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In July 2023, multiple wildfires started in Greece. They resulted in at least 28 deaths [1] and injured 75 people, with over 80 wildfires being recorded. Seventy-nine people were arrested for arson. [2] High temperatures reached 41.0 °C (105.8 °F), with highs anticipated to reach 45.0 °C (113.0 °F) in Rhodes. [3]
The Greek Coast Guard said around 59 people were evacuated from Nissaki beach on the northwest coast of the island. However, the region’s deputy mayor said the fires in Corfu were caused by arson.
Ranking in Greece World position Name Citizenship Net worth (USD) Sources of wealth 1: 455: Maria Angelicoussis Greece: 5.6 billion: Daughter of John Angelicoussis CEO of the Angelicoussis Group (shipping) 2: 905: Aristotelis "Telis" Mistakidis Greece: 3.2 billion: Mining, commodities (owns 3% Glencore), banking (owns 5% Piraeus Bank) 3: 1067 ...
This is a list of modern Greek military bases in Greece that are operated by the Military of Greece: ... Corfu; Myrina Samothrace; Salamis Naval Base ...
A Greek air force water-dropping plane crashed while diving into a wildfire in southern Greece yesterday, killing both pilots, as authorities battled blazes that have been raging for days across ...
Authorities in Greece have issued fresh evacuation orders for parts of Corfu as wildfires erupted on the island.. Fires in Rhodes have already forced 19,000 people to leave their homes as ...
Corfu is the origin of the Ionian Academy, the first university of the modern Greek state, and the Nobile Teatro di San Giacomo di Corfù, the first Greek theatre and opera house of modern Greece. The first governor of independent Greece after the revolution of 1821, founder of the modern Greek state, and distinguished European diplomat Ioannis ...
Greece is the latest to see the mercury top 40C, with the islands of Rhodes and Corfu hit by wildfires that have led to mass evacuations as the summer holiday season gets underway.