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Fire at Greek Island of Samothrace

A forest fire broke out in the Pifes Grias Vathras Prinos region of Samothrace Island in Greece. The fire, which grew rapidly with the effect of the strong wind, was intervened with 2 fire extinguishing helicopters and 2 extinguishing…

Greece confronts ongoing forest fires

The forest fire in Sofulu, Greece's Evros region, has not yet been put out. According to Yiannis Artopios, a spokesman for the Greek Fire Brigade, the team of 320 firefighters and 68 fire trucks, as well as a large number of volunteer…

Greece forest fire nears Turkish border

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…

locals evacuated after forest fire near Athens

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…

Forest Fires at several points in Greece

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…

Greece fights forest fires

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…

Greece’s Syntagma Square set to open in June

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…

moments Iran seizes greek oil tankers

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…

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