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Uniformed Personnel: Who benefits from the new pay scale and how much are salaries increasing?
The new pay scale for uniformed personnel is also gradually increasing pensions, as higher salaries are incorporated into pensionable earnings. The differences can reach up to €150 per month, while the dividends paid by the pension funds are also being increased
Three minors arrested over Psychiko fire started with firecrackers
The three teenagers admitted their involvement in causing the fire when questioned by investigators and expressed remorse, while their parents now face charges of failing to supervise minors as the case heads swiftly to prosecutors
Fire breaks out in Mytikas, Thebes, burning near solar park, eight aircraft in the battle
A wildfire in low vegetation broke out at midday on Wednesday in the Mytikas area of the Municipality of Thebes, with the blaze burning close to a solar park. According to Fire Service updates, 42 firefighters are operating at the scene, supported by a ground patrol unit from the 4th Special Forest Fire Force (EMODE), […]
Red Code issued for the Ionian islands on Wednesday as wildfire risk rises
Fire Service personnel placed on partial alert amid very high fire danger
Fire on Lemnos prompts evacuation of two villages as 59 residents rescued by sea
33 firefighters, six aircraft and a coast guard fleet are battling the Lemnos blaze, rated a high fire risk today, as an arson unit from Lesvos examines the cause and evacuation continues at Platy beach
New €4.5 million fireboat that operates in rough seas and reaches speeds of 32 knots, reaches Lavrio
Costing close to €4.5 million per vessel, the firefighting and rescue fast craft represent a significant investment in renewing the Fire Service's floating operational assets, forming part of the wider modernisation of Civil Protection under the "AEGIS" programme
British couple killed in Sifnos helicopter crash named as Blackstone banker and his wife
Greek accident investigators have launched a probe into the Sifnos helicopter disaster that claimed the lives of newlyweds Alexander Cromie and Marie Ebert alongside their pilot, as Blackstone mourned the loss of its vice president
Wildfire breaks out on Kos: three aircraft and two helicopters scrambled
Reinforcements from Rhodes are being flown in to support firefighters tackling a forest fire near Pyli on Kos, as aircraft, helicopters and ground crews, with heavy machinery and local water tankers, work to contain the blaze
Why Attica and Boeotia burned: There was air superiority in the sky, but the battle on the ground led to deafeat
Two dead, over 11,200 hectares burned and homes destroyed: professor Costas Synolakis explains why Greece's powerful aerial fleet couldn't stop the Attica-Boeotia fire, and what needs to change in prevention, ground forces and forest governance
