Greek authorities have ordered the evacuation of a village close to the major city of Larissa, in central Greece, as the river Pineios overflows its banks.
The governor of Thessaly, Kostas Agorastos, who was visiting one of the worst stricken areas in the southwest of the region, was evacuated by police Saturday afternoon after a small crowd of protesters started shouting abuse at him and then jostled him, a video posted on social media showed.
The proximity of the local and regional polls has intensified the usual blame game from opposition parties eager to dent New Democracy’s supremacy that was confirmed in the last national elections in May and June. New Democracy controls 11 out of the country’s 13 regions.
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