The Latest Breaking News from Kyriakos Mitsotakis

The Prime Minister said the deadly blazes ‘caused some inconvenience’ to tourists

Kyriakos Mitsotakis acknowledges ‘inconvenience for visitors’ after 20,000 people were evacuated

A Greek air force water-dropping plane crashed while diving into a wildfire in southern Greece on Tuesday, killing both pilots, as authorities battled blazes that have been raging for days across the country amid a return of heat wave temperatures.

A plane fighting wildfires in Greece crashed killing two airmen on Tuesday, as large areas of the Mediterranean sweltered under an intense summer heatwave and Algeria battled to control an inferno in which at least 34 people have died.

Plane’s captain and co-pilot declared dead after crash during firefighting operation on the island of Evia.

Armed forces will observe three days of mourning after low-flying water bomber hit hillside near Karystos

Tens of thousands of people, many of them British tourists, are scrambling to evacuate from Rhodes and Corfu as wildfires rage across the country. Temperatures are expected to climb again Tuesday.

‘Out of control’ fires spark largest evacuation in Greek history, as Ryanair continues flights

A weeklong wildfire on the Greek island of Rhodes has torn past defenses, forcing more evacuations, as three major fires rage elsewhere in the country fueled by strong winds and successive heat waves