The year 2025 was the most destructive ever recorded for wildfires in the European Union, with more than 1.07 million hectares ravaged, according to satellite data published on Tuesday 31 March by the Joint Research Centre (JRC).
According to the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS), this total is equivalent to the surface area of Cyprus and represents a record since monitoring began in 2006. Including non-EU European countries, as well as the Middle East and North Africa,...