342340GDACS EMM News Feed 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 EU solidarity to combat wildfires across the continenthttps://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/news-stories/stories/eu-solidarity-combat-wildfires-across-continent_enEurope is facing a very intense wildfire season this summer, with greater number of fires and larger areas burnt compared to previous years. Major fires have spread in Portugal and Spain, southern France, Slovenia, Italy, Greece, Czechia, and many other European countries.2022-07-29T11:48+0200EC-c09169f4c7332afc860597990dac720a202207291148003 arrested on suspicion of starting “dozens” of forest fireshttps://www.theportugalnews.com/news/2022-07-26/3-arrested-on-suspicion-of-starting-dozens-of-forest-fires/68976When investigating the occurrence of dozens of fires in the three municipalities, the PJ “proceeded, after collecting a vast body of evidence, to identify, locate and arrest three men, of Portuguese nationality, outside the act of committing a crime, as there were strong indications against them of....2022-07-26T19:18+0200newsnow-co-uk-f8c376720b74865b34a4883624c5125b20220726191800What’s behind Europe’s hellish summer? | In Focus podcasthttps://www.thehindu.com/podcast/whats-behind-europes-hellish-summer-in-focus-podcast/article65685272.eceEurope is reeling under a severe heat wave, with temperatures soaring past the 40-degree mark in many parts of the continent. One major side-effect has been a sharp spike in incidents of wildfires. Countries such as France, Spain, Portugal and Greece have reported hundreds of fires.2022-07-26T13:14+0200thehindu-bb8a38a1a856ac53136dca50fb19127820220726131400How climate crisis is driving heatwaves and wildfireshttps://gulfnews.com/opinion/op-eds/how-climate-crisis-is-driving-heatwaves-and-wildfires-1.89516334This year, heatwaves have broken their earlier record in many continents. Last week, an extreme heatwave created havoc in most of the Western parts of Europe. Several countries declared a state of emergency; intense heat caused deadly wildfires, melted roads, and runways, and triggered widespread power outages.2022-07-26T07:53+0200gulfnews-db8cee0a140896e10b29bd65d84d39fb20220726075300