Massive Fires a Blow to Tourism for Greek Island of Evia

By admin 9 Αυγούστου 2021 No comment

Photo: Satellite view of Greece with highlighted heat spots. Source: Zoom Earth The ongoing fires that have ravaged thousands of hectares of woodland and villages have delivered one more blow to Evia tourism, already weakened by almost two years of the Covid-19 pandemic. “The [tourism] year is now considered lost,” said Evia Hoteliers Association President […]

EU, World Stand By Greece with Firefighting Aid

By admin 9 Αυγούστου 2021 No comment

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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 […]

Mediterranean Tourism Body: Fires Wake-up Call, Concrete Solutions Needed

By admin 9 Αυγούστου 2021 No comment

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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 […]

Greece in State of Emergency as Fires Rage On

By admin 6 Αυγούστου 2021 No comment

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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 Offer Hundreds of Rooms in Fire-hit Areas

By admin 6 Αυγούστου 2021 No comment

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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 […]

Greece Struggles to Save Olympics Birthplace as More Fires Break Out

By admin 5 Αυγούστου 2021 No comment

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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 […]

Greece Forest Fires Rage on Flared by Heatwave

By admin 4 Αυγούστου 2021 No comment

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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 […]

Greek Authorities on High Alert for Wildfires

By admin 24 Ιουλίου 2020 No comment

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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

Greece Tables Spatial Plan for Fire-ravaged Mati and Rafina

By admin 22 Ιουλίου 2020 No comment

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Nea Makri, Attica. Archive photo: Municipality of Marathonas The wider area of Mati, Nea Makri, and Rafina, which was ravaged by one of Greece’s deadliest fires in July 2018 will undergo redevelopment according to the latest spatial plan which went up earlier this month for public consultation. Supervised by the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE-TCG), […]