On Thursday, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited the Ilia (Elis) region of the Peloponnese, the home of the Olympic Games, Ancient Olympia. During the visit, Mitsotakis thanked all those who participated in rescue from fires sanctuaries and announced an unprecedented environmental crisis that the country is experiencing due to the heat wave and severe […]
Rostourism asked Russian citizens in Greece to be vigilant, given the current situation with fires. A new fire has captured the north of Athens, from the foot of Mount Parnitha, the fire is rapidly spreading through the territory of North Attica, and residents are being evacuated, RIA Novosti reports, citing the Greek TV channel ERT. […]
The raging fires in Attica generously fill the atmosphere with particles hazardous to health. Just one hour on the street is tantamount to smoking 10 cigarettes, the pulmonology professor warns, and gives recommendations. Nikos Tsanakis, professor of pulmonology at the University of Crete, draws attention to the catastrophic deterioration of the atmosphere due to fires […]
“The houses will be rebuilt, the forest will grow over time …” – said Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis during a short visit to the outskirts of Varibobi during a fire on Tuesday. “We faced an extremely severe fire in very hot weather. The worst fires occur in the forests around urban areas, ”he said, […]
According to the fire department, a fire broke out again in the gorge between Adames and Tatoi airport – an attempt is being made to take the situation under control. Thursday afternoon in the woodland in Varibobi another fire broke out. According to the fire department, the fire point is in the gorge between Adames […]
After a large-scale fire in Varibob, the smallest particles of combustion products are still floating in the atmosphere of the Greek capital. A professor of pulmonology talks about their danger. Speaking on the SKAI TV channel, professor of pulmonology Panayotis Behrakis warned: prolonged inhalation of small particles of smoke, which filled the air after catastrophic […]
On the night of 3/08 to 4/08, against the background of a devastating fire in the Tatoya (Varibobi) area, where the royal estate is located, an operation was carried out to rescue museum treasures and objects. Culture and Sports Minister Lina Mendoni also arrived there, hastily returning from a trip to the Cyclades. Despite the […]
The evacuation of horses threatened by a fire in Varibobi, pets of the Olympic equestrian center, was completed this night, from 3/08 to 4/08. Lilian Dinti, Director of the Hellenic Equestrian Federation, told APE-MPE that there are now about 250 horses in Markopoulo. Five missing animals have already been found and returned back to the […]
The National Observatory of Athens is warning residents of several districts of Attica to take measures not to harm their health due to air pollution by particulate matter after a large-scale night fire in Varibobi. “The situation in many parts of Athens is now bad in terms of harmful PM2.5 particles (fine respirable particles with […]