Chios

The hot, dry, windy conditions forecast for Thursday and Friday are conducive to a very high forest fire risk, according to a map drawn up by the Flame team of the National Observatory of Athens. Temperatures in many parts of the country will exceed 37 Celsius, reaching 40C in places, while strong winds will blow in eastern areas.

A fire has broken out in Chios, prompting the activation of the 112 emergency alert system. Aerial firefighting units have also been deployed to combat the blaze

Greek rescuers found 10 migrants on a rocky area of the island of Samos overnight after recovering the body of one migrant and rescuing 25 whose boat had sunk, the coastguard said on Monday.

A search and rescue operation was under way, while authorities have launched an investigation into the case, the coastguard said in a statement.

Greece has recovered the body of one migrant and rescued 25, while searching for at least four more believed missing after their boat sank off the island of Samos, the coastguard said on Sunday.

The rescued migrants were taken to a port facility on Samos, while a search and rescue operation for the missing was ongoing, a coastguard official said on condition of anonymity.

Leftist opposition SYRIZA will request the establishment of a preliminary investigative committee to examine the decision made by authorities to fill the site of last year's railway disaster in Tempe, central Greece, with gravel and concrete.

The Greek islands are reaping the rewards of the seven-day "visa express" granted to Turkish citizens, with arrivals in the first 10 days of April tripling compared to last year.

The data presented exclusively by Kathimerini show indicatively that arrivals on Lesvos reached 3,800 compared to 390 in the corresponding period (April 1-10) in 2023.

Greece has recovered the bodies of three minors and rescued 19 migrants after their dinghy hit rocks at the island of Chios in the Aegean Sea near Turkey, the coastguard said on Wednesday.

Greece has been a favored gateway to the European Union for migrants and refugees from the Middle East, Africa and Asia since 2015 when nearly 1 million people landed on its islands.

Greece rescued 14 migrants including eight children from a rocky shore on the island of Chios, the coastguard said on Wednesday, adding that search-and-rescue operations were ongoing.

The migrants were believed to have reached the island in the Aegean Sea near Turkey on a dinghy, a coastguard official said. It was not immediately clear how many had been on board.

A coast guard patrol intercepted a speedboat carrying 22 migrants heading towards Greek shores in the southeastern maritime area of Chios island late Saturday.

The speedboat, carrying a total of 24 individuals (11 men, 7 women, 6 minors), was immobilized. Among those aboard, two individuals suspected of trafficking were arrested.

Signaling a return to the revisionist era before the February earthquakes last year, Turkey is restating its views regarding eastern Aegean Greek islands and linking Greece's sovereignty to their demilitarization.