The prefecture of Halkidiki is found in a state of emergency as a direct result of the forest fires that are raging in southern Greece since 24th of August.
The forestal regions of the prefecture are continuously monitored by the Rescue Teams with the collaboration of volunteer residents and hunters.
According to EFFIS, the European Commission’s European Forest Fire Information System, 183987 hectares of forest was burnt between 24 and 26 August, during the forest fires that have ravaged Greece.
This brings the provisional figure to this point in the 2007 forest fire season in Greece to 268834 hectares.
The concentration of damage in the Peloponnese coincides […]
Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis on Saturday pointed directly to arson as a behind an unprecedented wave of wildfires that have ravaged the country, particularly the southern Peloponnese, speaking during a brief nationally televised address on Saturday evening, where he also declared a ’state of emergency’ in the east Mediterranean country. “I am angered, as […]
2006 was an ideal year for local tourism. More than 1.150.000 tourist visited Halkidiki, showing a rising tendency of 10%. There has been an overall rising tendency in all fields: the number of German as well as the English, the Czech and the Hungarian arrivals show a rise of 5,5%, while the number of Russian […]
The Olympic Games held in Athens in 2004 and their success gave Greece a new dynamic development, with capitalisation of that success still going on today in many sectors of the economy, Tourism Development Minister Petralia said Tuesday.
The minister added that the 2004 Games were a landmark for Greece’s tourism sector, as the Olympics again […]
The torrential rain in northern Greece has caused floods, landslides and damage in cultivations.
Strong storms and winds hit Thessaloniki, Halkidiki and Pieria last night. As a result, a camping in Leptokaria, Pieria hosting children with special needs was evacuated for precautionary reasons. In parallel, the Fire Brigade in Thessaloniki has received 35 calls from civilians […]