Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras paid a visit to Mati on Tuesday, where he was informed by local residents about the problems they are facing.
A benefit concert dedicated to the late writer, poet and song-writer Manos Eleftheriou will be held at the Herod Atticus Odeon this Wednesday, starting at 21:00, with all proceeds going to support the victims of the deadly Attica fires.
Interior Minister Panos Skourletis said on Saturday the government plans to radically change the civil protection authority and clash with interests.
Lawmakers approved on Wednesday amendments introducing financial aid for fire victims and the demolition of illegally built homes in forest and beach areas.
Family members of two people killed in the deadly July 23 wildfires in eastern Attica on Wednesday initiated legal proceedings against the officials and services responsible, filing the first lawsuit by relatives of the fire’s victims with the Athens first-instance court prosecutors’ department.
Alternate Economy Minister Alexis Charitsis said on Tuesday that New Democracy and party chief Kyriakos Mitsotakis live in their own virtual reality, if they think that the help from the EU for Greece’s fire victims was the result of their work.
Authorities in Greece on Tuesday began accepting applications for an emergency relief benefit from Attica fire victims, with the process reported to be going smoothly thus far. The one-off benefit is available to people and businesses that sustained damage in the destructive fires in Rafina, Marathon and Kineta on July 23-24.
Government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos unveiled on Wednesday a complete set of measures for fire victims after a crisis meeting chaired by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
Government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos unveiled on Wednesday a complete set of measures for fire victims after a crisis meeting chaired by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.