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After a heavy snowstorm paralysed Athens, the Greek army was asked to intervene and help citizens who were trapped in their cars for hours.
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After a heavy snowstorm paralysed Athens, the Greek army was asked to intervene and help citizens who were trapped in their cars for hours.
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As wildfires on Greece's Evia island continue to rage, criticism over the government's handling of the situation grows.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday evening that Greece is facing an extremely critical situation with multiple forest fires at the same time, while saving human lives is the government's top priority.
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The heat driving Turkey's fires is causing similar emergencies in Italy and Greece. Crews say they have faced more than 800 flare-ups during the past few days in populated areas.
(Sputnik) - Open-air archaeological sites in Greece will be closed during the daytime starting August 3 due to an intense heatwave, the Ministry of Culture and Sports said on Monday.
About a dozen homes burned and five people were hospitalised with breathing problems as firefighters fought a forest fire near Patras, Greece’s third-largest city, authorities said.
Cyprus has appealed for international help to tackle a huge wildfire described by officials as the worst in the country's history.
A large wildfire that broke out in the regional unit of Corinthos in south-central Greece late on Wednesday prompted authorities to evacuate six nearby villages, the fire department said.
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The island of Santorini in Greece contains a very deadly active volcano. This volcano last erupted in 1950, and will erupt again in the future.