Greece

A firefighting helicopter that responded to the fire on Greece's Samos Island crashed into the sea. The helicopter, which took off at 16:39 local time to respond to the fire on the island, was reported to have gotten out of control due to…

Forest fires forced the evacuation of four villages yesterday in Greece. Rafaella Tzima, Spokesperson of the Greek Fire Service, said that high temperatures, strong winds and dry weather triggered the fires. “Today was the first hard day of…

Officials in Greece said that forest fires were being fought in the Attica region, Euboea Island, Aynoroz Peninsula, and Thessaloniki, and that 2,755 people were evacuated. More than a hundred firefighters and 35 vehicles, 2 planes and 1…

The restoration work in the Greece's Parliament Square (Syntagma) located in Greek capital city of Athens, was started in September 2021. The works were planned to be completed in March 2022 but they were delayed due to the discovery of…

The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Naval Forces Command seized two Greek oil tankers, “Prudent Varrior” and “Delta Poseidon” on May 27, on the grounds that they violated international law in the Persian Gulf. Iran shared footage of the…

Hundreds of people gathered in Greek capital city of Athens under the leadership of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), organized a protest against the US-Greece Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement and war. Being opposed the extension of…

Search and rescue efforts continue on the ferry that left the Greek city of Igoumenitsa to go to Italy and burst into the flames near Corfu Island. 14 people among 278 on board were reported to be missing. Six of the missing were…

A fire broke out while a ferry was cruising near the island of Corfu on its way to Italy from the city of Igoumenitsa, Greek officials said. The 288 people on the ferry were reported to be unharmed. At least 3 coast guard ships participated…

The police reported that 587 Byzantine-era artifacts were seized in the home of an elderly couple in Athens, Greece's capital. Upon a notice, the police conducted an operation on the couple's house, aged 76 and 85, and seized the historical…