Kozani

Twelve municipalities in Greece's Western Macedonia region have launched the pilot phase of a 48-million-euro integrated waste management project financed through a public-private partnership (PPP).

More than 40 villages were struggling with a complete power outage in the Western Macedonia region on Thursday following heavy snowfall overnight, while in the northern Peloponnese, a rock fall caused by rain closed off a section of the Patra-Corinth highway.

A court in Kozani, northern Greece, on Friday ordered the seizure of all assets with a total value of 150,000 euros belonging to the owner of a dog that killed a 5-year-old boy last spring.

The mother of the boy, who was mauled by the Rotweiller during a family Easter outing, is seeking damages of 140,000 euros.

Greek prosecutors on Thursday forwarded to Parliament three case files relating to two members of the current cabinet and former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis.

The men's national volleyball team came close to reaching the Eurovolley 2017 finals, but eventually succumbed to Spain and missed out on next year's tournament.

After losing 3-0 to Spain on October 1 with a miserable performance at the Canary Islands, Greece had to win 3-0 or 3-1 in the return leg in Kozani on Saturday and then win the "golden set".

The trial of a 40-year-old man accused of murdering his wife and burying her body in a field started on Tuesday at a court in Kastoria, northern Greece, with a considerable police presence.

The man admitted to killing 37-year-old Anthi Linardou in January after police found her remains in Velvento, near Kozani.

The man had previously denied knowing what happened to his wife.

The funeral of the 5-year-old boy who was killed in Kozani, when he was attacked by two Rottweilers on Easter Sunday, was held on Tuesday morning at the cemetery of Aghios Georgios in Kozani.

A prosecutor in the northern city of Kozani on Tuesday charged the 72-year-old owner of two Rottweilers, which attacked and killed a 5-year-old boy on Easter Sunday, with manslaughter through neglect and ordered his release from custody pending his trial.

The mother and stepfather of murdered Kostis Polyzos were led to the prosecutor of Kozani on Thursday morning on charges of killing their son. The two are being held on charges of homicide with intent.

Due to the nature of the crime, they are expected to finish their apology in the afternoon.

The mother and stepfather of Kostas Polyzos, aged 23, murdered five years ago at Siatista Kozani appeared before the prosecutor at Aspropyrgos shortly after noon on Friday. With frozen gazes they passed through the door of the prosecutor and failed to answer questions posed to them by Proto Thema.