Helicopters were dropping water in the area where factories with flammable material are located, and 65 firefighters battled the flames, assisted with 26 vehicles and two aircraft. Smoke billowed ...

Greece on Wednesday battled to contain more than 20 wildfires, with flames descending on its third-largest city and forcing thousands of evacuations as a scorching heatwave continues to tear through ...

Beginning in the 14th century, when Greece was wracked by political and social struggles, monks began building a series of ...

Greece is battling five major wildfires across the country, with officials evacuating residents in a hard-hit region just 30km (18.6 miles) north of Athens. The smell of burning wood carried as far as ...

A little over 200 years ago, the Greeks began their war of independence from the Ottoman Empire, which had conquered most of ...

Smoke and flame rise as firefighting teams respond from the air and on the ground to a forest fire that broke out in Krioneri near Athens, Greece on July 26, 2025. Credit - Costas Baltas—2025 Anadolu ...

A man takes away goats during a wildfire in Vounteni, on the outskirts of Patras, western Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) PATRAS, Greece (AFP) — Greece on Wednesday ...

ATHENS (Reuters) -Gale force wind gusts complicated efforts on Friday to contain wildfires on Crete that have razed forests and olive groves and forced thousands of residents and tourists to evacuate.

MADRID (AP) — Firefighters in Spain, Portugal and Greece battled ongoing wildfires Friday, an important religious holiday in all three countries, as persistent hot, dry conditions challenged efforts ...