MacroPolis

Show/Hide Search

Search

Results 361 to 370 out of 1871. RSS

  1. Opposition challenges government account of prompt wildfire response
    Image: MacroPolis

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    for firefighting. Others have noted the continuing lack of forest roads and firebreaks and accused local

    8%

  2. Fires continue to test capabilities and spark political confrontation

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    when he blasted his predecessors over forest fires while he was leader of the opposition. SYRIZA

    8%

  3. 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

    8%

  4. 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

    8%

  5. Under-fire PM pledges civil defence improvements following summer of destruction

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    protection capabilities. Among other things, the PM promised to hire more firefighters and forest rangers

    8%

  6. Government sets out fiscal plan, prepares multi-bill in shadow of deadly wildfire

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    and is believed to have damaged or destroyed some homes. The authorities were troubled repeatedly by forest

    8%

  7. Firefighting capabilities beefed up as blazes and water shortages weigh on government

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS), almost 8,500 hectares had been burnt by July 15, which

    8%

  8. Opposition lines up attack on government over wildfires with visits to affected areas
    Photo by Panayotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    in areas including parts of western Greece, Attica and the island of Chios burned through forest

    8%

  9. Newsletter 16 - 20/02/2015

    Newsletters

    in his cabinet, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras chose former New Democracy Interior Minister Prokopis... government, with Pavlopoulos as Interior Minister, issued a presidential decree that allowed fixed-term

    8%

  10. Will Tsipras move to centre stage to secure deal with lenders?
    Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    within the government, even leading to thoughts of removing Panousis’s portfolio from the Interior.... Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis and Alternate Minister for European Affairs Nikos Hountis

    8%