Flames ravaged houses, farms and factories and forced evacuations of residents and tourists from the beaches of the popular tourist islands of Zakynthos and Cephalonia in the Ionian Sea, as hot and ...

Heatwave blanketing southern Europe are sparking blazes from Portugal to the Balkans with a major fire in Greece.

You can find important general information on the UK Foreign Office’s safety and security page that states that wildfires are a high risk in Greece from April to October. To get live updates and ...

The European Union has sent two firefighting planes to Spain to help battle raging wildfires, after the country activated the ...

In Galicia, fires shut down several highways and halted high-speed rail services to Madrid. The EU’s European Forest Fire ...

Cruise ship tourists will from Sunday have to pay a levy of €5 ($5. 85) per person when visiting the Greek islands, rising to €20 for the popular destinations of Mykonos and Santorini, the Tourism ...

ATHENS, Greece — Wildfires intensified across southern Europe on Wednesday with a round-the-clock battle to protect the perimeter of Greece’s third-largest city and at least three deaths reported in ...

Firefighters battled multiple wildfires across Greece, including blazes threatening villages and towns near the western city ...

Greece mobilises thousands of firefighters and planes to battle wildfires near Patras as soaring heat and strong winds ...

Greek firefighters gained ground Thursday against a wildfire outside the third-largest city of Patras, while planes bombed water on blazes on three other fronts. Firefighters faced "scattered" pockets ...