Larissa

Livadi in Elassona is one of those hidden gems that most people don’t know about but are worth discovering. Nestled on the southeastern slopes of Mount Titara at an altitude of 1,160 meters, it offers breathtaking views of the Olympus mountain range. Once a popular holiday destination, it still attracts visitors, especially during the summer months.

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.

A new English-speaking Department of Medicine is starting at the University of Thessaly on October 7, which will welcome 40 international students in Larissa. This is the first foreign-language department at this university and the fourth in a row, after the Universities of Thessaloniki, Athens and Crete.

The weather will remain unstable today in most parts of the country. Rain and thunderstorms, possibly temporarily strong in some areas, are expected in central, eastern Macedonia, and Thrace in the early morning hours. Improvement is anticipated across the country by evening.

A car accident occurred early Friday afternoon (16/8) in Larissa, resulting in the injury of a police officer.

According to information from onlarissa.gr, the incident took place on Karamanlis Avenue at the height of the Thessalian stadium, when a car collided with a motorbike of the DIA team.

Fires broke out on Wednesday in Larissa, Argolis and Aetolia-Acarnania.

In Larissa, Thessaly, a fire erupted at a business site in the Omorfokhori area, within the municipality of Kileler.

A total of 32 firefighters with 10 vehicles have been dispatched to the scene, with a helicopter assisting from the air.

Most of Greece's rural areas are currently facing water rationing due to severe drought and water scarcity, which is impacting crop yields. Peach, nectarine, apricot and plum trees in northern Greece are suffering from water shortages and underperforming.

The permanent population of Greece, which reached 10.482 million in the recent census, is extremely unevenly distributed across the country. The two most populous Regional Units (RU), those of Thessaloniki and the Central Sector of Athens, host 2.09 million people (20.0% of the total population) while occupying only 2.8% of Greece’s area.

An emergency 112 alert was shortly after 7 p.m. on Wednesday to citizens in Thessaloniki, Larissa and other areas in northern Greece to warn them about the upcoming storm.

The arrest of a man, who according to local media reports is a former seasonal forest firefighter, as being responsible for 12 arrestsin the area of Ampelona in Larissa has been announced by members of the Fire Department’s investigative team.