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Tsipras, Mitsotakis cast gloves aside as pre-election fight gets personal
PoliticsGreek Politicssummer, not long after the wildfire in Mati claimed more than 100 lives, Tsipras took a short break... by a helicopter owned by the media boss. “Last August you were not mourning for Mati,” said Tsipras. “You were
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ND tries to stay on top of wildfire as court battle looms over Competition Commission
PoliticsGreek Politics, including last summer’s devastating fire in Mati, near Athens. Apart from returning from his holidays... predecessor paid for the deaths in Mati and elsewhere. The government was also quick to stress
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PM makes slowing spread of coronavirus his main goal
PoliticsGreek Politicsfactors in the high death toll in the Mati wildfire. During his speech on Wednesday, Mitsotakis said... the political damage that the previous administration suffered over the loss of some 100 lives in the Mati
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Wildfires rekindle longstanding political battle as heatwave forces agenda change
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the deadly Mati fire in 2018, which claimed more than 100 lives and played a significant part in the left... on the beach.” The centre-right government’s response was to refer back to SYRIZA’s handling of the Mati fire
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Anger over wildfires grows as PM prepares lines of defence
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the fire in Mati, New Democracy felt that keeping the number of deaths to a minimum had... it was in opposition for the handling of much smaller fires, as well as the deadly Mati blaze. Mitsotakis made
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Leaders' debate over wildfires puts spotlight on govt credibility
PoliticsGreek Politicssettlements that were deemed particularly at risk of Mati-style disasters, as well as creating exit... that the SYRIZA government began following the deadly Mati fire in 2018 and of focussing on strengthening
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Crunch time nears for health system as Covid surge meets staff suspensions
PoliticsGreek Politicsadministration it was a botched evacuation effort which led to dozens of deaths during the Mati fire of 2018... of burnt land, in the other we counted coffins”. Mati is ND’s trump card against SYRIZA
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Tsipras issues rare MP ouster, focusses on pinning ND down over ICU data
PoliticsGreek Politicssuch as the Mati fire and the Macedonia name deal, New Democracy has shown an ugly side and the opposition..., rather than coffins” – a reference to the Mati fire, which resulted in more than 100 deaths when
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Fire on outskirts of Athens puts PM's crisis strategy under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicsto evacuate their homes, have presented the kind of death toll seen during the Mati fire, when more than... to the Mati disaster and to put the blame firmly and exclusively at the feet of the SYRIZA
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Train tragedy prompts urgent questions about railway safety
PoliticsGreek Politics. It will not be lost on the main opposition party, SYRIZA, that it paid a heavy price for the fire in Mati... the impression that their shortcomings contributed to such a high death toll at Mati. It is a burden
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