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“I heard what they were saying. From the first moment – I was at the area where the fire started within three minutes – I stated that the fire would go down to the sea. The direction of the fire presaged what was going to happen,” Stergiou said.

There has been a 13.7 percent increase for the January-March, 2018 period in arrivals of passengers from abroad, at the 14 regional airports managed by Fraport, compared to the same period in 2017.

The old ailments of party rule and of promoting those who have a political kinship with the government has a systematic effect, as it discourages and immobilises the worthy and those who view fulfiling their duties as their basic obligation.

“Today’s General Secretariat of Civil Protection will be abolished, and will be replaced by the National Service of Emergency Management, which will be a distinct public bureau that will be overseen by the interior ministry,” Tsipras said.

When the economy was turning a page after fiscal derailment and recession, towards over-performance and growth, Mr. Mitsotakis was again demanding elections.

“When you listen to Mr. Mitsotakis, I don’t know what to say. They tell him to say such gaffes. In the framework of the bollocks that were said by Mr. Mitsotakis, who is…Of course, he is not personally to blame,” Avlonitou said.

The number of unemployed persons decreased by 113,718 persons compared with May 2017 (a 10.9% rate of decrease) and by 18,029 persons compared with April 2018 (a 1.9% rate of decrease).

There are still 34 victims being treated in various hospitals. Eight of them are in intensive care units. Six are on life support.

Our government is adopting an almost theological approach, attributing the great evil of the recent wildfire disaster exclusively to the sins of the previous decades.

'We have an enormous event on 21 August. The country, after the adventure and pain of eight memorandum years, is exiting the bailout programme. It is impossible to silence or marginalise this, and have the opposition exploit it in a vulgar manner,' Kouvelis said

Defence Minister Panos Kammenos has said that the capture of two Greek army officers who are imprisoned in Turkey was a “programmed and pre-planned” action, on orders from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

According to Greek Police officials, there were “gaps” in information about what was happening in Neo Voutza and about the movement of the fire front towards Mati.

Essentially, the PM attempted to limit the public dialogue to illegal construction, and to avoid any discussion of the inadequacy of services and policies of the state and his government.

Pappas said that the government has already criticised its own mistakes, as was its duty, and that the prime minister himself was the first to do this, in assuming political responsibility.

One of the documents states that the information received by Greek Police headquarters came exclusively from police forces that were operating at the scene.

Those participating in the conference included Environment Minister Yorgos Stathakis. Infrastructure Minister Christos Spirtzis, Alternate Environment Minister Socrates Famellos, and Attica Prefect Rena Dourou

The cabinet reshuffle that will follow will attempt to depict the great leader as a just and unswerving critic, as the guarantor of our future.

The tragedy destroyed the PM’s communications plans. Nothing went well from the first moment. Experts on crisis management noted that the communications and political management of the crisis was wrong.

Tafyllis has extensive operational experience, on both the practical and theoretical levels, with issues of administration, oversight, and management of crises.

The former Fire Service chief Sotirios Terzoudis and the former Greek Police chief Konstantinos Tsouvalas had been informed by Interior Minister Panos Skourletis of the government’s decision before the KYSEA meeting.