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Air pollution levels at Mati are now back to normal levels, shows National Observatory report
Air pollution levels in the area of Mati, eastern Attica, that were hit by deadly fires over the summer did not show to be above normal levels, according to the National Observatory of Athens.
Bad weather and strong winds bring problems with raging fires, power cuts and railway delays
A fire broke out on Friday in Spiatza, in the vicinity of Pyrgos in Ilia, Peloponnese. Fire-fighting forces are currently battling to keep the flames from reaching the first houses in the settlement, while their work is made hard by strong winds blowing in the area.
We can’t build Attica’s fire stricken areas as they were before, Infrastructure minister Spirtzis says
Infrastructures and Transport Minister Christos Spirtzis in an interview with the Sunday newspaper Documento said that there are solutions for the problems the Attica fire-stricken are facing in the everyday life adding that “the most difficult is all the citizens to understand that we can’t build these areas in the way they were before, without […]
Wildfire raging in Vravrona area, Eastern Attica: Firefigters operating to save forest and farmlands
A wildfire burning forest and farm land started on Thursday afternoon in the Vravrona area in eastern Attica.
Climate change must become a major political issue, says professor Goldammer about fires
He is the world’s leading professor of fires and climate change, and he has been coming to Greece since 1985, therefore he has excellent knowledge of the Greek reality. The Athens-Macedonian News Agency located Johann Georg Goldammer, professor of “Ecology of Fires” at the renowned Max Planck Institute of the University of Freiburg, a unique […]
Environment minister George Stathakis proclaims speeding up illegal building handiling process
The government has tabled an amendment that speeds up procedures for handling illegal building, including the execution of all demolition protocols for unauthorised residences in Attica, Environment and Energy Minister George Stathakis announced on Monday.
All East Attica residents will experience extreme weather events in the next 30 years, scientists say
Greece is not the only country unable to deal with extreme weather events and the image of Greece as a disorganised country where an extreme phenomenon will inevitably lead to massive damage and deaths is unfair, Thessaly TEI Deputy Rector Professor Michalis Vrachnakis noted, in an interview with the Athens-Macedonian News Agency released on Sunday.
The European Investment Bank will help finance the improvement of civil protection in Greece
Alternate Economy Minister Alexis Charitsis has contacted the head of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Werner Hoyer and asked for financial assistance in coping with the aftermath of the deadly fires in eastern Attica, as well as help in developing infrastructure to avoid similar disasters in the future, sources said on Sunday.
New Democracy’s Kikilias slams government: “No apologies and no resignations over the fires”
New Democracy shadow defence minister Vasilis Kikilias hit out at the government on Saturday for failing to apologize over the wildfires and called on the relevant officials to resign over the catastrophe.
The town plan of Mati must change in order to prevent future disaster, says Panos Skourletis
The town plan in Mati and in similar areas needs to be fully redesigned in order to avoid a calamity similar to the disastrous fires occurring in the future, Interior Minister Panos Skourletis said on Friday as he emerged from the Rafina-Pikermi Town Hall.