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Athens Fire: Hundreds evacuated, homes burned, blaze in Parnitha Mt (videos)

August 23, 2023 environment, FEATURED 3

The wildfire in western Athens has turned into a nightmare without foreseeable end. Several houses have burned down, thousands of people have been evacuated, farms and businesses destroyed. A 77-year-old man has been reported as missing from Hasia by Fily as his relatives has no sign by him since Tuesday.. …

Dramatic hours on Rhodes as fire burns homes and shops (videos)

July 24, 2023 environment, FEATURED 1

Α major rekindling of the fire in the south of the island of Rhodes has forced new evacuations on Monday, the seventh day since the fire broke out on Tuesday, July 17, 2023. The flames swallow Homes and shops in Asklipiio village and move forwards. Dramatic appeal for volunteers firefighters …

Civic mobilization hinders auctions of four families’ homes

June 21, 2023 Economy 1

Four families in Attica will keep their homes thanks to a mobilization carried out on Wednesday morning by unions and organizations at the initiative of the PAME Committee against auctions. Two of the four families are single-parent ones, and furthermore one has a member with disabilities. Dozens of activists gathered …

Earthquake Crete: 772 homes, 36 businesses, 6 schools declared “unsafe”

September 30, 2021 Earthquake, Society Comments Off on Earthquake Crete: 772 homes, 36 businesses, 6 schools declared “unsafe”

A total of 772 homes and 36 businesses in towns and villages in Crete hit by the 6 R earthquake were classified as “unsafe”. So far, engineers have inspected 995 homes and 45 professional structures, authorities said on Wednesday. Of 18 schools inspected, 12 are in good condition and 6 …

Greece’s Council of State rules homes in forest areas are “unconstitutional”

April 6, 2019 Economy 1

Bad news for homeowners in forest areas. Greece’s Council of State’s plenary session turned down as “unconstitutional” the legislation which allowed clusters of homes within forest areas. On Friday, the Council of State annulled a ministerial decision (34844/11.07.2016) which allowed small clusters within designated forest areas and could have led …

Flooding phenomena force locals to abandon their homes in Evia

March 5, 2019 weather Comments Off on Flooding phenomena force locals to abandon their homes in Evia

Dozens of o houses have been flooded, fruit and vegetable crops have been destroyed, the road network in many places is inaccessible and dangerous because the water height exceeds one meter in some areas. Residents in Liani Ammos, Agia Eleousa and Dokos are desperate and abandon their homes and businesses …

One in four Greeks cannot afford to heat their home, finds Eurostat survey

February 1, 2019 Social Comments Off on One in four Greeks cannot afford to heat their home, finds Eurostat survey

One in four Greeks cannot afford to heat their home sufficiently, the Eurostat announced following data collected as part of the annual EU survey 2017 on income and living conditions in the bloc. Based on the report, 25.7% of Greeks said they were not able to keep their home adequately …

Tax authorities seize ‘fire compensation’ to unemployed, Mati resident

August 14, 2018 Social 1

Normally, compensations and extra allowances paid by the state are tax-free and cannot be seized if the beneficiary has debts to tax authorities or social security funds. This is what a man whose home was burned down in deadly wildfires of July also thought. He was proven wrong. From the …

Massive wildfires threaten Athens residential areas (picts, videos)

July 17, 2015 Very Mix 3

The fire broke out at the foothills of Mount Ymittos in the east of Greek capital Athens. Hot temperatures and strong North winds of up to 9 Beaufort, the fire went quickly out of control. It broke out at 12:38 pm in the forest park of Kareas as all as …

Two elderly find tragic death as they try to heat their homes in austerity-hit Greece

January 7, 2015 Society Comments Off on Two elderly find tragic death as they try to heat their homes in austerity-hit Greece

It is not a secret in Greece of strict austerity that the crisis hits most the elderly with low or very basic pensions. It is not a secret also that in Greece of drastic income cuts and high electricity or heating oil prices, people burn to death or die of …

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