Ioannina

The region of Epirus in northwestern Greece is setting the bar for the rest of the country in terms of waste management with the formal launch of a state-of-the-art unit through the collaboration of the private and state sectors.

Judges in the northwestern city of Ioannina on Monday postponed the trial of the father of a college student who committed suicide after being subjected to violent and vicious bullying from a group of peers, accused of attacking the former director of the school where the tragedy transpired in 2015.

The father of a college student who committed suicide after being subjected to violent and vicious bullying from a group of peers is due to stand trial on Monday for allegedly attacking the former director of the school where the tragedy transpired in 2015.

In Greece, we live with postponements and extensions. There are court cases that never reach a conclusion and irresponsible lawmakers who remain in their positions, useful for political exchanges in Parliament but useless to society. Important cases are delayed, testing the resilience of institutions which are important for the functioning of the state.

The administration office at the Moria reception and identification centre on the island of Lesvos was evacuated on Friday after staff received a letter deemed suspicious, state-run news agency ANA-MPA reported.

The letter, sent through a private courier company, appeared to have originated from Oman.

After Greek authorities collected on Thursday 12 suspicious envelopes sent to universities around the country, more letters were delivered Friday to six separate campuses.

Police was told universities in Ioannina, Rethymno, Patra, Corinth and Lamia received similar envelopes, as well as the private Mediterranean College in Thessaloniki.

Two local residents try to put anti-skid chains on a car during a snowfall in Myrodafni village, near Ioannina city, northwestern Greece, Friday. Temperatures remain below zero in several mountainous regions of the country as heavy snow fell across much of northern and central Greece, but also on the mountains around Athens. [Thanassis Stavrakis/AP]

A 55-year-old man in Larissa, central Greece, faces charges related to the illegal acquisition and trade of antiquities after police reportedly discovered him in possession of an unauthorized collection of nearly 700 ancient coins.

Fourteen Greek university professors and researchers were included in an international list of some 4,000 of the most influential researchers of the past 11 years, compiled by Clarative Analytics.

The collection of property ownership declarations will resume on November 19, starting with the southeastern Aegean islands of Karpathos and Kalymnos, the National Cadastre & Mapping Agency (Hellenic Cadastre) announced on Thursday.