A sea evacuation is currently underway to rescue around five hundred residents and visitors trapped by a wildfire that broke out earlier today in the coastal settlement of Agios Vasileios, Viotia on the Gulf of Corinth. Coast Guard vessels,...
Greece’s new fire monitoring satellites have moved a step closer to launch, marking an important milestone for the country’s national small satellite program and strengthening its push to improve wildfire detection from space.
The new system, known as the Hellenic...
In July 2022, a devastating wildfire tore through the village of Melampes in Southern Rethymno, incinerating nearly ninety percent of its rare, pre-phylloxera vineyards. While the world watched the smoke rise, filmmaker Yannis Mathioudakis captured a different story: the...
The Botanical Park of Crete, a testament to nature's beauty, was established in 2010 through the efforts of a family that lost thousands of olive trees in a devastating wildfire. The park is located near the village of Fournes...
A devastating wildfire that started Friday afternoon in the town of Keratea on the eastern edge of Athens has been brought under control but not without tragic consequences.
The blaze, which claimed the life of a 76-year-old man, scorched 1,581...
A series of wildfires that erupted and spread rapidly due to gale-force winds in Greece on Friday, from the eastern outskirts of the capital Athens to regions near Ancient Olympia, have been contained on Saturday morning.
At least one person...
A large wildfire broke out near the town of Keratea, east of Athens, on Friday afternoon, forcing authorities to evacuate hundreds of people from the area.
The wildfire is aided by winds that reached an intensity of 9 on the...
A massive wildfire erupted on Saturday morning, July 25, 2025, on the southern island of Kythira in Greece. Initially appearing contained, the blaze intensified dramatically due to strong winds, scorching thousands of acres and devastating large swathes of land.
Professor...
Two people were killed and hundreds evacuated as a massive wildfire tore through southern Cyprus, destroying homes and threatening communities amid an intense heatwave.
Firefighters struggled to contain the blaze after it erupted in mountainous terrain north of the southern...
The wildfire that erupted on Tuesday in a remote, densely vegetated forest in Feneos in Greece’s Peloponnese destroyed a large part of the untouched landscape before being brought under control, the national fire service announced on Wednesday.
Despite the challenging...
