Greece

The forest fire that has been burning in Greece for five days now is spreading along the Türkiye-Greece border line. The flames, which can reach frightening proportions with the effect of the wind, can also be seen from the border villages…

A huge forest fire broke out on Penteli Mountain, where suburbs are located north of Athens, Greece. The flames spread over a wide area despite all the intervention of the fire brigade. Many houses and a power plant were affected by the…

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…