A woman died in the Serbian capital Belgrade after icicles fell on her from the roof of a building, news website B92 said on February 7 2012.
 
Media reports, quoting police and emergency services, said that woman died instantly after the icicles and a large amount of snow fell on her.

Serbia is experiencing a cold snap that has so far claimed nearly a dozen lives, while a state of emergency was declared late on February 5.
 
The forecast for Serbia for February 7 was for below-zero temperatures.
 
Romanian weather authorities extended on February 7 a "Code Orange" hazardous weather alert for heavy snowfall and blizzards until February 8 for several counties in the southeastern part of Romania, and expect frosty weather countrywide until February 12, Bucharest-based Mediafax said.
 
Over the next few days, temperatures in places in Romania will touch minus 25 degrees Celsius.
 
In Macedonia, heavy snowfalls throughout the country have slowed road, rail and air traffic, local media said.
 
In Greece, serious flooding provoked by heavy rainfall and hailstorms in the Peloponnese and northern Greece has caused massive damage as well as claiming the lives of three people, Greek daily Kathimerini said.
 
Turkey’s state meteorology bureau said that İstanbul would be hit by snowfall on February 7 that was expected to continue over the next two days, Today’s Zaman said.
 
Ice and frost are also expected to affect the central and eastern parts of Turkey, particularly eastern Anatolia and east central Anatolia.

In Bulgaria, where there have been deaths from flooding in the past 24 hours and where the forecast is for further heavy snow, rain and strong winds, local authorities have called on people to avoid attempting to travel, while the Foreign Ministry has urged  Bulgarians not to travel in the region until the weather situation has stabilised.