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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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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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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 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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Raging fires and deaths force government onto defensive, create dangerous mix
PoliticsGreek Politics“defenceless” against the forest fires. Government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis responded by arguing
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PM under pressure to account for destruction, as wildfires stoke anti-migrant sentiment
PoliticsGreek Politics, with the exception of those poor 18 people who lost their lives in the forest of Dadia”. Kalpakis said the attitude
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