BBC News | EUROPE | In pictures: South-east Europe freezes

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Sunday, 6 January, 2002, 16:42 GMT

South-eastern Europe is in the grip of some of the worst winter weather in decades, with heavy snow and fierce winds causing havoc across the region.

At least six people have died during the cold spell, and a state of emergency has been declared in areas of Greece and Bulgaria.

A woman waist-deep in snow tried to dig out her car in Athens

A Romanian police official stands next to an abandoned car in eastern Romania

Istanbul's Blue Mosque covered in snow

An Acropolis guard walks through the snow in front of the Parthenon temple

A cat shelters next to Istanbul's Bosporus

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