Tourists flee from Greece forest fire (UPI)
ATHENS, Greece, July 26 (UPI) -- Forest fires in Greece have forced the evacuations of thousands of people, including three tourist hotels on the island of Rhodes, officials said Saturday.

Greece Greek wildfires threaten holiday hotspots 26/07 19:52 CET (Euronews)
Authorities in Greece are continuing to evacuate large parts of the holiday island, Rhodes, which has been hit by a massive forest fire. Bad weather has been hampering efforts to put out the blaze which has been raging for four days.

Fires raging in Greece (Deseret Morning News)
A firefighter battles a blaze Wednesday in Mandra, west of Athens, Greece. Raging forest fires sent smoke billowing across the island of Rhodes, prompting the evacuation of three hotels and more than 2,000 tourists, the Fire Service and municipal officials reported.

Georgian arrested in Greece over TV actor's murder (Khaleej Times)
ATHENS - Police in Greece have arrested a 30-year-old from Georgia on suspicion of murdering popular TV actor Nikos Sergianopoulos last month, a police statement said on Saturday.

Tourists flee from Greece forest fire (Moldova.org)
Forest fires in Greece have forced the evacuations of thousands of people, including three tourist hotels on the island of Rhodes, officials said Saturday.More than 2,000 tourists were ordered to leave their hotels and were taken to the mainland, the BBC reported.Three hotels were evacuated as a precaution, mainly because smoke from the fire had created an unpleasant atmosphere, Haralambos ...

Pinoy seaman, kumpirmadong nasawi sa pagsabog ng isang barko sa Greece (RMN)
Isang Pinoy seaman ang kabilang sa nadamay at nasawi nang sumabog at masunog ang isang barko habang naka-daong sa Athens Greece. Nabatid na kinukumpuni ang tanker na Friendship Gas sa...

Greece Athena athletes raise money for child's family (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
The Greece Athena High School soccer team is raising money for the family of 1-year-old Joseph Richard McCarthy-Petralia, who died July 18 after he was found unresponsive in a pool.

(Update) Protests spread as death toll from Greece blast which killed Pinoy climbs to 8 (GMA News)
ATHENS, Greece - Hundreds of angry dockworkers marched in protest Friday over an explosion and fire at dockyard near Athens in which eight people were reported killed. Some threw rocks at a government ministry.

Tourists evacuated from Greece's Rhodes island (Deutsche Welle)
Greek officials say thousands of tourists have been evacuated from hotels on the island of Rhodes as forest fires continue to rage for a fifth day.

Greece: 179 illegal immigrants land on islands (Adnkronos)
Greece: 179 illegal immigrants land on islands (AKI) - Greek coastguard on Friday picked up 179 illegal immigrants, most of whom are from Afghanistan and Iraq, Greek public radio reported.The illegal immigrants landed on the Aegean islands of Lesbos, Samos and Farmakonisi. Up to 113 are said to be from Afghanistan and Iraq and include eight children.The illegal migrants are believed ...