Kozani

Authorities in Western Macedonia issued a warning on Tuesday about high smog levels in the region caused by the large number of households using fireplaces to keep warm.

According to regional authorities, atmospheric pollution in the municipalities of Kozani, Eordaia, Amyntaio and Florina have risen above the warning level.

A cold snap that took hold over the weekend is to continue this week with storms expected in many parts and snowfall in the north and mountainous parts of the mainland.

Following several months of relatively mild weather, snow and sub-zero temperatures appeared across much of the north over the weekend, starting in Thessaloniki and spreading to central and western Macedonia.

Five people, including three Greek nationals and two Bulgarians, have been arrested for baby trafficking in the northern town of Kozani

The arrests were made on suspicions that a 23-year-old Bulgarian, who had been admitted to hospital to give birth, was planning to sell the baby to a Greek couple.

Five people – three Greeks and two Bulgarians - have been arrested in Kozani, northern Greece, for baby trafficking.

The arrests came after authorities’ suspicions were raised when a 23-year-old Bulgarian woman checked into a local hospital to give birth.

As of Monday, property owners will be able to access the land registry to view information that was accumulated before 2008, it was announced Friday.

Until now, owners could only see information that had been collected since 2008 even though 333 areas had been registered before then.

Nevertheless, the process of completing Greece’s much-delayed cadaster is proving a slow one.

A 39-year-old man in Kozani, northern Greece, is facing charges over the illegal possession of weapons and drugs, reports said on Saturday.

The suspect, who has not been identified, was arrested and charged Friday after a search of his home by authorities turned up several bags of cannabis and cannabis-based products.

A 30-year-old man gunman who stormed into a building housing the offices of the Organization for Compensation and Payments in Kozani, northern Greece, early on Monday afternoon, and demanded money, handed himself over to police after a negotiator was dispatched to the scene.

A gunman stormed into a building housing the offices of the Organization for Compensation and Payments in Kozani, northern Greece, early on Monday afternoon, and threatened staff to hand over an undetermined sum, reports said.

An old hand grenade was discovered in the courtyard of a high school in Siatista, in Kozani, northern Greece, late on Monday.

A team of military bomb disposal experts were dispatched to the scene and subsequently detonated the weapon.

Reports suggested the grenade dated from World War II.

A 16-year-old boy who had been reported missing was found dead on Monday night in the Pramoritsa River in Kozani, northern Greece.

The unnamed teenager was working as a shepherd for a 50-year-old local livestock farmer when a fellow-shepherd, aged 43, reported that he had gone missing while on the job earlier in the day.