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Is a lack of spending hampering Greece's firefighting capabilities?
Societythe Mati fire now holds the record of the deadliest peacetime disaster in Greece... week’s fire at Mati was on a different scale. It was very brief in duration, according to the most..., and the 10 whole days that the most severe blazes raged in 2007. The Mati fire burned in all 12.7
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Coalition pledges to demolish illegal buildings following Mati fire
PoliticsGreek Politicslocal authorities with extra funds to pay for the demolition work. Apart from wanting to show people... on the outskirts of Athens very closely with the high death toll in the Mati fire. One of the coalition’s... the human cost of the Mati fire. The next step by the government to show that it is taking decisive
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Putting right everything that went wrong in Mati
Agorathat is worthy of the lives of those 80+ people who perished in Mati. Sadly, there seems to be very... whose only purpose is to ensure that nobody has responsibility for anything. What happened in Mati... summer wind in eight years blew from the west, pushing the fire through homes in Mati at a blistering
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Buckling under pressure of Mati death toll, Tsipras searches for corrective actions
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the coalition’s crisis management strategy. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras visited Mati, the area.... The head of junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) Panos Kammenos visited Mati with TV cameras... the high death toll to the gale-force winds and large amount of illegal construction in Mati
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Athens waits for EU recovery fund outcome as new Mati fire claims emerge
PoliticsGreek Politicsessentially accepting a new bailout for Greece, with all the toxicity that concept entails. Mati... was focussed on new and grave claims regarding the the Mati wildfire in the summer of 2018, which claimed... and the type of vegetation for the blaze sweeping through the coastal town of Mati so quickly. Former
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Deadly floods raise questions about ND's civil protection pledges as Covid-19 accelerates
PoliticsGreek Politicsaccused the previous SYRIZA government of failing to inform residents of Mati to evacuate their homes... on ND for the criticism it levelled at the previous government over the Mati fire, but also deadly... been in power. Such chronic failings were highlighted in a report produced after the Mati fire
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Newsletter 23 - 17/04/2015
had to pay back to the IMF in March. Each of these payments brings relief that a possible default has... reserves of several general government bodies to pay its debt obligations, which include the rolling... that in order to pay salaries, pensions and lenders, the government has held back on payments
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Manufacturing PMI up to 59.3 pts amid ongoing concerns over supplier delays, input prices
EconomyMacroeconomy. Nevertheless, supplier delays pushed costs up again and input prices also increased significantly... historically elevated amid seemingly relentless supplier shortages and delays to material deliveries
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Reshuffle expected to follow minister's departure in wake of Mati disaster
PoliticsGreek Politicsdeadly wildfire in Mati, for which the death toll has risen to 90. It was confirmed on Friday... the image of what was a strong response by authorities to the Mati fire. New Democracy demanded... as dangerous as the one in Mati, which ripped through thousands of homes. A report in Kathimerini
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Mati fire verdict prompts legal blame game as PM pledges swifter justice
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe court verdict in the Mati wildfire trial has become the subject of political jockeying between... in place in 2018, when the offences were committed, meaning they applied to the Mati trial, even... official, was cleared of any wrongdoing in connection to the Mati fire by the misdemeanour court. He
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