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With a few tweets this week Elon Musk slammed the brakes on U.S. congress’s attempts to avert a government shutdown, and also threw his weight behind Germany’s far right political party.

A portion of the same prefecture, Ilia, was devastated by a multi-front wildfire in August 2007, that claimed 36 lives

On Oct. 4, much of Attica and parts of the Peloponnese were still labeled as being at high risk of forest fires by the Civil Protection Ministry.

An arrest warrant was issued for the woman’s 17-year-old son on felony charges of actually causing the blazes

The 44-year-old woman was arrested and handed a 3-year suspended prison sentence

Findings released of urgent culture ministry inspections of archaeological sites, other monuments in parts of NE Attica prefecture affected by last week’s wildfire

The 10-measure program foresees compensation for burnt homes, reforestation, cleanups, and funding to affected municipalities.

The first phase of inspections was carried out on 227 properties in nine municipalities of Attica that were most heavily impacted by the 'Attica fires'

The fire brigade order the shutdown of power along the main north-south rail line near the Litochoro statrion, in north-central Greece

A group of 56 firefighters with one ground team and 21 fire engines as well as 10 aircrafts are at the scenes trying to contain the wildfires

Two major blazes on the day in Kozani, Thesprotia prefectures

One of the 34 fires in northern Greece has been burning for almost a month, as explosions from discarded war-time ordnance, mines hamper ground units

Reports from the Copernicus Rapid Mapping Service and the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS), analyzed by Meteo.gr, show that 13 major wildfires since 2017 have ravaged more than 700,000 acres of forest

More than 1,000 personnel - fire-fighters, forest fire units, municipal crews and volunteers - battled the blazes northeast of Athens, with a total of 199 vehicles deployed in the operation

The fiery inferno has caused immeasurable damage to the natural environment, while the loss of animal life has been equally tragic

Only four out of ten artisans have insured their business assets, and merely 4.8% consider natural disasters, such as floods and fires, to be the greatest threat to their operations.

The Greek Premier has borne the brunt of the citizens’ ire impacted by the fires burning since Sunday, with many complaining the state apparatus failed to protect their businesses and houses citing a shortage of firefighting means