Τhe European Center for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC) has highlighted the danger posed by the increase in Europe of diseases transmitted by mosquitoes, as a result of climate change.
Greece has sent two Canadair firefighting aircraft to help fight a wildfire that was raging uncontrollably in the area of Paphos, southwest Cyprus on Tuesday.
The sea in the northern port city of Thessaloniki turned green on Tuesday, due to excessive concentration of phytoplankton in the area.
A wildfire broke out at the Gazoros area of Serres in northern Greece, on Tuesday.
Although once a rare phenomenon, June heatwaves have become more frequent in recent years, with another set to grip the country in its hot embrace beginning Tuesday through to Friday, with temperatures predicted to soar in places to more than 42 Celsius.
Temperatures are expected to rise again from Tuesday, with the mercury forecast to hit up to 43 degrees Celsius in places until Friday.
Marine experts are sounding the alarm over the gradual collapse of fundamental ecosystems in Greece’s seas.
Strong firefighting forces, including four aircraft and a helicopter, mobilized after a fire broke out Monday in an agricultural forest area in Amfilochia, western Greece.
A wildfire broke out on Sunday afternoon in the Nea Amfipoli area of Serres, northern Greece.
Temperatures are set to soar again next week across the country with meteorologists even forecasting up to 43-44 degrees Celsius in heat-sensitive plains.
The manager of the Santa Marina beach bar on the island of Rhodes was arrested on Friday and will be tried at noon on Saturday for illegally placing sun beds, umbrellas and metal structures on the shore and in the sea.
Despite the efforts made through EU policies, a high proportion (96%) of people living in European cities are exposed to pollutants and high levels of fine particles, according to a report on air quality published Thursday by the European Environment Agency.
A wildfire broke out in the Resta region of Chios island, on Friday.
Authorities have sealed off the beach area of the Santa Marina beach bar in Agia Marina, on the eastern Aegean island of Rhodes, after inspections confirmed numerous zoning violations.
An Italian environmental economist living on the Greek island of Ithaki has undertaken to clean the seas of the stink and trash left behind by abandoned fish farms.
The Hellenic Center for Marine Research (HCMR) is helping the Environment Ministry put together a tender for an ambitious and sensitive project that involves removing tons of trash from the seabed just off the western coast of Andros.
The municipal authority on the southeastern Aegean island of Rhodes has ordered the shutdown of a beach bar in the Santa Marina area by June 20 after inspections uncovered a multitude of zoning violations, including the fact that the business has been illegally built in an archaeological site.
Authorities carrying out inspections on the island of Rhodes on Wednesday discovered that a beach bar in Agia Marina had built unlicensed metal platforms with sunbeds in the water.
The Municipality of Amorgos in the Cycladic islands has been fined by regional authorities for unlawfully constructing three new roads.
A wildfire erupted on Wednesday in Oropos, north of Athens. At present, no residences seem to be in immediate danger.
MyCoast, a mobile app launched by the government in late April to combat beach violations, has registered 1,900 complaints so far, according to the latest data.
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