A rapidly moving wildfire that began on Sunday has continued to encroach on the Greek capital of Athens. Hot, windy weather fueled the blaze, forcing residents to flee their homes as it destroyed forested hillsides and properties just north of the ancient city. More than 600 firefighters were battling the country’s most destructive wildfire this […]
Arachnophobes beware. A shoreline by the Greek town of Aitoliko has been swamped by a mass of mating spiders and 1,000 feet of their cobwebs. Earlier this week, a local named Giannis Giannakopoulos uploaded a YouTube video and posted several pictures of the spectacle on his Facebook page, showing shrubs, palm fronds and other greenery […]
The Greek island of Tilos is set to be the first in the Mediterranean to power itself entirely with wind and solar power, The Associated Press reported Sunday. The final tests of a new system that will allow the island to power itself with batteries recharged by a solar park and 800-kilowatt wind turbine are […]
Wildfires that ignited in Greece Monday have killed at least 60 people in the area around Athens, prompting Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to declare three days of national mourning, BBC News reported. The fires, which have injured at least 150, are the worst Greece has seen in more than a decade. “Today Greece is mourning, […]
The sinking of a tanker carrying 2,200 tons of fuel oil and 370 tons of marine gas oil has coated some of Greece’s most popular beaches in thick, black sludge, leading to health authorities to ban swimming along shorelines in Athens. The Agia Zoni II tanker sank Sunday off the coast of Salamina island and […]
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