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Greek Fire Department Combats 1,500 Fire Fronts Every Year
A recent report, brought together by the deputy commander of the Greek Fire Service, Adrianos Gourbatsis, revealed that 1.6 million hectares of land was burned in Greece between 1981 and 2014. The average expanse of land burned annually is...
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Mount Penteli Wildfire, Near Athens Burned 6,800 Acres
Last week's massive wildfire that started in densely-forested Mount Penteli just outside of Athens burned over 2,750 hectares or about 6,800 acres.
New damage totals are in from the blaze, which took hundreds of firefighters two days to contain and...
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Greece Wildfires in 2022: The Sad Story So Far
This year has already been a damaging one for wildfires in Greece with the most recent example being the large blaze on Mount Penteli in Athens' northern suburbs that ignited on July 19th.
In the first few months of 2022,...
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Helicopter Battling Wildfire in Samos Crashes in Sea; 3 Found, 1 Missing
UPDATED: Rescue crews found three people whose helicopter crashed into the sea off the island of Samos on Wednesday afternoon as they battled a wildfire. A fourth person was still missing.
Two of the passengers were taken to the hospital...
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The Great Fire of Smyrna: One of the Darkest Moments in Greek History
The Great Fire of Smyrna and the killing of dozens of thousands of Greeks and Armenians by the Turkish Army and renegades several years after the end of WWI still remains one of the darkest moments of Greek history.
Nevertheless,...
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Greek PM Mitsotakis in USA to Settle Daughter at Yale University
Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will be taking a three day trip to the United States to help his daughter, Dafni Mitsotakis, settle in at Yale University in Connecticut.
Mitsotakis' trip was announced by the Greek government's spokesman Giannis Oikonomou.
"I...
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Evia Fire Reached the Town of Limni, Thousands Evacuated by Sea
The devastating fires on the island of Evia continued their destructive path on Friday night and onto Saturday.
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Can Your Employer Fire You If You Refuse the Coronavirus Vaccine?
Is it really legal for employers anywhere in the world to fire you if you refuse the coronavirus vaccine? In some places, it is.
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Firefighters Rush to Save Lives and Homes as Wildfires Rage in Greece
Wildfires in Greece have spread to Attica on Thursday, forcing hundreds of Greeks to evacuate their homes.
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Villages Evacuated on Greece’s Andros as Fire Breaks Out
A large wildfire broke out on Sunday morning on the Greek island of Andros, in the archipelago of the Cyclades.
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Vaccination Platform Now Open to 75-79 Year Old Greek Citizens
The platform for coronavirus vaccinations for all those Greek citizens who are between the ages of 75-79 opened on Friday as the nation grapples with the storm "Medea," which will bring snow, rain and high winds to the country.
An...
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Large Fire Breaks Out in Chania, Crete
Firefighters are on the scene of a large fire that broke out in Chania, Crete on Wednesday. According to sources in the fire department, the blaze broke out in an agricultural and forested area in D.E. Pelekanos in the...
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Large Fire Breaks Out in Lagonissi, Homes Evacuated
A large fire broke out in Lagonissi, southern Attica, not far from the Greek capital city of Athens on Friday afternoon.
The country's fire service has already sent 42 men with nineteen vehicles, two aircraft, four helicopters and the Specialized Department...
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Greek Police Arrest Four Arson Suspects as Evia Fire Finally Contained
Four people suspected of arson were arrested across Greece on Thursday, as firefighters managed to contain the large fire in central Evia after battling against the flames for three entire days.
The Fire Service announced that two Greek citizens were...
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Greek Fire Victims: "We Have Been Left To Our Fate"
It was one of the worst days in modern Greek history.
The July 23, 2018 inferno that destroyed the Greek town of Mati left 102 dead and more than 140 in the hospital, many suffering from severe burns.
People died in...