Greece

Protests in Greece amid discontent over fires, Covid response

Over 5,000 police have been deployed in Greece's second largest city Thessaloniki ahead of protests against recent laws on overtime and strikes, and over expected price hikes later this year.

EU human rights body disgusted by Greece's controversial migration bill

The Kathimerini reported that Greece is condemned by the Council of Europe over a disputed migration bill.

Greek police fire tear gas as thousands protest against vaccine rules

More than 7,000 people, some holding crosses, rallied outside the Greek parliament to protest against the inoculations. Similar protests in Athens last month also resulted in violence.

Archaeologists find skeleton, evidence of Greek in Pompeii

An inscription of the tomb suggests that its owner, a freed slave named Marcus Venerius Secundio, helped organise performances in Greek in Pompeii, archaeologists say.

New wildfires burn outside Athens, prompting evacuations in villages

More than 500 wildfires have broken out in recent weeks across Greece, which has seen some of its highest temperatures in decades.

Heat wave edges higher in southern Europe, fuels wildfires

Italy saw temperatures in places upwards of 40°C, and Rome broiled. By late afternoon Friday, the heat in Florence reached 39°C. That city and Bologna also were issued alerts for Saturday by the health ministry.

Greece fires now under control as reconstruction begins

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis appoints a new minister in charge of recovery from natural disasters in a bid to defuse growing anger over the struggle to curb wildfires that have charred thousands of hectares of forest.

A joint Turkey - EU approach for the growing Afghan refugee wave

Europe will not be able to convince Ankara to open its borders to host Afghan refugees. It should work with Turkey diplomatically and financially instead.

Multinational firefighter force battles Greece wildfires

More than 247,000 acres have been burned by wildfires raging across Greece over the last two weeks, data from European Forest Fire Information System shows.

Heatwave sweeps across Italy as Greece fights to contain fire damage

Europe continues to struggle with some of the worst wildfires the region has seen in decades.

Raging wildfires in Algeria claims lives

Photographs posted on social media show huge walls of flame and billowing clouds of smoke towering over villages in the forested hills in Algeria, becoming the latest Mediterranean country to be hit by wildfires.

Mitsotakis apologises as Greece counts costs of fire catastrophe

Greek premier Kyriakos Mitsotakis apologises for "any weaknesses" shown in addressing emergency and pledges compensation for all affected, and a huge reforestation and regeneration effort.