“The attempt to create impressions through publications of the Sunday press falls into the void when the garish headlines are contradicted by the very content of the report”, emphasizes the Deputy Minister of the Interior Stelios Petsas in response to accusations of delinquent and late funding of local authorities for fire protection. According to the […]
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G. Oikonomou: We are far from the scenario of planned power outages
Government representative Yannis Oikonomou gave an answer to the scenarios for planned power outages in other European countries such as Germany via SKAI. “Such a possibility is not on the horizon at the moment, we have to monitor everything, but we stay away from this scenario because our country is supplied by another pipeline” assured […]
PASOK for K. Mitsotakis in Penteli: We hope even today that he understood the magnitude of the disaster
“After the premature defeats for the management of the Forest Fire that led to the loss of 15,000 acres of land and a lot of material damage and burnt houses, we hope – even today – that Mr. Prime Minister understood the magnitude of the environmental disaster”, he notes in his statement the press representative […]
The government’s assessment of the fire in Penteli – Mitsotakis is expected to visit North Attica
By Dimitris Gatsiou A few minutes after seven yesterday evening, the prime minister arrived, for the second time in twelve hours, at the Crisis Management Center of the Ministry of Citizen Protection, on Kifissias Avenue, in order to be informed about the latest developments on the fire fronts throughout the territory. It was preceded by […]
SYRIZA accuses the government of a lack of an operational plan in dealing with the fires
Hara Kafantaris, deputy head of the Civil Protection Department of SYRIZA-PS, blames the Mitsotakis government for the lack of an operational plan in terms of dealing with the fires. In her statement she says: “In the same project viewers! Unfortunately, despite last year’s devastating fires with the loss of 1.33 million hectares and timely warnings […]
Heat and fires in Europe – The US is preparing for record heat in many States
Firefighters, volunteers and emergency workers battled the blazes in many parts of southern Europe today, amid mass evacuations and warnings that the fight against climate change must be stepped up after London recorded its hottest day in its history. The heat wave, with the mercury soaring above 40 degrees Celsius, has settled in southern and […]
N. Iliopoulos: The Prime Minister’s statements about the fire in Penteli are a crescendo of arrogance and self-admiration
“Arrogance and inadequacy” says the representative of SYRIZA-PS, Nasos Iliopoulos, commenting on the statements of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis about the fire in Penteli. Specifically, Mr. Iliopoulos states: “Mr. Mitsotakis appeared to continue the government’s crescendo of arrogance and self-admiration. The government succeeded, Penteli burned down. While houses are still burning in Attica, with the […]
Macron: France must be equipped with more firefighting planes
France must be equipped with “more” firefighting planes, President Macron said today as he visited southwestern France, where fires have burned more than 200,000 hectares of forest. The 22 planes with which the civil protection service has been equipped “have been enough for the last few years… Should we have more? The answer is yes,” […]
D. Koutsoumbas on fires: The government should immediately take all the necessary measures in order to avoid the worst
The General Secretary of the Central Committee of the KKE, Dimitris Koutsoumbas, at the beginning of his speech, at this evening’s meeting of the Attica Party Organization with trade unionists, emphasized that the popular needs also include the issues of civil protection, protection of human life and the environment, whose criticality it emerged once again […]
K. Mitsotakis left open the possibility that the fire fronts in Penteli were due to arson
LAST UPDATE: 20.37 The prime minister left open the possibility that the fiery fronts of Penteli were due to arson, in his statements after the second visit in a few hours to the Coordination Center of Civil Protection. “We cannot rule out anything. We will have more when the fire department completes its investigative work,” […]