Mati

The voices and laughter of children were heard once again on Sunday at the City of Athens summer camps in Aghios Andreas, that reopened after the deadly fires that destroyed neighboring Mati. All summer camps in Agios Andreas were evacuated...

Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras visited the fire-stricken resort of Mati for the first time on Monday, a week after the inferno claimed at least 91 lives. The premier, who arrived without a prior announcement by his office and without...

There was no order from the competent authorities, nor time, to evacuate when the fire front turned towards Mati, said Rafina Mayor Vangelis Bournous. Speaking to the Greek Reporter, the mayor of the East Attica municipality said that the firefighting...

Greece's Fire Department issued an official statement on Sunday evening saying that at the moment the number of dead from the deadly fires reached 91 and there are 25 missing. This is the first official tally of missing persons issued,...

The head of Greek firemen federation and the leader of a coast guard rescue mission criticized the government for responding slow and misinforming the public on the deadly East Attica wildfires. Dimitris Stathopoulos, the head of the firefighters' federation spoke...

Two Marathon deputy mayors resigned on Saturday as a matter of conscience after the deadly wildfires that left 88 people dead, hundreds injured and thousands of homes destroyed. Dimitra Lambarou, a deputy mayor for education and culture at Marathon Municipality,...

Last Monday marked one of the deadliest of fires Greece has seen in Mati, Greece. Greek Reporter published information from the Hellenic Fire Department Arson Agency (DAEE) on Saturday that suggests that the cause of the fires which started in...

A Danish man who jumped into the sea to save his life from the deadly Mati fires was rescued by a boat of the Greek Navy frigate "Elli" and a Navy  S-70B Aegean Hawk. The video has become viral on social...

Dimitris Alexopoulos, the 13-year-old boy reported missing after the deadly East Attica fires was identified on Saturday as one of the fatalities. The teenager whose pictures were on Amber Alert issued by the Smile of the Child Foundation was confirmed...

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is urging tourists around the globe not to change their plans and travel to Greece, after the deadly fires that devastated the seaside town of Mati. "Tourism means a necessary income and creates new opportunities,"...