Larissa

Delays are expected in all suburban train services between Thessaloniki and Larissa, due to yesterday’s fire in Litochoro and the loss of electricity, Hellenic Train said in a post.

The same post notes that there is a single line between Litochoro and Platy.

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.

Almost a month after the plague outbreak in Greece and we are officially counting 35 cases and 14,000 animals killed.

In the first 15 days, panic sheep and goat disease hit Thessaly in the laws of Trikala and Larissa. This first experience of dealing with the disease was the “bushel” that the authorities followed when now the plague started to “hit” other areas which in essence emerged from the tracing of Thessaly.

Vasilis Samaras, the stationmaster of Larissa who was held responsible for the tragic train accident in Tempi, has been released under specific conditions. Although his 18-month pre-trial detention was set to expire on September 1, he has been granted release with the conditions of a travel ban and house arrest.

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.

“Education or Career?” is the pivotal question that applicants must address before commencing the application process, beginning today or tomorrow and closing on July 18. An essential aspect in deciding on a university program lies in meticulously reviewing the Study Guide and evaluating the courses available.

A woman was bit by a snake that was hiding under her 2-year-old grandchild's crib on Saturday.

The snake, which was reportedly a viper, entered the house through an open door.

The incident occurred in a country house in the area of Skotina, Larissa, in central Greece.

The National Public Health Organization (EODY) announced the first case of West Nile virus in Greece this summer on Friday, noting that the virus has appeared almost annually in the country over the last 15 years, necessitating individual mosquito protection measures.

Seven employees from the Hellenic Railways Organization (OSE) are being summoned by the prosecutor as suspects for violating confidentiality rules by leaking audio recordings between a train driver and a stationmaster immediately after the railway crash at Tempe in central Greece in February 2023.