Fires ease in area where Cypriot firefighters operate (updated)
The Cypriot firefighting mission in Greece has been moved to a different area after battling fires in Parnitha until late at night on Friday.
The 31-member team is now operating ...
On a charred migrant trail, Greek firefighters find 19 bodies
In the charred Greek landscape close to the border with Turkey, a group of blackened corpses lay amid the ashes of what was once a lush forest that offered migrants ...
Cypriot firefighting team arrives in Greece as wildfires rage (Updated)
A Cypriot mission arrived in Greece on Friday to aid in firefighting efforts in the mount Parnitha area near Athens, as Greece burned for a seventh day. The flames have ...
Scorched Europe battles deadly fires, Turkey shuts shipping lane
More searing temperatures fuelled wildfires and prompted health warnings across Europe on Wednesday, as a blaze in Turkey forced the closure of the Dardanelles shipping lane and winds fanned the ...
Heatwave turns deadly as 18 burned bodies found in Greek fires
Eighteen charred bodies were found in a remote village in northern Greece on Tuesday where wildfires have been raging for days, the fire brigade said, as a heatwave that has ...
Wildfires rage in Greece, Spain and Italy as heatwave spreads
Hospital patients were evacuated onto a ferry in the Greek port city of Alexandroupolis on Tuesday away from a wildfire raging uncontrolled for a fourth day as a new heatwave ...
New dialogue to be launched in ‘3+1’ context forum
The next meeting within the ‘3+1’ framework, that is Cyprus, Greece, Israel and the United States has been agreed, it was reported on Friday.
The news comes following the postponement of ...
Greek fan dies after violent pre-match clashes in Athens (updated)
A 29-year old man died on Tuesday after being seriously injured in violent clashes between fans of the AEK Athens and Dinamo Zagreb football clubs before a scheduled match in ...
Rights groups seek ‘credible’ probe into Greece migrant shipwreck that killed hundreds
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch on Thursday called for a “credible” probe into a migrant shipwreck off Greece in June in which hundreds died, saying that contrasting accounts by ...
Greece offers free holiday to tourists who fled Rhodes fires
Greece said on Wednesday it will offer a week-long free stay on Rhodes in 2024 to tourists whose vacation was cut short by wildfires that burned for days on the island ...
Sailing coaches rescue 130 people stranded amid wildfire in Greece
Sailing coaches at the Youth World Championships in Volos, Greece have been lauded for helping rescue 130 people stranded on a beach after fires blocked exits from the area to the ...
Greek wildfires die down after burning for nearly two weeks
Wildfires in Greece abated on Friday after burning for nearly two weeks but emergency services worked to prevent new flare-ups in the central part of the country, where people had ...
Greece PM says climate change ‘not an excuse’ as wildfires burn
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday said Greece needed to take more steps to combat the effects of climate change as wildfires on the mainland burned farms and factories overnight ...
Firefighters battle Greece wildfires overnight as farms, factories burn
Firefighters in Greece battled flames burning for the 10th day on the island of Rhodes, while new blazes erupted on the mainland that destroyed farms and factories overnight and left ...
Greece wildfires erupt on mainland, killing two people (Update)
Wildfires that have been supercharged by strong winds and temperatures exceeding 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) killed two people in central Greece on Wednesday and forced a new wave of evacuations.
In the ...
Greece sees some wildfire respite, though stubborn blazes rage on
Wildfires raging across Greece for more than a week abated on Wednesday, though firefighters still battled on several fronts to contain blazes that have killed three people and caused thousands ...
Three dead in Greece wildfires as firefighters battle the flames (updated)
Three people became the first known fatalities on Tuesday of wildfires that have been raging on the Greek islands for a week, and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis warned of tough ...
‘My life stopped’: local people say they lost all in Greece wildfires
Standing outside the blackened shell of what used to be his restaurant, Dimitris Hajifotis laments a livelihood lost to wildfires raging on the Greek island of Rhodes this week.
“My ...
Cypriot firefighting mission to remain in Greece at least for another two days
The Cypriot mission assisting firefighters battling wildfires in Greece will remain there at least until Thursday, the member of the Cypriot mission and Senior Forestry Officer, Stavros Mouchlis, said on ...
Wildfires in Greece burn for days, more tourists expected to fly out
Greece battled to contain wildfires on the island of Rhodes for a seventh day on Tuesday, as hundreds of tourists who had been forced to evacuate in previous days were ...
Tourists flown home as wildfires rage on Greek islands
Tour operators flew home nearly 1,500 holidaymakers at the start of a mass evacuation from wildfires raging on the Greek island of Rhodes on Monday and officials said the threat of ...
Cypriot aid teams dealing with flare ups in Greece, as fires rage
Firefighters and volunteers intensified their efforts early on Monday morning in Rhodes, following all-night battles with the flames.
Monday marks the seventh day of fire extinction efforts and Cyprus had ...
Repatriation flights head for Greece as wildfires force tourists to flee
Wildfires burned across Greece on Monday, forcing people to be evacuated from a beach on the island of Corfu while tourists crowded an airport on Rhodes after thousands fled hotels ...
Tourists flee wildfire on Greek island of Rhodes (updated)
Thousands of tourists and residents fleeing a wildfire on the Greek island of Rhodes huddled in schools and shelters on Sunday, with many evacuated on private boats from beaches as ...