Yiannis Boutari, the mayor of the Greek municipality of Thessaloniki, recently refused the resignation of Thomas Psaras, Thessaloniki’s secretary general and head of Civil Protection, who submitted it following problems caused by a recent snow storm.

The storm, described as paralyzing for the city, caused road and school closures, the diversion of flights going into the area and damage to the municipality’s water supply network.
 
Psaras took responsibility for the city’s response, thus tendering his resignation, but Boutari refused to accept it.