At 7:30 a.m. Monday morning, December 29, on Attiki Odos in Athens, near the exit for Athens International Airport a Smart-model car exploded while in motion, resulting in the death of the 35-year-old Albanian driver and injuring the 26-year-old female passenger.

Greece will hold early national elections, following the Greek Parliament’s failure on Monday to elect Stavros Dimas as president of the Hellenic Republic in the third and final round of voting for the presidential election.

It has been snowing since Friday night throughout the Florina prefecture; it is also currently snowing in the northern cities of Edessa, Kastoria and Kozani.