September 4, 2024
Society, Very Mix
Police arrested a doctor and his wife accusing them of starting six to eight fires in Nea Marki seaside resort in eastern Attica. The teenager son of the wife is being sought by police as accomplice. It was initially the 61-year-old orthopedic doctor and his 50 year-old who were arrested …
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August 15, 2024
environment, FEATURED
The newest theory for the fires in Greece: Blame the Romans who massively planted pine trees to put them on fire and destroy the regions they conquered. Excuse me, what? This is the baseless theory of the latest blame-game for the latest fire in north-eastern Attica and Athens that burned …
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August 14, 2024
environment, FEATURED
Impressively alarming are the results from the updated analysis of the burned areas from the forest fires in the continental parts of the Attica Region: 37% of the forests have been burned down in the last 8 years, that is from 2017 until mid-August 2024. According to the meteo service …
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August 7, 2024
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Police has arrested a 65-year-old university professor who is accused of setting four fires in June in the area of Vari, south-eastern Attica. According to state broadcaster ERT, the suspect was a sociology professor at Panteion University and also taught at the Officer Academy of the Greek Police, while he …
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July 30, 2024
environment, FEATURED
With the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Google is providing detailed tracking of fire boundaries in Search and Maps, as well as through location-based push notifications. According to a Google update, the specific tool is expanding to 15 more countries across Europe and Africa, including Greece. The countries are: Andorra, …
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July 5, 2024
FEATURED, weather
A total of 62 fires broke out in the last 24 hours, most of them due to lightning during the powerful weather front raging in Greece on Thursday, the Fire Brigade said. Οver 15,000 lightning bolts fell within nine hours across the country. 1,200 of them stroke Athens and Attica …
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June 21, 2024
environment, FEATURED
A 55-year-old man has died while he was assisting firefighters to extinguish a wildfire in the village Myrtia, Peloponnese, one of the many in central and southern Greece on Friday. It is suggested that the man have died of strong smoke inhalation, an autopsy will determine the exact causes of …
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June 20, 2024
environment, FEATURED
Greece’s Civil Protection and Climate Crisis ministry issued a warning of Extreme Fire Danger for tomorrow, Friday, June 21, 2024. According to the Fire Risk Prediction Map there is Extreme Fire Danger – (Category 5) for the region of Attica and Very High Danger (Category 4) for several other regions. …
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September 18, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
A German couple threw a dinner party for a whole village to say “thank you” for saving their house from the summer fires on the islands of Rhodes. “A beautiful and touching initiative by a German couple, who have chosen Rhodes as their second home, wanting to thank all the …
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September 1, 2023
environment, FEATURED
A “Very High Risk of Fires”(risk category 4) has been forecast in four Greek regions for Saturday, September 2, 2023, according to the Fire Danger Forecast Map issued by the General Secretariat for Civil Protection of the Climate Crisis and Civil Protection ministry. The region of Evros in north-eastern Greece. …
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September 1, 2023
environment, FEATURED
Greece 2023: 20% fewer large forest fires and 270% increase in burnt areas the meteo service of the National Observatory in Athens said in a report updated on August 30, 2023. Statistics (Figures 1 – 3) for the progress of this year’s (2023) fire prevention season in Greece remain negative, …
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August 30, 2023
environment, FEATURED
Municipal authorities in Alexandroupolis are cutting down trees within the urban fabric in order to build an indoor gym, while in the surrounding area of Evros wildfires are raging out of control for the 12th consecutive day. The action has triggered an outrage among the local community that says the …
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August 30, 2023
environment, FEATURED
Two fire fronts in the region of Evros, north-eastern Greece, are raging for 12. consecutive day on Wednesday, August 30, 2023. The residents of three villages, Kotronia, Giannouli and Sidiro, were ordered to evacuate early afternoon. The fires are currently in the area of Leptokarya and particularly at Meghalo Rema …
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August 30, 2023
environment, FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greece’s government has decided immediate measures in the Evros region, in the North-East of the country, as well as on Mount Parnitha, in North-West of Athens, following extensive destruction by the forest fires that have been burning for almost two weeks. The government has declared that all areas burned in …
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August 25, 2023
environment, FEATURED
Four big fires are still burning in Greece on Friday, August 25, 2023. Despite the firefighters efforts, the flames in Mt Parnitha, Viotia, Evros and Rodopi keep doing their destruction work. Locals are desperate about the loss of their homes and the absence of state support. The picture of the …
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August 25, 2023
environment, FEATURED
A “Very High Risk of Fires”(risk category 4) has been forecast in three Greek regions for Friday, August 25, 2023, according to the Fire Danger Forecast Map issued by the General Secretariat for Civil Protection of the Climate Crisis and Civil Protection ministry. It is the “Hot-Dry-Windy” conditions that dramatically …
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August 24, 2023
environment, FEATURED
Α 45-year-old man who was brought in early Thursday afternoon on suspicion of arson in the Avlona area at the foothills of Mount Parnitha was arrested. According to information, the former lawyer is a resident of Avlona. He is allegedly facing psychological problems. Evidence and testimonies have emerged against him …
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August 24, 2023
environment, FEATURED
More than 120,000 hectares of land have burned across Greece in 2023 up until Wednesday according to the National Observatory of Athens’ Meteo.gr. At the same time, the European Observatory of Forest Fires noted the 2023 Greece wildfires’ burned land area is three times larger than the average annually burned …
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August 23, 2023
environment, FEATURED
A “Very High Risk of Fires”(risk category 4) has been forecast in three Greek regions for Thursday, August 24, 2023, according to the Fire Danger Forecast Map issued by the General Secretariat for Civil Protection of the Climate Crisis and Civil Protection ministry. It is the “Hot-Dry-Windy” conditions that dramatically …
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August 23, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
A video with a racist delirium depicts a man going out into the streets of Alexandroupolis in northern Greece, “arresting” migrants and refugees, as if he was the local …sheriff! The man, an Albanian national and well-known constructor in the area, and well as two Greek accomplices have been detained …
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