Greek emergency services brought numerous fires under control over the weekend, but new outbreaks are likely due to a lasting drought and strong winds, civil protection officials said on Sunday. The region south-east of Athens was particularly hard-hit,

Across the country, more than 50 agricultural and forest fires have broken out in the past 24 hours - one of the worst days this summer.

At least one person died and homes and farmlands were destroyed as wildfires stoked by gale-force winds broke out across Greece on Friday, from the southern outskirts of the capital Athens to regions near Ancient Olympia.