Protecting all forms of life in natural disasters is a key priority, said Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday in the aftermath of the country’s worst fires in decades. “Our primary goal in natural disasters was, is, and will continue to be the protection of life. People and animals. We managed to protect thousands […]
Photo © European Union A dozen countries have extended firefighting support to Greece which is still struggling to put out wildfires across the country in one of the worst summers in its modern history. Besides the EU which has through its Civil Protection Mechanism sent nine planes, almost 1,000 fire fighters and 200 vehicles, firefighting […]
Photo source: Hellenic Fire Service In the aftermath of hundreds of fires breaking out last week in Greece, Italy, Albania, Morocco, North Macedonia, Turkey and Lebanon, the Mediterranean Tourism Foundation (MTF) is calling on authorities to extend support with concrete action and without bureaucratic delays. The MTF is calling on the global community to push […]
Greek Deputy Civil Protection Minister Nikos Hardalias . Greece declared a state of emergency on Thursday until August 9 as dozens of fires continued to burn in the wider Athens area, on Evia island, in Central and Northern Greece and in the Peloponnese. Deputy Civil Protection Minister Nikos Hardalias confirmed on Friday, that there were […]
Greek hoteliers are making available hundreds of rooms as accommodation for victims of the wildfires that have been devastating Greece over the last week. The Hellenic Chamber of Hotels (HCH) in collaboration with the government announced that Attica residents impacted by the fires can call the National Public Health Organization on 1135 and be directed […]
Photo source: Hellenic Fire Service More than 170 firefighters, planes, trucks, helicopters, and volunteers spent the night trying to put out a wildfire threatening Ancient Olympia, its temples and the International Olympic Academy in the Peloponnese, as another massive blaze took hold of Evia island for a second day. At the same time, on Thursday […]
Photo source: Greek General Secretariat for Civil Protection Dozens of forests fires continue to burn across Greece in conditions of extreme heat as fire fighters renew efforts to extinguish blazes in the northwest Athens suburb of Varibobi and on Evia island, where villages are being evacuated. According to Deputy Civil Protection Minister Nikos Hardalias, the […]
Photo Source: Greek Fire Service (@pyrosvestiki) Greek authorities are on high alert after wildfires broke out across the country this week fueled by high temperatures and gale force winds. Deputy Civil Protection and Crisis Management Minister Nikos Hardalias ordered the activation of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service which provides detailed information through















