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Future generations won’t be burdened with debt, and dialogue with Turkey isn’t submission, PM writes in Sunday review
Kyriakos Mitsotakis used his first post-summer address to detail a €13bn early debt repayment, confirm the Greece-Cyprus interconnection deal with France's Meridiam and Nexans, and pledge continued support for wildfire-hit communities across Greece this month
Man remanded in custody after setting 6 fires in Thessaloniki:”I was under pressure at work,” he claims
A Thessaloniki magistrate ordered the man's pretrial detention on felony arson charges after he admitted lighting six blazes near Sindos in under a week, his lawyer insisting there was no deeper motive beyond reckless foolishness
865 acres acres burned, damage to homes & cars from the wildfire in Siviri – Continuous water drops to extinguish all remaining hotspots
A total of 227 firefighters, 57 vehicles, 13 ground crews, 6 firefighting aircraft, and 1 helicopter are operating in the area
More than 280 animals rescued in devastating Attica and Boeotia wildfires, 131 reunited with their families
A week on, Megara Municipality has detailed how volunteers, welfare groups, vets and residents rescued animals from the wildfires, with 91 now in foster care awaiting adoption and 11 still receiving ongoing veterinary treatment
Wildfires break out in Gastouni and Kotteika in Ilia, Fire Service reinforces both fronts
Firefighters, aircraft and drone surveillance are battling two blazes in low vegetation near Gastouni and Kotteika as investigators are dispatched to determine the cause, with the area remaining under a high wildfire risk warning today
Megafires, Europe’s new nightmare: The phenomenon of pyrocumulus clouds and the consequences
Greece has experienced two of the three worst megafires that occurred in the Mediterranean (Evros, 2023 and Evia, 2021) – The causes of the violent change in the profile of fires and the pessimism of scientists
Operation of wind farm in Boeotia suspended due to major fire – Three defendants remanded in custody
Among those remanded in custody is also the mayor of Stylida, Giannis Apostolou
Mayor of Stylida and two others remanded in custody over Boeotia wildfire
Investigating judge and prosecutor in Thebes unanimously ordered pretrial detention for the mayor of Stylida, a contractor and a company owner after a marathon interrogation into the wildfire that swept through Boeotia and Western Attica
Measures for Western Attica’s fire victims: Fast-tracked compensation and special measures for businesses
With the Greek parliament due to reconvene after recess, it has been decided that a bill will be tabled to speed up and digitise the procedures used by fire-affected individuals and businesses to file damage declarations and claim compensation
