced the adoption Tuesday of two three-month-old orphan bear cubs, named Bradley and Cooper, that had been found and cared for by a farmer in Kozani in northern Greece.
The group bemoaned that the one week the cubs stayed with the farmer was far too long.
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Modern waste management facility launched in Epirus
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.
Freezing temperatures recorded in mountainous Greece
Temperatures dropped below zero in several mountainous regions of Greece on Thursday, as the cold snap that started on December 25 continued to affect the country.
Man arrested on drugs-related charges in Kozani
A 22-year-old foreign national was arrested Thursday in Kozani, northern Greece, after being caught with 33.5 kilograms of cannabis hidden in his car.
Police found the drugs after signaling the vehicle to stop for an inspection.
The 22-year-old was charged with possession with intent to supply and was to appear before a prosecutor.
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Earthquake response drill for PPC miners
Workers at a Public Power Corporation lignite mine in Kozani, northern Greece, carry out a preparedness exercise on Wednesday. Code-named Pandora, the annual exercise is aimed at training workers at the mine what to do in the event of a natural disaster.
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University of Western Macedonia students stage sit-in to protest merger
Students from the Department of Environmental Engineering of the University of Western Macedonia were on Wednesday staging a sit-in at the rector's office in protest at government plans to merge the institution with the technical college (TEI) in the same region.
Protesters object to the move on the grounds that it will undercut the value of university degrees and academic titles.