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
- 1 min
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...
- Sep 5
- 2 min
Sunken village emerges in Greece as drought dries up lake
LAKE MORNOS, Greece - From beneath the shrinking Lake Mornos in central Greece, the muddied remains of homes are reemerging nearly 45...
- Aug 15
- 3 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 2 min
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...
- Aug 5
- 2 min
Olympics-Athletics-Greece's Tentoglou set fair for rare long jump double
PARIS - To say Miltiadis Tentoglou is in good form is something of an understatement and Greece's defending Olympic champion threw down...
- Aug 3
- 1 min
Olympics-Rowing-Ireland win men's lightweight double sculls gold
PARIS - Ireland took home the gold medal in the men's lightweight double sculls at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium on Friday. Italy...
- Aug 3
- 2 min
Olympics-Swimming-Hungary's Kos wins men's 200m backstroke gold
PARIS - Hubert Kos won the men's 200 metres backstroke to give Hungary a first gold of the Paris Olympics on Thursday while Apostolos...
- Jul 22
- 3 min
One part of Cyprus mourns, the other rejoices 50 years after split
NICOSIA - Greek Cypriots mourned and Turkish Cypriots rejoiced on Saturday, the 50th anniversary of Turkey's invasion of part of the...
- Jul 20
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Factbox-What are the key issues in the Cyprus conflict 50 years since invasion
NICOSIA - There will be celebrations in the north, and mourning in the south of Cyprus on Saturday, the 50th anniversary of a Turkish...
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