Ongoing wildfires in Greece have worsened this weekend, with 44°C temperatures and high winds leading to fresh safety warnings. Residents in the town of Kryoneri, 12 miles north of Athens, have now ...

Hundreds of Greek firefighters continue to battle wildfires near Athens for a fifth day after strong winds pushed the fire to homes, pine forests, olive groves and farmland. Although some fires have ...

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ATHENS, Greece — Hundreds of firefighters battled wildfires in Portugal, Greece and Spain on Sunday, with Spain and Italy sending reinforcements to Portugal to help with a massive blaze burning for ...

Athens, Greece – Nine storeys off the surface of the Earth in a northern Athens suburb, half a dozen young engineers are busy reading images from four satellites orbiting 550km (340 miles) above them.

Extreme weather brought chaos across Europe today, with warnings of 40C (104F) temperatures in some of the worst-hit countries. Travel plans for about 1.6 million UK tourists heading to Italy were ...

ATHENS/ CARCES, France >> Wildfires fanned by gale-force winds burned across multiple areas of Greece on Saturday, forcing residents to flee as conditions worsened again in parts of Spain and France.

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