One major blaze tore through a northern suburb of the Greek capital on Saturday, prompting urgent evacuation orders.

Prior to his death, he was having trouble walking due to extreme heat. Samos is the ninth most populous Greek island with a population of over 33,000. It spans over 184 square miles.

In the shadow of its neighbour Rhodes, the island of Chalki remains one of the best kept secrets of the Aegean Sea. Clean, authentic and gorgeous, it is a rare interlude away from the usual ...

A municipal employee walks in the village of Oia on the Greek island of Santorini, as authorities restrict tourist access in some areas as a precaution due to seismic activity, Feb. 5, 2025.

Authorities on the island have joined other tourism hot spots in calling for a cap on visitors. Greece is likely to hit a new record for tourism in 2024, surpassing the 33 million tourists in 2023.

Greek authorities ordered thousands to evacuate from different parts of the southern island of Crete, one of the country's most popular tourist spots, where wildfires burned uncontrollably on ...

But as the 20th century arrived, bringing motorized transport to the rest of Greece, the island’s narrow and steep streets, coupled with rocky terrain, made cars impractical to get around in.

Most visitors to Greece's Amorgos don't know though is that on the island itself, water for household use and irrigating crops is far from abundant. Farmers are struggling to grow crops.

About 1,500 people, many of them tourists, were evacuated from hotels and homes on the Greek island of Crete on Thursday as firefighters struggled to control a wildfire in arid conditions. Greece ...