Serres

A fatal crash occurred early Sunday morning on the Serres-Dramas highway in northern Greece, about 25 kilometers from Serres.

At approximately 3.40 a.m., a car driven by a 21-year-old man with a 25-year-old passenger swerved off the road, struck a metal light pole and flipped over. 

A 60-year-old woman, fired a shotgun to thwart a DEDDIE check for electricity theft in a village of Serres. She was sentenced to a total of 5 years imprisonment, a sentence which the court did not suspend or commute, but decided to serve.

A 15-year-old who was critically injured in a car accident in Serres, northern Greece, died on Sunday morning.

According to public broadcaster ERT, the accident occurred at 9 a.m. on Sunday on a provincial road when the vehicle, for reasons yet to be determined, veered off course and collided with a light pole.

Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis visited Serres in northern Greece on Saturday to focus on infrastructure upgrades at the Promachonas border crossing.

The border station, one of Greece's busiest, serves as a key entry point for travelers and cargo from Eastern Europe and Central Asia, with 8 million passengers and 2 million vehicles passing through annually.

The resignations of Deputy Mayors Georgios Kadi and Dimitris Michtsoglu were accepted by Serres Mayor Barbara Mitliagka after they eng

Eight Romanian soccer fans arrested just after they crossed the border into Greece have been sentenced to 30 days' imprisonment by a court in Serres under fan violence laws.

The period of jail time is mandatory under the new laws and cannot be appealed. The jailed Steaua Bucharest fans can, however, the remainder of their 18-month sentence.

A 14-year-old is accused of starting a fire on Sunday night at a primary school in Neo Souli, Serres, northern Greece.

The fire cause extensive damage to the roof of the building.

Charges were filed against the minor for the crime of arson, while his parents were also arrested for neglecting the supervision of a minor.

The National Meteorological Service Meteo has released satellite images showing the progression of a forest fire burning for 29 days on Mount Orvilos in Serres, Greece, near the Bulgarian border.

The European Copernicus Emergency Mapping Service provided images for the first 27 days.

Panagiotis Karipoglou, president of the Serres Bar Association, will file a complaint with the chief prosecutor over the ongoing fire on Mount Orvilos, near Greece's northern border with Bulgaria.

An image captured by the European meteorological satellite Meteosat-11 shows the extensive dispersion of smoke from the wildfire that has been raging since Sunday afternoon in northeastern Attica.

Processed and distributed by the National Observatory of Athens website, meteo.gr, the image reveals that the smoke has been carried more than 300 km southwest.