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Firefighters are pictured working on extinguishing a wildfire near the city of Patras in western Greece

Wildfires fanned by heatwave rage across Europe

Wildfires caused by arsonists or thunderstorms and fanned by a heatwave and strong winds have wreaked destruction across southern Europe, burning homes and forcing thousands of residents and tourists to flee.

Europe • 14 Aug

A red helicopter flies over a house on fire with flames and smoke burning underneath in Greece

Further evacuations as Greece battles raging wildfires

Officials in Greece are continuing to battle wildfires that have ravaged homes and sparked evacuations for a second day, with the help of Czech firefighters and Italian aircraft expected to arrive later.

Europe • 28 Jul

A tourist drinks water outside of the closed Acropolis Hill monument site in Athens during a heatwave

Greece considers water-saving moves amid heatwave

Greece has announced plans to "urgently" overhaul its water management as temperatures continued to rise during a week-long heatwave.

Weather • 23 Jul

The latest fire broke out in the municipality of Koropi, around 30 kilometres east of Athens

Greece on high alert as heat and wind fuel fire outbreaks

A new fire has broken out near the Greek capital, Athens, as the country was put on high alert for wildfires due to increased temperatures and strong winds.

Europe • 04 Jul

Firefighters battle a wildfire that broke out in Ierapetra on Crete

Thousands evacuated as Greece wildfire rages on Crete

A wildfire fanned by gale-force winds on the southern Greek island of Crete has forced the evacuation of thousands of residents and tourists, officials have said.

Europe • 03 Jul

One of many homes burned in Thymari, east of Athens

Greece forest fire forces evacuations near Athens

A forest fire has devastated several seaside towns east of the Greek capital Athens, damaging homes and prompting dozens of evacuations in a popular tourist destination.

Europe • 26 Jun

CHIOS, GREECE - JUNE 22: Smoke rises as firefighting teams respond the wildfire that broke out in Chios, Greece on June 22, 2025. (Photo by Dimitris Tosidis/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Greece declares emergency on Chios as fires burn

Greece has put the island of Chios under a state of emergency because of major fires that have raged since the weekend.

Europe • 23 Jun

Greek coastguards prosecuted for migrant tragedy - groups

17 members of Greece's coastguard have been prosecuted over the country's deadliest migrant shipwreck, which claimed hundreds of lives, rights groups representing the survivors and victims said Friday.

World • 27 May

Climate change is making Greece hotter, drier and more vulnerable to wildfires

Watch: Volunteers prepare for peak fire season in Greece

In summer 2023, Dimitris Marinelis spent days on the frontline of Europe's biggest wildfire in northern Greece, protecting homes and setting up anti-fire zones as flames engulfed a forest.

Climate Change • 25 May

Firebombs were thrown during clashes at the Athens protest

Clashes erupt at Greece train crash demonstration

Clashes broke out in Athens as hundreds of thousands of people rallied across Greece to demand justice on the second anniversary of the country's deadliest-ever train crash.

Europe • 28 Feb

It is believed to have disappeared from a local museum in 1936 before it could be properly catalogued (Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

New York's Met Museum returns stolen Greek artefact

Greece said it has recovered from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art a 2,600-year-old bronze artefact stolen from ancient Olympia in the 1930s.

World • 26 Feb

Over 11,000 residents and seasonal workers have left Santorini since the weekend

State of emergency on Santorini following earthquakes

Greece has declared a state of emergency on Santorini after a series of earthquakes shook the popular tourist island this week.

Europe • 07 Feb

People wait for a ferry in the port of Athinios

Thousands leave as fresh tremors shake Santorini

Thousands of people were leaving the Greek island of Santorini by sea and air for a third day as an unprecedented series of earthquakes shook the top travel destination.

World • 04 Feb

People queue to get a ferry off the island of Santorini after 'intense' tremors

Greek PM calls for calm after 'intense' Santorini tremors

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has appealed for calm after a wave of seismic tremors hit the tourist island of Santorini, prompting mass departures.

World • 03 Feb

Statue of Alexander the Great, located at the waterfront of Thessaloniki in Macedonia, Greece (file image)

Ancient statue found 'near dustbins' - Greek police

Police in Greece said they were investigating how an ancient Greek statue came to be dumped in a black plastic bag near dustbins in the northern city of Thessaloniki.

News Lens • 22 Jan

Ancient statue found 'near dustbins' - Greek police

Police in Greece said they were investigating how an ancient Greek statue came to be dumped in a black plastic bag near dustbins in the northern city of Thessaloniki.

News Lens • 22 Jan

Albania was promised EU membership years ago

Greece says Albania's EU accession bid is conditional

Greece will back Albania in its decade-long bid to join the European Union on condition it respects the rights of its ethnic Greek minority, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said.

Europe • 18 Dec 24

The Parthenon Marbles are considered stolen goods by Greece

Deal over Parthenon Marbles dispute 'some distance' away

Head of the British Museum, George Osborne, has said a reported deal with Greece to end a decades-long dispute over the highly contested and priceless Parthenon Marbles was "still some distance" away.

World • 04 Dec 24

Workers scoop up the dead fish from the port area

Greek tourist port flooded with dead fish

Greek authorities have started collecting hundreds of thousands of dead fish that poured into a tourist port in the central city of Volos this week after being displaced from their usual freshwater habitats during flooding last year.

Climate Change • 29 Aug 24

A view of an area destroyed by the fire near the town of Varnavas

Faulty power cable may have caused wildfire in Greece

Investigators suspect that a faulty power cable may have caused Greece's worst wildfire this year in which one woman died and 10,000 hectares near Athens was burned.

World • 15 Aug 24

The fire destroyed about 100 homes as well as other buildings and cars

Greece counts costs as firefighters tackle last of fire

Greece has been counting the cost of devastating fires outside Athens that claimed one life, forced thousands to flee their homes and took three days to control.

World • 14 Aug 24

Firefighting efforts have helped to reduce the intensity of the wildfire

Greek firefighters calm deadly Athens wildfire

Greek emergency services fought back against a massive wildfire that scorched the Athens suburbs and caused widespread damage, sending thousands of people fleeing from their homes.

World • 14 Aug 24

Authorities ordered at least five more communities and two hospitals northeast of Athens to leave as the wildfire spread

Thousands flee homes as wildfire blazes in Athens suburbs

A massive wildfire has blazed into Athens' northeastern suburbs as hundreds of firefighters battled to contain it, forcing thousands of residents to flee their homes and sparking a Greek government appeal for international help.

Greece • 12 Aug 24

Residents in three areas of Patras left their homes and took refuge in the city centre, civil protection officials said (File photo)

Hospital evacuated after wildfire breaks out in Greece

A wildfire fuelled by strong winds broke out in the Greek port city of Patras on Tuesday, authorities said, forcing a children's hospital and residents to evacuate.

World • 09 Jul 24

A firefighting helicopter makes a water drop during a wildfire, in Kitsi, near the town of Koropi

13 arrested after fireworks set off Greek forest fire

Greek authorities on Saturday arrested 13 people after fireworks launched from a yacht set off a new wildfire on an island near Athens as the country confronts a new season of deadly summer fires.

World • 22 Jun 24