Most of those fleeing the blaze were tourists. Firefighters struggled against heavy winds to bring the flames under control.

The shipwreck of Antikythera, with its famous Mechanism and rich cargo, remains a unique “monument” of cultural heritage.

It is estimated that heat-related deaths on the continent will reach 44,000 this year. Heatwaves in Southern Europe are becoming increasingly early and intense, affecting larger geographical areas.

A large wildfire has broken out south of Athens, forcing evacuations and road closures near the ancient Temple of Poseidon.

Temperatures are soaring and people are being urged to take precautions, stay out of the sun and watch local news for ...

Fields, olive groves and some houses were ravaged by the blaze around Athens, which came after another on Greece’s fifth-largest island Chios that destroyed more than 10,000 acres of land in ...

Firefighters attempted to battle a massive wildfire on Greece's Chios Island as strong winds fanned flames.

Blazes broke out on Chios in the Aegean Sea on Sunday and tore through 10,000 acres of mainly bush and pasture land in three days, Greece's climate crisis and civil protection ministry said on ...

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Chios Sehri Time and Iftar Time 2025 July 02, 2025 - Today's Sehri time in Chios is 03:58 AM, and Iftar time is 8:44 pm, corresponding to the Islamic date 07 Muharram 1447. A complete 30-day Ramadan ...

Neighbouring Chios was also targeted and the entire population almost all of whom were wiped out by Ottoman soldiers in 1822. Psara, as I discovered last week is small, sitting alongside anti ...