Tag: Greece
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Adelaide’s Greek ‘renaissance’ amid Athens courtship
When Councillor Mary Couros visited Athens in the summer of 2023, it was very, very hot. It was reported to be the hottest July weekend in Greece for 50 years, and wildfires raged nationwide. At the time, Mary says climate was on the minds of Athens’ council, and sustainability became a key factor in how…
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Thousands evacuated as fires threaten Greece, Crete
Firefighters are battling a fire on the island of Crete that scorched forests and olive groves and forced more than 1000 people to evacuate. Elsewhere in Greece, a fresh blaze near Athens is threatening homes, highlighting the country’s vulnerability to wildfire risks. Gale-force winds and aridity on Thursday (local time) made for tinderbox conditions, hampering…
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Bodies found as Greece wildfires rage
In the port town of Alexandroupolis, dozens of hospital patients were moved onto a ferry earlier on Tuesday while a blaze on the foothills of Mount Parnitha on the outskirts of Athens sent thick clouds of smoke over the capital. The bodies were found near the sprawling Dadia forest in the northeastern Evros region, a…
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Pilots killed as Greece fires burn
The captain and co-pilot of the Canadair CL-215 plane were both killed when their aircraft crashed on the island of Evia, east of Athens, the air force said – the first fatalities in the current set of wildfires in Greece. It gave the ages of the men as 34 and 27 respectively, State broadcaster ERT…
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Rhodes burns as wildfires rage in Greece
Their efforts were without the help of firefighting planes and helicopters, which do not operate at night. The most serious fire was on the island of Rhodes. Some 19,000 people had been evacuated from several locations on the island as wildfires burned for a sixth day, Greek authorities said. No further evacuations had been ordered…
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‘Terrifying’: Thousands flee Rhodes fire
Thousands of locals and tourists spent the night outdoors, in schools and indoor stadiums and tour operators cancelled flights departing for the island, which is located in southeastern Greece. One government official told Reuters 19,000 people had been moved away from their homes and hotels, 3000 of them by boat. Many were assisted by police.…
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Push for ‘Athens of the south’ to be Athens’ sister
Consumer and Business Affairs Minister Andrea Michaels wrote to Adelaide Lord Mayor Jane Lomax-Smith earlier this month seeking her support to establish a sister city relationship between Adelaide and Athens. If approved, it would mark only the second sister city relationship Adelaide has entered since the turn of the century. Michaels said an Adelaide-Athens partnership…
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Greece rail disaster death toll nears 60
The passenger train and a freight train slammed into each other late on Tuesday, crumpling carriages into twisted steel knots and forcing people to smash windows to escape. It was the country’s deadliest crash ever, and 48 people remained hospitalised, most in the central Greek city of Larissa. Six of them were in intensive care.…
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Station master arrested after dozens die in Greece rail disaster
Many of the victims were thought to be university students returning home late on Tuesday after a long holiday weekend. Officials said the death toll was expected to rise further, with temperatures in one carriage rising to 1300C after it caught fire. Authorities are working to establish how the high-speed passenger train collided with another…
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Dozens killed as two trains collide in Greece
An intercity passenger train travelling from Athens to the northern city of Thessaloniki and a cargo train collided at high speed outside the city of Larissa in central Greece late on Tuesday night. The impact caused a fire in a number of the passenger carriages, burning many commuters who were rushed to hospitals. “We heard…