A tough week lies ahead as Greece battles wildfires on multiple fronts, with a massive blaze spreading north of Athens.

Turkey is pleased with its deal with the United States regarding the procurement of Block-70 F-16 fighter jets and modernization kits, and the process is continuing as planned, Defense Minister Yasar Guler said.

Firefighters are now focusing their efforts on Kallitechnoupoli and Grammatiko in eastern Attica, Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Vassilis Kikilias said Monday during a news briefing on the wildfires that have been raging since Sunday.

Tubers in parts of Greece have failed to reach the desired size due to the drought.

This image, provided by NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS), visualizes the location, extent, and impact of the wildfire that has been burning since Sunday afternoon in northeastern Attica.

An image captured by the European meteorological satellite Meteosat-11 shows the extensive dispersion of smoke from the wildfire that has been raging since Sunday afternoon in northeastern Attica.

A fast-moving wildfire fuelled by gale-force winds raged unabated closer to Athens on Monday, burning trees, houses and cars and forcing evacuations of hospitals and at least 11 towns and villages, Greek authorities said.

Setting out to prove that topping Paris isn’t mission impossible, Los Angeles rolled out a skydiving Tom Cruise, Grammy winner Billie Eilish and other stars on Sunday as it took over Olympic hosting duties from the French capital, which closed out its 2024 Games just as they started – with joy and panache.

Turkey reinstated access to Instagram on Saturday night, after more than a week of being blocked nationwide.

A fire that erupted northeast of Athens on Sunday has spread to Mount Penteli, just north of the Greek capital, prompting the evacuation of several settlements.

The state appears inconsistent with the commitments made to restore legality in Mykonos and as a result arbitrary constructions are continuing with impunity, according to a letter sent in May by the island’s Mayor Christos Veronis to the Ministry of the Interior, describing the “deadlock” with the municipality’s planning department.

Last year’s major natural disasters that hit Greece’s breadbasket in Thessaly were a wake-up call. The climate crisis requires a redesign of the management of natural resources and new methods of sustainable and resilient development of the primary sector.

The smell of smoke and soot pervaded Athens, with the sky darkening as a wildfire burned northeast of the Greek capital on Sunday

The Pan-Pontian Federation of Greece issued a statement at the weekend about a song sung by a Turkish-Cypriot singer Isin Karaca during an event organized in the central square of Komotini in northwestern Greece on August 4 as an “unacceptable provocation” and a “direct insult,” as it references the destruction of Smyrna.

Α wildfire in western Attica has been contained, but another, northeast of Athens, is still developing, the Fire Service’s spokesman says.

The Palace of Knossos, the seat of the legendary King Minos on the southern island of Crete, has received visitors to the tune of more than 5,000 daily since early August.

Residents in two areas near Athens were ordered to evacuate on Sunday as dozens of firefighters battled to contain blazes fuelled by strong winds and hot temperatures.

A wildfire erupted Sunday afternoon in a forested area of Megara, West Attica, triggering an evacuation alert.

An elderly woman was arrested on Saturday for allegedly setting fires in dry grass near Oropos, eastern Attica.

A 59-year-old bus driver was arrested in the port district of Piraeus on Saturday after allegedly assaulting an 18-year-old woman as she boarded his bus on the Piraeus-Voula route.