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Rival economic plans leave voters unimpressed amid uncertainty over new Covid surge
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the aftermath of the disastrous forest fires in August and the rival presentations
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Newsletter 312 - 15/10/2021
PoliticsFloods follow fires as ND comes under opposition pressureAfter being singed in August by the forest fires in Evia, northern Attica and other parts of Greece, the government this week took a battering because of heavy rain and storms that led to flooding on Evia over the weekend
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First-wave champion Greece stumbles at vaccine roll-out
Agoramissteps. This is the case both for the pandemic and the catastrophic forest fires that ravaged
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Govt lines up new handouts to fight inflation as SYRIZA moves to election footing
PoliticsGreek Politicsunless his plans are derailed by forest fires or other extreme events over the summer, which would
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Opposition challenges government account of prompt wildfire response
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor firefighting. Others have noted the continuing lack of forest roads and firebreaks and accused local
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Fires continue to test capabilities and spark political confrontation
PoliticsGreek Politicswhen he blasted his predecessors over forest fires while he was leader of the opposition. SYRIZA
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PM scrambles to rein in political fallout as deadly crash threatens to upend election contest
PoliticsGreek Politicsunderinvestment in the railways. The parallels with the Mati forest fire of 2018, which featured
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Government tries to deflect criticism over wildfires with appeal to patriotism
PoliticsGreek PoliticsForest Fire Information System, by Tuesday evening over 40,000 hectares had burned in wildfires so
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Wildfire threat to air base puts government in embarrassing position
PoliticsGreek Politicsagents being behind forest fires in Grecee is decades-old and is often circulated in such circumstances
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Government offers free holidays, bigger fines and more hirings in evolving fire response
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is maintaining its dual line of defence against criticism about the handling of forest fires over the past few weeks by blaming the effects of the climate crisis, but also arsonists, for the scale of the challenge that Greek authorities have had to meet. Prime Minister Kyriakos
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