↪ #Larissa, one of the biggest cities in #Greece and the agricultural hub for the whole country, has lost nearly a quarter of this year's crop production.

It will take years for the land to be fertile again.

Where the water has receded, a thick layer of mud has been left behind.

🔴 After weeks of scorching temperatures and wildfires, the plains of #Thessaly have been deluged by a three-day storm

Up to 800mm (31.5in) of rain fell in 24 hours - more than a year's worth of rainfall - inundating the flat terrain in central #Greece ➡

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66751510

@metacritic_tv
🥥 Hope the Portokalos family were able to avoid the fires in #Greece during their destination wedding in "My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3."

Inside the horror of Europe's biggest wildfire.

For weeks, the people of Lefkimi have felt helpless as almost 1,000 sq km of the forest that provided their homes and livelihoods burned.

“Send us planes now, otherwise it’ll come here,” one man pleads into the early evening sky.

Then, one after another, planes appear through the smoke over the hilltop, dousing the blaze.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/ifgej14zt1/greece-wildfire

#Europe #Greece #Lefkimi #Wildfire #ForestFire #ClimateChange

Today's Thing of Beauty: #naxos #Greece Princess of Naxos Hotel. #photography Photo by me. September 2018

The death toll from severe flooding in central Greece rose to 10 people Friday, while another four remained missing, the country's civil protection minister said. Rescue crews in helicopters and boats ferried hundreds of people from inundated villages to safety.

Flooding triggered by rainstorms also hit neighbouring Bulgaria and Turkey, killing a total of 22 people since the rains began Tuesday.

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230908-flooding-death-toll-rises-in-greece-as-rescue-crews-ferry-residents-to-safety

#Greece #Bulgaria #Turkey #Floods #Flooding #Rainfall

Death and destruction as flooding sweeps across southeastern Europe

> The death toll from fierce storms and flooding in #Greece, #Turkey and #Bulgaria rose to 14 on Wednesday after rescue teams in the three neighbouring countries recovered seven more bodies.
https://www.euronews.com/2023/09/06/death-and-destruction-as-flooding-sweeps-across-southeastern-europe #climatedisaster #climatechange

#EUGeneralCourt - Return operations: the General Court dismisses the action for damages brought by a number of Syrian refugees against Frontex after they were returned from #Greece to #Türkiye👉https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo2_7052/

EFJ (@EFJEUROPE): "#Greece: Journalists @papachristosgio and @KostasVaxevanis were recently attacked. We call on the Greek authorities to swiftly investigate the complaints filed by the two journalists @MediaFreedomEU https://europeanjournalists.org/blog/2023/09/04/greece-swift-investigations-required-after-two-attacks-against-journalists/" | nitter
https://nitter.d420.de/EFJEUROPE/status/1698696910964507041#m
#Grèce #Journalistes #Violence

https://www.oliveoiltimes.com/briefs/no-respite-in-greece-as-wildfires-incinerate-ancient-olive-groves-in-makri/123444 #oliveOil #greece #wildfires

Racist attack in Greek Cyprus administration leaves 5 injured

> Some individuals in the group, carrying banners with slogans such as "Cyprus is Greek" and "Migrants, you are not welcome," attacked businesses and restaurants in the area, with a number of shops and vehicles set on fire.
https://www.anews.com.tr/world/2023/09/02/racist-attack-in-greek-cyprus-administration-leaves-5-injured #Greece #Cyprus #farright #racism #racist

Pour l’instant, l’enquête révèle deux choses : tout d’abord, que les autorités grecques avaient été prévenues de cette arrivée massive bien à l’avance . Le projet à empêcher ? 250 supporters #néonazis du #Dynamo Zagreb étaient descendus lourdement chargés en #Grèce pour « se faire des antifas ».
https://lahorde.samizdat.net/Un-supporter-antifa-grec-tue-par-des-neonazis-croates
#antifa #greece

#Greece joining the #ThreeSeasInitiative would create a true intermarium, furthering the stategic, eastward power shift in Europe

➡️🇮🇹 Italy faces a strategic choice about where to place the weight of its partnerships in #Europe

(map via @visegrad24)

Greece blaze the ‘largest wildfire recorded in EU’

>A forest blaze in Greece is “the largest wildfire ever recorded in the EU” and the bloc is mobilising nearly half its firefighting air wing to tackle it, a European Commission spokesman said yesterday.
https://www.gulf-times.com/article/667492/international/greece-blaze-the-largest-wildfire-recorded-in-eu #Greece #wildfires #GreeceWildfires #climatechange #climatecrisis #globalwarming #elnino

"A forest blaze in Greece is “the largest wildfire ever recorded in the EU” and the bloc is mobilising nearly half its firefighting air wing to tackle it, a European Commission spokesperson has said."

#Greece #EU #EuropeanUnion #Wildfire

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/29/greece-wildfire-declared-largest-ever-recorded-in-eu

The nightmare repeats itself every year: a towering wall of flames devouring forests, farmland, and homes, forcing animals and people to flee for their lives.

As temperatures soar, residents in some Greek suburbs are putting their own money toward early-warning drones to stop wildfires before they take hold.

https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/08/29/to-stop-wildfires-communities-in-athens-suburbs-are-funding-their-own-early-warning-drones

#Greece #Athens #Wildfires #Drones

The Meteora Monasteries are a breathtaking view of man's ingenuity and nature. Located in central Greece, monks during the 14th century took refuge from invading forces by building on top of towering rock formations that appear to touch the heavens.

The ART: https://rebeccaherranen.com/featured/meteora-monastary-rebecca-herranen.html

#Architecture #Greece #Nature #Photography #Art #MastoArt #Travel #Fediart #fedigiftshop #Artist #ayearforart #Fineart #Landscape #Landscapephotography #giftideas #beauty #wallart

RT Copernicus EU
#ImageOfTheDay
The #Αλεξανδρουπολης #Alexandroupolis🇬🇷 #Wildfires continue to rage in #Greece
🔴The burnt area has reached 7⃣7⃣,0⃣0⃣0⃣ ha with 1⃣2⃣0⃣ 🔥active hot spots
The @CopernicusEMS #RapidMappingTeam is working 24/7 on mapping products
http://rapidmapping.emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR686
#EMSR686

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CopernicusEU/status/1695712813052735937

A forest blaze in Greece is “the largest wildfire ever recorded in the EU” and the bloc is mobilising nearly half it's entire firefighting air wing to tackle it, a European Commission spokesman said Tuesday.
#AureFreePress #Greece #GlobalWarming #climatechange #news

Greece is battling Europe's "largest wildfire ever recorded," and it's "still out of control"
#AureFreePress #GlobalWarming #climatechange #Greece

https://www.france24.com/en/video/20230829-greece-wildfire-largest-ever-in-eu-burning-for-11-days-it-engulfed-area-bigger-than-new-york-city