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Fire Service spokesman Ioannis Artopios said 12 villages were ordered to be evacuated
A major wildfire raged out of control in the northern suburbs of Athens on Monday, triggering evacuations of several areas as swirling winds hampered the efforts of hundreds of firefighters and ...
Tuesday expected to bring more wildfires as ‘extreme fire risk’ issued for Crete and Rhodes
The 2024 Greek wildfires are a series of 30-kilometre-long lines of forest fires across the Attica region. This series of fires started on August 11 and lasted until August 14, 2024. Media outlets referred to this as: “Greece’s worst wildfire of the year 2024.” [1]
On the afternoon of 11 August 2024, a wildfire fire hit the northeastern Attica region of Greece. The fire broke out in the area of Varnavas, northeast of Athens, at 3:02 PM, according to Fire Colonel Vassileios Vathrakogiannis, the Fire Service spokesman and quickly spread due to strong winds. The flames caused the evacuation of many ...
The Greek authorities are investigating whether wildfires that threatened to engulf Athens were sparked by a single arsonist.. Civil protection minister Vassilis Kikilias said officials verified ...
International relations. 2025 Philippine espionage case, Territorial disputes in the South China Sea. President Bongbong Marcos issues a statement that he is deeply disturbed by possible surveillance of the country's air and naval bases as well as movement of vessels supplying Philippine garrisons in the South China Sea following a series of arrest of suspected Chinese spies in the Philippines.
More than 2.3 million people live in a narrow strip of land squeezed between Egypt and Israel, suffering power cuts for up to 12 hours a day. The crisis has provoked an unusual wave of social ...