1700 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://astanatimes.com/2021/08/kazakh-helicopters-participate-in-extinguishing-forest-fires-in-turkey-video/NUR-SULTAN – Two helicopters from Kazakhstan have started extinguishing forest fires in the south-west of Turkey, the Ministry for Emergency Situations of Kazakhstan reported. Kazakh aircraft performed 45 cycles of water discharge, a total of 180 tons. All in all, the professional crew spent more than 10 hours in the sky.2021-08-13T14:44+0200astanatimes-324ee6ae987fc39e81ea3ba1c6517cd920210813144400https://vestnikkavkaza.net/material/144278As Turkey's struggle against forest fires continues, Kazakhstan and Kuwait have added themselves to the growing list of countries providing support to Ankara, Daily Sabah reports. Kuwait said on Saturday that it will dispatch a fire brigade crew to Turkey to support that country's fight against forest fires.2021-08-12T21:57+0200vestnikkavkaza-e895d79fc6e4332239eb21e3f12028c420210812215700https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/08/11/in-aftermath-of-unprecedented-blazes-russian-villagers-place-hope-in-putin-a74751DZHABYK, Chelyabinsk Region As high winds drove wildfire through parched woodland to close in on the village of Dzhabyk in early July, schoolteacher Lyubov Slyusar crammed a handful of pupils into her car and drove through the burning forest to safety along the sole dirt track connecting the settlement with the outside world.2021-08-11T12:17+0200themoscowtimes-fbfcf5658a839d46b7520cf1581b55c420210811121700https://en.tengrinews.kz/environment/billions-in-damages-from-floods-in-kazakhstan-260503/©Turar Kazangapov The damage caused by the spring floods in Kazakhstan amounts to billions of tenge, Tengrinews reports citing Deputy Interior Minister Vladimir Bozhko. "The damage to date is being calculated. It is very large, practically billions of tenge. The budget request from Akmola Oblast is being readied.2021-08-11T04:52+0200tengrinews-793256b38723bf6c1e0dd5e8b16bebfb20210811045200