240230 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://euobserver.com/green-economy/157375The worst and largest wildfire ever recorded in the EU is still active in the Evros region, near Greece's border with Turkey, where the flames have burned over 83,000 hectares of land. But this is just one of the several wildfires recorded this summer in Greece, which have also resulted in at least 20 lives lost.2023-09-01T17:13+0200euobserver-db6fb0f294c02601fb514034333d134b20230901171300https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/58213/20230901/prime-minister-mitsotakis-estimates-over-150-000-hectares-burned-greek.htmGreece has experienced one of the worst fire seasons in its history, with devastating wildfires that have burned more than 150,000 hectares of land, killed at least 26 people, and destroyed homes, businesses, and natural habitats. The fires have been fueled by extreme heatwaves, droughts, and strong winds, which are linked to the climate crisis.2023-09-01T08:05+0200natureworldnews-99fdf2f40f8441950be5c1fc1ff1fde920230901080500https://www.elmundo.es/papel/historias/2023/08/30/64ef6a27e85ece08378b45c1.htmlEspaña es el segundo país de la Unión Europea en superficie forestal tras Suecia. En contra de lo que pueda pensarse, cada vez tenemos más monte, aunque buena parte de él agonice y esté expuesto a los incendios De izquierda a derecha, las ingenieras de montes Pino Pliego, Margarita Hernández-Mor, Inés González Doncel y Sira Suárez.2023-08-31T02:06+0200elMundo-5a9f00d502d5dfff8acfa14e2402d8c420230831020600https://slovenia.postsen.com/world/159383/In-Greece-they-continue-to-fight-the-biggest-forest-fire-in-the-history-of-the-EU.htmlAlthough hundreds of firefighters are involved in extinguishing the fire, the fire continues to spread. Photo: Reuters Since August 20, when Greece asked for help within the framework of the EU mechanism in the field of civil protection for the second time this summer, the EU sent 11 aircraft from....2023-08-30T14:58+0200slovenia-postsen-0f43149028eefae15b42b4f20df31c9120230830145800