Eleusis

Eleusis, also known as Elefsina, a town in West Attica Greece will be submitting a bid to be named European Capital of Culture for 2021, the town's mayor Giorgos Tsoukalas announced on Monday.

Icy winds and heavy snowfall wreaked havoc across Greece on Wednesday, with motorists on the national highway linking Athens to Lamia in central Greece becoming trapped for nearly two hours in a midday blizzard.