Argos Orestiko

A house fire in a Central Macedonian town has claimed the life of one person.

Five firefighters and three tenders attended the fire, which broke out in the early hours in an apartment the town of Argos Orestiko in Kastoria.

The body of an unidentified person was discovered in the apartment during the operation.

The filling of the LNG Storage and Gasification Station developed by Enaon EDA, the Greek Gas Distribution Company, a subsidiary of Italgas, was completed on Tuesday 24/09/2024 at the Industrial Park of Kastoria, to bring natural gas to the areas of Kastoria and Argos Orestiko.

Dozens of museums and archaeological sites will be open for free on Tuesday from 8 p.m. to midnight, celebrating the first of two supermoons this month, the Sturgeon Moon, which will be followed on August 30 by the Full Blue Moon. 

More than 400 cases of gastroenteritis have been reported in the region of Kastoria in northern Greece so far this year, according to the Center for Disease Prevention and Control (KEELPNO).

Laboratory tests on stool samples have shown that the gastroenteritis was caused by a virus.

This charming furrier city, whose beauty will most certainly seduce you, is built amphitheatrically on a narrow peninsula, mirrored in Orestiada Lake and nestled in between Grammo and Vitsi Mountains.

Tour the lake