First flights due to rescue British holidaymakers fleeing Rhodes wildfires Airline easyJet announced it will operate two rescue flights totalling 421 seats on Monday. The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2023
Morning Mail: New rights coming for casual workers, Australia retain Ashes, Greece wildfires spread Casuals to be given new rights to full-time employment to boost job security; rain ends England’s Ashes fightback; evacuations on the island of Rhodes The Guardian - AU · Jul 23, 2023
Greece is ‘at war’ says country’s PM as wildfires rip through Corfu and Rhodes Airlines are due to deploy repatriation flights to bring home trapped British holidaymakers on Monday Evening Standard · Jul 23, 2023
Residents, tourists flee wildfire on Greece’s Rhodes island Authorities transport some 16,000 people across land, with 3,000 evacuated by sea as firefighters battle blaze. Al Jazeera · Jul 23, 2023
Travel operators urged to refund UK holidaymakers who call off trips to Rhodes ‘Unconscionable’ to penalise travellers, says Which?, as firms cancel holidays to wildfire hit Greek island The Guardian - UK · Jul 23, 2023
easyJet sending repatriation flights to bring holidaymakers home from Rhodes The airline announced it will operate two rescue flights on Monday and a third on Tuesday. The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2023
Greece carries out its biggest ever evacuation as wildfires rage on Rhodes Fire department says 19,000 people have been moved on island where blazes are spreading uncontrollably The Guardian - UK · Jul 23, 2023
Thomas Cook cancels holidays to Greek island along with Jet2 and Tui THOMAS Cook has cancelled all holidays to areas of Rhodes most affected by the wildfire until July 31. The National (Scotland) · Jul 23, 2023
Greek authorities evacuate thousands as fires scorch island of Rhodes High winds forecast for Sunday are expected to hamper firefighters' battle to contain a blaze burning out of control on the Greek island of Rhodes, where some 30,000 people have been forced to evacuate. Radio France Internationale · Jul 23, 2023
19,000 people have been evacuated as a wildfire rages on the Greek island of Rhodes Scores of wildfires are burning across Greece. A wildfire burning on the Greek island of Rhodes has forced authorities to order an evacuation of sites including seaside resorts full of tourists. WEKU · Jul 23, 2023
Greek authorities evacuate some 19,000 people as wildfire blazes on the Greek island of Rhodes Some 19,000 people have been evacuated from the Greek island of Rhodes as wildfires continued burning for a sixth day on three fronts, Greek authorities said on Sunday The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2023
Rhodes wildfires: UK monitoring situation as holidaymakers evacuated from hotels Jet2 Holidays and Tui have both cancelled bookings to the island while easyJet confirmed all flights would continue as normal Evening Standard · Jul 23, 2023
Greece fires - live: Jet2 and Tui scrap Rhodes flights as firefighters in race to stop inferno spreading Temperatures to remain high in Italy, Greece and across the Balkans even as heatwave eases in France and Spain The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2023
Rhodes wildfires: Terrified tourists evacuated from Greece hotels amid Europe heatwave chaos Temperatures to remain high in Italy, Greece and across the Balkans even as heatwave eases in France and Spain The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2023
The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2023 Fire causes travel chaos for British holidaymakers on Greek island British tourists described ‘terrifying’ scenes as the five-day fire continued to rage on the Greek island of Rhodes
The Guardian - UK · Jul 22, 2023 Greece: thousands evacuated as wildfires ravage Rhodes Britons among those forced to flee homes and hotels on Greek holiday island
The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2023 A wildfire is raging out of control on the Greek island of Rhodes, forcing tourist evacuations A large blaze burning on the island of Rhodes for the fifth day has forced authorities to order an evacuation of four locations, including two seaside resorts
France 24 · Jul 22, 2023 In pictures: Greece faces longest heatwave on record as wildfires force evacuations Greece was undergoing its hottest July weekend in 50 years, with temperatures forecast to soar above 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit). An emergency operation took place on the island of Rhodes on Saturday to evacuate over 1,500 people to safety from the wildfires raging for five days running.
The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2023 Wildfires on Greek island of Rhodes force thousands of holidaymakers to evacuate 200 firefighters and 40 fire engines are trying to control the blaze, which has been burning for five days
Reuters · Jan 25, 2023 Earthquake shakes Greek island of Rhodes, felt in Cyprus A strong earthquake shook the Greek island of Rhodes in the Aegean Sea on Wednesday and was felt as far away as Cyprus, witnesses said.
Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 6, 2022 Türkiye Again Threatens Greece for Arming Aegean Islands Türkiye’s foreign minister on Tuesday again threatened to “take action” against Greece if it continues to arm its Aegean islands which Ankara says should remain demilitarized in line with international treaties. Mevlut Cavusoglu’s comments follow reports of military exercises by Greece on the Aegean islands of Rhodes and Lesbos. Turkish…
Birmingham Post · Dec 2, 2022 easyJet launches Rhodes flight from Belfast International Airport It said the move will create 40 jobs
The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2022 British woman, 31, ‘gang-raped on Greek island of Rhodes’ The alleged victim told authorities she was attacked and raped by four men
Daily Mirror · Aug 24, 2022 Family-of-eight left fuming and stranded abroad as EasyJet flight axed with no warning Unhappy John Mounsey and his seven family members were left with nowhere to go after EasyJet pulled the plug on their flight from Rhodes, Greece, to Edinburgh, Scotland, at the last minute
Edinburgh Live · Jan 31, 2022 Remains found amid search of missing Scottish woman who vanished two years ago The grim discovery was made on the Greek island of Rhodes, by a hunter in mountains inaccessible to the public on Saturday, January 29.