145100 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://ec.europa.eu/echo/news/forest-fires-commissioner-crisis-management-janez-lenarcic-visits-greece_enCommissioner Lenarčič visits the Headquarters of the Greek Civil Protection Service. © European Union, 2021 (photographer: Yorgos Karahalis) Following the devastating forest fires in the Mediterranean and the Western Balkans over the past weeks, Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič is visiting affected areas in Greece today.2021-08-25T12:27+0200EC-e9a776d83ef71332d6fe030ffd2f7b6a20210825122700https://albaniandailynews.com/news/wildfire-in-kuk-s-helicopter-unable-to-put-flames-under-controlAutumn is around the corner and the temperatures have fallen considerably, but some areas of Albania are still struggling with forest fires, and in some locations the flames have been so fierce that even air vehicles have not been able to put them under control.2021-08-24T21:36+0200albaniannews-ce48c05fe10d4a5276ad870237824fd120210824213600http://banksnews.gr/fires-shaped-the-landscape-of-ancient-greece/” width=”1200″> In prehistoric times Greece was totally covered by thick forests. Credit: Greek Reporter/Konstantinos Balalas. Fires shaped much of the landscape in ancient Greece; set mostly by invaders in pre-classical times, sometimes the fires were also set by Greeks themselves. According to an article written by L.2021-08-23T20:07+0200banksnews-20eb9caf442777b7423ea740a082760520210823200700https://greekreporter.com/2021/08/23/fires-shaped-landscape-ancient-greece/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fires-shaped-landscape-ancient-greeceIn prehistoric times Greece was totally covered by thick forests. Credit: Greek Reporter/Konstantinos Balalas. Fires shaped much of the landscape in ancient Greece ; set mostly by invaders in pre-classical times, sometimes the fires were also set by Greeks themselves. According to an article written by L.2021-08-23T19:54+0200greekreporter-828e8fa6dc9ea161ede94ccc19fd26a820210823195400