As wildfires wipe out forests, Greeks debate: to replant, or not?
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ATHENS - When a wildfire tore down a hillside towards Athens last month, its southernmost flank halted in a treeless area burned by fire...
- 2 days ago
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Three slightly injured in fire inside Greek oil refinery near Athens
ATHENS - Three people were slightly injured on Tuesday in a fire inside Greece's second-biggest oil refinery west of Athens, the company...
- Aug 15
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Greece tackles last of wildfire near Athens, assesses damage
ATHENS - Firefighters battled on Wednesday to extinguish the remnants of a wildfire near Athens that killed a woman, torched buildings,...
- Aug 14
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Panic and destruction in Greece as wildfire and city meet
ATHENS - Vangelis Ilias was returning from holiday on Monday when friends called to tell him the unthinkable. A wildfire in forests north...
- Aug 13
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Greek wildfire eases near Athens after one death
ATHENS - Greece's worst wildfire of the year eased on the outskirts of the capital Athens on Tuesday thanks to weaker winds, pausing...
- Aug 12
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People flee wildfire near Athens as it spreads 'like lightning'
VARNAVAS, Greece/ATHENS - Residents fled their homes on Sunday as a fast-moving wildfire outside Athens fuelled by hot, windy weather...
- Jul 2
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Wildfire fanned by strong winds rages uncontrolled on Greece's Serifos island
ATHENS - A wildfire fanned by gale-force winds raged uncontrolled on the Greek island of Serifos on Sunday, prompting authorities to...
- Jun 28
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Yacht captain jailed ahead of arson trial over Greek island fire
ATHENS - Greek judicial authorities have jailed the captain and first officer of a yacht ahead of a trial on charges of arson over a...
- Jun 24
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Greek yacht crew charged for arson on Hydra island
ATHENS - A Greek prosecutor on Sunday charged 13 crew members of a yacht with arson after fireworks launched from the vessel allegedly...
- Jun 24
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North Macedonia parliament approves a new nationalist-dominated government
SKOPJE -North Macedonia's lawmakers on Sunday approved a new nationalist-dominated government of Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski, whose...
- Jun 18
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Another tourist dead in Greece, others missing as heat toll rises
ATHENS - A 55-year-old American has been found dead on the Greek island of Mathraki, the police said on Monday, the third tourist death ...
- Jun 14
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Greece closes more ancient tourist sites as heatwave persists
ATHENS - Greece shut more ancient tourist sites in Athens on Thursday and elderly people took refuge at designated air-conditioned spots...
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