Imathia

A sharp deterioration in weather conditions is expected in the coming hours, prompting the HNMS to update the emergency bulletin initially issued yesterday afternoon.

The weather will deteriorate rapidly with EMS issuing an emergency bulletin for severe weather Bora.

The National Observatory warns in its latest forecast that the main feature of bad weather Bora during Saturday Nov. 30 and Sunday Dec. 1 will be heavy snowfall.

The process of electing delegates to SYRIZA is now at its peak, as counting is underway at the polling stations of the Member Organisations, which number 550. On the first day of the process, both the majority and the Kasselakis side are declared winners.

Police in northern Greece arrested a woman on Tuesday after the death of her six-month-old baby.

The 37-year-old mother, living in a village of Imathia, allegedly hit the infant. Her two other children, aged six and seven, who were present during the incident, ran out of the house and called for help. 

Biomethane, after photovoltaics, is emerging as the next field of activity for citizens in renewable energy sources. A bill promoted by the Ministry of Environment and Energy establishes incentives for the production and use of biomethane that can be distributed through the existing natural gas network and used by consumers.

Farmers in northern Greece said on Tuesday they will escalate their protests and invited the ministers of agricultural development and growth and labor to a meeting to discuss their concerns.

Roadblocks have been set up on highways in the prefectures of Imathia, Pella, Pieria and Serres and that connecting Katerini and Thessaloniki.

Police in Alexandreia in the northern prefecture of Imathia on Saturday detained a 48-year-old man and his 26-year-old son after a raid on their home turned up several weapons and ammunition.

Officers confiscated two pistols, three rifles, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, a sword, brass knuckles and club and a home-made ax.