Northern Greece

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.

Thessaloniki will benefit the most from the name deal signed between Athens and Skopje, US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt said during a visit to Greece's northern port city Tuesday.

Four of Greece's 13 regional units are among the 20 poorest in the European Union according to GDP per capita, a Eurostat report published on Tuesday has shown.

The first snow fell in mountainous regions of Greece on the weekend, as temperatures dropped across the country.

The mountain ranges of Menalo in the Peloponnese, Pilio in Thessaly and Karpenisi in central Greece saw 10 centimeters of snow.

The number of refugees, asylum seekers and people with no citizenship in Greece totaled 58,000 in early June, according to figures released by the Greek chapter of the UNHCR on Wednesday, World Refugee Day.

At the protest, far-right leaders, Greek diaspora groups and clerics called against any UN-sponsored compromise name for their northern neighbor that would include the term "Macedonia".

Several parts of northern Greece, as well as higher altitudes in the central mainland saw snowfall on Tuesday, as temperatures dropped across the country following weeks of unseasonably warm weather.

The Greek Meteorological Services (EMY) has issued a weather bulletin warning forecasting a sudden turn of conditions with topical storms and hail starting on Monday from the region of Macedonia in northern Greece. The phenomena are expected to gradually cover the rest of the country until Wednesday.

The Greek Meteorological Services (EMY) have issued a bulletin warning for the deterioration of the weather over the weekend. According to the forecast, heavy rains and storms will hit the region of northern Greece starting on Saturday after midday, while hail and strong winds are also expected. The areas affected are:

A total of 53,731 migrants and refugees are trapped in Greece, according to the announcement released by the Management Coordinating Body of Refugee Crisis.

More specifically, there are 13,981 people in Attica region, 8,212 people on the islands and 29,277 in northern Greece, while 10,172 of them are at the camp of Idomeni.