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Dozens of wildfires broke out across Greece over the weekend, fueled by strong winds and prolonged drought, according to Greek authorities. Firefighters have brought a major blaze under control in the Oropos region north of Athens, but the risk...

Greek authorities have taken a public protection decision: in the context of a severe heat wave affecting the entire country, the Acropolis in Athens will close during the hottest hours of the day. The decision comes amid an increased risk of...

Turkey is facing one of the worst wildfires in recent years. More than 50,000 people have been evacuated in the last 48 hours, in the context of forest fires that have mainly affected the provinces of Izmir, Manisa and Hatay, the Turkish Disaster...

Peste jumătate din Europa şi zona mediteraneană erau afectate de secetă la începutul lunii iunie 2025, marcând un record absolut pentru această perioadă a anului, potrivit unei analize realizate de AFP pe baza datelor furnizate de Observatorul...

More than half of Europe and the Mediterranean region were affected by drought at the beginning of June 2025, marking an absolute record for this time of year, according to an analysis by AFP based on data provided by the European Drought...

The island of Chios, located in the northeastern Aegean Sea, has been placed in a state of emergency due to the wildfires that have been severely affecting it since Sunday, announced the Minister of Civil Protection of Greece, Giannis...

The conflict between Israel and Iran shows no sign of de-escalation, even though, according to the Israeli press, the Tel Aviv authorities declared yesterday that they are not seeking to overthrow the political regime in Tehran, but only to...

The world has recorded another extremely hot month, with oceans and land continuing to reach "unusually high” temperatures, extending an alarming series of climate anomalies that has lasted for more than two years, according to data...

When everyone talks about the crisis - economic, energy or existential - I said I would see what it looks like from the epicenter of wealth smeared with refinement. I said yes to an invitation and took it with me by plane, bus and finally on foot...

Journalists and civil society representatives in 14 EU member states have been spied on via mobile phones by their respective governments, according to information presented two days ago by John Scott-Railton, a senior researcher at Citizen Lab,...

In recent years, Cyprus has become a tourist destination where more and more Romanians choose to spend their holidays, and proof of this is the fact that last year the island of Aphrodite was visited by over 85,000 tourists from our country. In...

The Romanian Embassy in Tunis, in partnership with the General Delegation of the Wallonia-Brussels Region, organized an event dedicated to cultural diplomacy, highlighting the essential role of culture in strengthening international...

At the beginning of the year I decided to take a short trip to Spain, to Malaga, the city where Pablo Diego Jose Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruiz y Picasso Lopez...

A series of frequent and strong earthquakes has forced thousands of people to flee the Greek island of Santorini in recent days. Seismologists are surprised by the intensity and duration of the phenomenon, and local authorities have taken...

Water shortages or excesses are causing major problems for people. Record-breaking global droughts are becoming "the new norm" forcing world leaders to "radically rethink" how they manage them, the UN warned, publishing a global...

Natural disasters are increasing at an alarming rate, much to people's concern. The catastrophic floods that killed at least 72 people in Spain were caused by a destructive weather system in which cold and warm air meet to produce heavy rain...

One of the main holiday destinations for Romanians, Greece, has faced major challenges this year. The country faced in 2024 the "most difficult year from a climate point of view in the last 40 years'', a year during which vegetation...

The Committee for Legal Affairs (JURI) of the European Parliament approved, yesterday, the 26 candidates for the positions of European Commissioners, even if for 23 of them it requested additional clarifications regarding the declarations of...

The Middle East has been in a fever of war for a year after Hamas terrorists decided to illegally enter Israel, kill the young, old and children and take several hundred people hostage, mostly civilians, to achieve their political goals ....

Iran launched a two-wave ballistic missile attack targeting Israel on October 1, experts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) say. According to them, Iran claimed it launched this attack in response to Israel's killing of senior Axis...

Family-concept has become in the last ten years a style of tourism successfully implemented both in Turkey on the Mediterranean Sea, in Antalya, but also in some resorts on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. The accommodations have been modernized,...

Climate change has doubled the risk of torrential rains like those that recently caused devastating floods in Central Europe, according to a report published Wednesday by the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group. The report stresses the need for...

Roxana Mînzatu, the Ciolacu government's proposal for the position of European Commissioner from Romania, was nominated yesterday by Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, as one of the six vice-presidents of the...

A severe drought has made tap water undrinkable in several towns in Spain's Costa Blanca region, forcing tourists and locals to queue at bottled water dispensers to meet their needs. base, reports Reuters. Against the backdrop of the drop in...

Confirmation of the weather records set this hot summer is coming from several directions. Last month was the hottest July on record and marked the 14th consecutive monthly temperature record, according to a US agency. 2024 currently has a 77%...

Temperature records are no longer uncommon, but they must be marked. July 2024 was the hottest month ever recorded in China since the beginning of meteorological measurements, Chinese state media announced, as the heat wave affects several areas...

The European Parliament, with 401 votes in favor, 284 votes against, 15 abstentions and 7 null votes, decided yesterday to grant Ursula von der Leyen a new mandate as President of the European Commission, despite the fact that the EU Court of...

Greece, one of the favorite destinations of Romanian tourists, is rising to the top of the preferences of travelers from all over Europe. Despite bushfire problems, Greek islands are increasingly in demand. Greece has climbed one position in the...

Tourism is facing problems related to the heat wave and its effects. Greece, a country that fears devastating fires this summer, has already suffered "more than twice as many" fires in June than in the same month of 2023 due to...

The nightmare of fires returned to the Greek islands this summer as well.

Greece, a Mediterranean country accustomed to heatwaves, has been dealing with intense heat for several days, and a "thermal peak" was reached in the middle of this week. Temperatures exceeded the threshold of 40 degrees Celsius in many...

The heat wave is taking over large areas of Europe. Temperatures in southeastern Europe reached extreme levels earlier than in other years. According to Greece's meteorological office, three regions in the country experienced temperatures...

In May, Ukraine set a new record for the amount of sugar exported in a single month, 108,000 tons, of which 65% went to the EU and 35% to other countries, the acting president of The National Association of Sugar Producers of Ukraine (Ukrsugar),...

Paphos represents the region located in the west of the island of Cyprus, a region where Greek legends and mythology state that the goddess Aphrodite was born from the foam of the sea. On the way to Paphos tourists, who choose to stay first in...

Holy Week and the Saturday preceding the celebration of the Lord's Entry into Jerusalem have a special meaning for Cypriots, a country full of ancient historical vestiges and testimonies of the fervent religious life in its lands since the...

The authorities in Israel are ready to retaliate after the air attack launched by Iran at the end of last week, they promise to retaliate at the most appropriate time, but the world's most powerful states from an economic point of view in the...

The pronounced warming brings along other problems as well. Vegetation fires are becoming more frequent and violent. Europe is no exception, with Greece being among the most affected countries. The 2023 vegetation fire season was one of the most...

Luxembourg, the financial services capital of Europe, has the highest average hourly wage (47 euros) on the continent, and is also the country with the highest GDP per capita in the region, according to a visualcapitalist.com analysis, which...

Moments of crisis help us rediscover what really matters and what has value. The drought that is haunting Europe has made people return to better feelings about the vital water. The Italian island of Sicily is facing a severe drought, as the lack...

Temperature records also began to fall in 2024. Spain recorded its warmest January since records began in 1961, with average temperatures last month reaching 8.4 degrees Celsius, 0.4 degrees Celsius above the previous record, established in 2016,...