Residents just 30km away from Athens have fled their homes, as Greece's temperatures are forecast to reach 44C on Sunday.

Europe is witnessing a sharp surge in wildfires in 2025, with record-breaking blazes scorching over 227,000 hectares of land. Mass evacuations and lockdowns have hit Spain and France.

In July 2018, at the height of tourist season, the worst wildfire to hit Greece in over a decade tore through a small resort ...

European Union countries, including the Czech Republic and Italy, are sending aircrafts and firefighters to help.

EU-funded researchers, firefighters and communities are pioneering innovative, collaborative approaches to build landscapes able to withstand increasingly extreme wildfires. By Maria Vlastara Asier ...

Greece on Saturday requested EU help to battle wildfires that have sprung up in different regions, one of the worst just ...

Strong winds were fanning the blaze near Athens and other sites and the Peloponnese peninsula that juts out west of the ...

A week-long heatwave in Greece that began on Monday is now expected to last more than a week, the country's weather service ...

Raging wildfires in Greece that broke out on Saturday have been burning forest and agricultural land, properties and pens, killing wildlife a ...

Explosions could be heard as huge clouds of smoke covered Drosopigi village north of Athens, where factories with flammable ...

A wildfire has burned through a northern suburb of Athens, Greece, prompting evacuations. On Saturday, residents of Kryoneri ...