Greece is receiving support through the European Union (EU)'s Civil Protection Mechanism to fight the forest fires raging in the central part of the country, a EU statement said Tuesday.

New coal power stations designed to burn Europe’s massive deposits of lignite pose a serious threat to the continent’s decarbonisation efforts, according to figures released on Wednesday.

The USGS said the quake's depth was 10 km (six miles). There were no immediate reports of casualties or serious damage.

Greece's plan to allow more construction and business activity along its vast Mediterranean coastline to boost its economy has sparked uproar in a country whose pristine beaches attract millions of

Industrialized nations' greenhouse gas emissions fell by 1.3 percent in 2012, led by a U.S.

Industrialized nations’ greenhouse gas emissions fell by 1.3 percent in 2012, led by a US decline to the lowest in almost two decades with a shift to natural gas from dirtier coal, official statist

Industrialized nations' greenhouse gas emissions fell by 1.3 percent in 2012, led by a U.S.

A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of between 5.7 and 6.1 hit the western Greek island of Kefalonia before dawn Monday, sending panicked residents into the streets just over a week af

A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of between 5.7 and 6.1 hit the western Greek island of Kefalonia before dawn on Monday, sending panicked residents into the streets just over a week

A strong earthquake rocked the island of Cephalonia in western Greece on Sunday but there were no immediate reports of casualties or serious damage, police and fire brigade officials said.