The Latest Breaking News from Greece

Authorities battling a major wildfire in northeastern Greece that has been described as the European Union’s largest recorded single fire have recovered another body, the fire department says

PM Modi visits Greece after 40 years, meets PM Mitsotakis. Discussed ways to deepen bilateral ties. Received 'Grand Cross of the Order of Honour' from President Sakellaropoulou. Mr. Modi was accorded Ceremonial Guard of Honour. Indian diaspora welcomed PM with tricolour and chants of 'Vande Mataram'.

PM Modi and President Xi Jinping met on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Johannesburg on August 23, 2023; announcement of talks kept under wraps until next day, just prior to the PM’s departure for Greece

Amnesty links wildfires and lack of legal migration routes to deaths of 19 people believed to be asylum seekers

Firefighters find 18 burned bodies in Dadia Forest, suspected to be asylum seekers, as wildfires ravage northern Greece.

Major wildfires burning for days in northeastern Greece and on the fringes of the country’s capital are incinerating forests and forcing more evacuations

As the world warms and the climate changes, people are experiencing more frequent and intense extreme weather events. Just this year, heatwaves blasted southern Europe, the United States and China; wildfires lit up Greece, Canada and Maui in Hawaii; and winter storms froze large parts of the US.

The destructive power of wildfire has been a defining feature of a summer of climate extremes.

Temperature records broken in France and red alerts issued in Italy as late summer heatwave continues in southern Europe