Kozani
Kozani champions cause of 12-year-old boy
Residents of Kozani in northern Greece have embarked on a campaign to raise 30,000 euros so that a 12-year-old boy can fly to Houston in the US to receive treatment for a rare bone disease at a specialized medical center.
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Two bears killed on Egnatia National Highway
Two bears were run over and killed within the space of a few hours on Monday at the same location on the Egnatia National Highway near Siatista in Kozani, northern Greece.
One of the animals was run over by a truck, while the second, a pregnant female, was hit by a car.
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Bear deaths on Egnatia Highway prompt calls for action
Two Greek wildlife conservation groups, Arcturos and Callisto, on Friday called for a barrier to be erected on a section of the Egnatia Highway near Kozani in northern Greece after a bear was killed in a road accident on Thursday, the fifth such incident this year.
Kastoria: The lady of Macedonia (PHOTOS)
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Kozani leads the way in new trash system
Kozani on Friday became the first city in Greece to introduce underground garbage cans in a bid to do away with the unsightly and malodorous wheeled dumpsters that mar the country's urban thoroughfares. The northern Greek city's first batch of underground bins was placed at Bristol Square, with Eleftherias Square slated to come next.
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Gov't shifts focus to growth with series of regional conferences
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras plans this week to launch a government drive to transform the positive outcome of last month's Eurogroup deal into benefits for the real economy, starting with the first of a series of regional growth conferences in Kozani, northern Greece.
Opposition urges gov't to scrap ENFIA tax for quake-victims
People who lost their homes in the 6.1 magnitude earthquake that struck the southern Aegean island of Lesvos should be spared from paying the ENFIA property tax for at least two years, opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said during a visit to Vrisa, the village worst-hit by the tremor, on Wednesday.
PPC plays down impact of lignite mine collapse
Public Power Corporation (PPC) is playing down the impact of a huge landslide at a lignite mine in the region of Kozani, in western Macedonia, which forced the evacuation of a nearby village.
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Three hospital employees found guilty over baby's 2010 death
Two doctors and a nurse were found guilty by a Thessaloniki court, for a second time, of manslaughter in the death of a 13-month-old boy from Kozani, northern Greece, in 2010 and received suspended sentences ranging from eight to 16 months.