Thessaly

Local residents and tourists in the city of Volos and Mount Pelion were posting photos and videos of the destruction caused by the severe thunderstorm sweeping central Greece since Monday night. 

One video filmed in the village of Agios Ioannis, in the eastern coast of Mount Pelio, showed a car being swept into the sea. 

A large-scale operation involving the police, coast guard and the armed forces has already been prepared for the storage and transport of vaccines when the first delivery arrives on December 26, and the first inoculations begin the day after.

Metsovo, a mountain village in the Pindos area, northwestern Greece is a model of development with robust wine and culture-based tourism.

Archaeologists have unearthed a lost ancient city in the region of Thessaly, Greece dating back 2,500 years! The amazing discovery was made by researchers from the University of Gothenburg and the University of Bournmouth. The excavations teams started exploring the ruins at a village called Vlochos, about 300km north of Athens.

Greece's creditors are pressing for the withdrawal of the Public Gas Corporation (DEPA) from the natural gas retail market, and quickly too, according to information confirmed by sources from within DEPA.

Farmers are escalating their protest action against planned pension reforms and tax changes with an expansion of road blocks and customs around Greece ahead of national strike action around the country on Thursday.

Greek farmers are still blocking major roads throughout the country, while today they are expected to decide on their next move.

According to information, they probably escalate their protest and continue blocking the roads, while at the same time they will prepare their arguments and proposals for the social security system and tax system.

Three years ago, fiery young Greek radical opposition lefty Alexis Tsipras climbed onto a tractor to give a speech to hundreds of cheering farmers. He vowed to crush harsh reforms leading to nowhere.

The fifth season of the hit series Game of Thrones kicks off on April 12 and promises another 10 episodes full of fantasy, intrigue, sex and violence in the mythical kingdom of the Westeros and Essos.

By Chryssa Liaggou

The Public Gas Corporation (DEPA) is processing a plan to offset the losses of the local gas supply corporations, known as EPAs, in the natural gas retail market, in cooperation with Shell and ENI, the other main stakeholders in the three EPAs in Athens, Thessaly and Thessaloniki.