A firefighter has been left dead after horror wildfires have forced thousands of people to evacuate in both Greece & Turkey with one official warning 'the real difficulties are ahead'

Greece will establish two national marine parks in an effort to protect ocean wildlife, a move that could potentially strain ties with neighboring Turkey.

After extreme heat hits many parts of southern Europe in another heatwave, conditions should improve for holidaymakers.

Bursa, in Turkey, has been surrounded by wildfires forcing almost 2,000 people to flee their homes, while a firefighter has died battling the blazes - which have been raging since late June

T urkey has inked a preliminary deal with Britain and Germany to acquire a fleet of 40 Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets, triggering alarm bells amongst Ankara's rivals in the Middle East, including Israel,

Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has declared emphatically that "Greece does not discuss sovereignty issues with Turkey" in relation to the "grey areas" claim in the Aegean.

Greece has invited Libya’s internationally recognized Government of National Unity (GNU) in Tripoli for talks on demarcating Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) in the Mediterranean Sea. This move, announced by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis,

Greece revealed on Monday the boundaries of two planned marine parks in the Ionian and Aegean seas, with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis saying they will be the largest in the Mediterranean region.