Firefighters, police, civil protection units, as well as residents and volunteers, are battling a major wildfire in the northeastern part of Corfu, where evacuation orders have been issued in a number of villages.
The prolonged heatwave has led to a big drop in shopping in Athens, even in the middle of a sales period.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis warned of tough days ahead on Tuesday as ministers met to discuss a response to wildfires that have destroyed homes and forced the evacuation of thousands of tourists from the island of Rhodes.
A Canadair firefighting aircraft has crashed while operating in the wildfire that is raging in the southern part of the island of Evia. Initial reports say two people were on board the aircraft, which belonged to the 355th Tactical Transport Squadron of the Greek Air Force.
Authorities have called on people in Plimmiri and Lachania, two southern Rhodes villages, to evacuate in the direction of Apolakkia in a message sent via the emergency number 112.
The mandatory use of protective masks at hospitals and other healthcare facilities was lifted on Monday, marking the end of measures aimed at stopping the spread of Covid, which has dropped sharply in recent months.
Classic rock melodies drift from a shaded courtyard in the seaside town of Ialysos on the northern coast of Rhodes as Jake gently strums his guitar. It’s his way of thanking Irini Papastamati for opening her home to him and his family.
More than 250 residents on Paros defied the uncontrolled spread of privately run loungers and umbrellas on the popular Cycladic island’s coasts on Sunday, demanding space to put down their towels.
A third successive heatwave in Greece pushed temperatures back above 40 C (104 F) across parts of the country Tuesday following more nighttime evacuations from fires that have raged out of control for days.
Greek-Turkish relations have been through all sorts of phases since 1974, but they mainly tend to be trapped in a vicious cycle of negativity and misconceptions, while the middling prospects of a resolution strengthen the belief that dialogue is futile and that a win for one side automatically means a loss for the other. In…