Ptolemaida

Ask most Greeks, and they’ll tell you that the richest Greeks live in Ekali, Kifisia or Filothei in the northern suburbs of Athens. The truth, according to data of the General Secretariat of Public Revenue, is that the wealthy Greeks of the Athens northern suburbs are constantly getting poorer. Hence, the new wealthy Greeks are in Kozani – northern Greece.

A fire that broke out on Sunday at the thermal power station in Ptolemaida, northern Greece, has caused damage to a control room.

The blaze was under control by Monday morning but officials said that the control room for the third and fourth units at the power station had been destroyed.

Nobody was injured in the blaze.

A 46-year-old man was arrested in Ptolemaida, northern Greece, on Friday for alleged debts to the state of some 9.5 million euros.

The unnamed man is the financial manager of a construction company.

A Public Power Corporation (PPC) worker suffered broken arms and legs while working at a lignite mine area in Ptolemaida, northern Greece, on Monday.

The man, whose age was not given, was on an eight-month contract at PPC. He had been trying to empty the truck he was driving when the ground gave way.

He was hurt trying to get free of his vehicle.