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Sep 20, 20244 min read
As wildfires wipe out forests, Greeks debate: to replant, or not?
ATHENS - When a wildfire tore down a hillside towards Athens last month, its southernmost flank halted in a treeless area burned by fire...
Sep 18, 20241 min read
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, 20243 min read
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, 20242 min read
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, 20242 min read
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, 20242 min read
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, 20242 min read
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, 20242 min read
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, 20241 min read
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, 20242 min read
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, 20241 min read
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, 20241 min read
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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