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Tsipras tries to take lead in fire response amid picture of confusion
PoliticsGreek Politicsbuildings in Attica forest land and on the seafront already deemed illegal would be demolished. He
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Tsipras points to tax cuts as example of bailout exit benefits
PoliticsGreek Politicsin emergency benefits to 3,265 households and 85 businesses that were affected by the disastrous forest
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Expert report highlights systemic failings in aftermath of deadly Mati wildfire
Societyurgency and impact. Greece is also alone in not having a completed national land register or forest
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Mati fire investigation puts spotlight on authorities and government
PoliticsGreek Politicsof forest fires and the bureaucratic complexity of Greece’s civil protection and emergency services
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Spree of media deals puts spotlight back on ownership issues
Societyof the most recent developments is shipowner Vangelis Marinakis, who owns Olympiakos and Nottingham Forest
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Wildfires rekindle longstanding political battle as heatwave forces agenda change
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat lives have been saved, even when large areas of forest have been destroyed. So far, this approach seems
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PM sets criticism aside, highlights unprecedented conditions behind fires
PoliticsGreek Politicsof Athens’s software, which helps predict the course of forest fires, in their effort to contain
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Turkey: Fires expose how Erdogan's regime is descending into farce and caricature
AgoraIn the last two weeks, wildfires have destroyed tens of thousands of hectares of forest in Turkey's Mediterranean and Aegean provinces, killed eight people and forced thousands of people including tourists to flee. As of 9 August, fires were continuing to burn in the Mugla districts of Milas
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Leaders' debate over wildfires puts spotlight on govt credibility
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIn the first party leaders’ debate of the new political season, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis mounted a defence of his government’s response to this summer’s forest fires, arguing that limited mistakes were made and that efforts are already underway to repair the damage and improve Greece’s
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Govt seeks ways to keep classrooms open in face of Delta variant
PoliticsGreek Politicscriticism of the government’s handling of the recent forest fires, last week’s chaotic reshuffle
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