{"id":34758,"date":"2024-08-13T07:51:34","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T11:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/eu-sends-help-as-greece-and-albania-battle-wildfires\/13\/08\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-08-13T07:51:34","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T11:51:34","slug":"eu-sends-help-as-greece-and-albania-battle-wildfires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/eu-sends-help-as-greece-and-albania-battle-wildfires\/13\/08\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"EU sends help as Greece and Albania battle wildfires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The European Commission on Tuesday announced that it was activating a system for European countries to help Greece and Albania battle ongoing wildfires.<\/p>\n<p>At a press conference on Tuesday, a commission spokesman said the support to Greece includes: two planes from Italy, two helicopters from France and Serbia, and ground firefighting crews from the Czech Republic, France, Italy, Romania and Serbia. Romanian, Maltese and Moldovan firefighters were already in Greece, the spokesman said.<\/p>\n<p>According to a commission statement, Albania will receive a military plane from Romania capable of carrying 6 tons of water. The plane will be deployed on Wednesday, the commission said.<\/p>\n<p>Serbia and Moldova are not in the EU, but along with Albania and several others, they participate in the EU&#8217;s Civil Protection Mechanism, which responds to such disasters.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 533px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-lightbox caas-img-loader\" style=\"padding-bottom:67%\" data-lightbox-src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/54GenCQfWi9JfvOU4QPPKA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTE2MDA7aD0xMDY2\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/dpa_international_526\/00d212e7a2488f5d5c2248a287079b17\"><span class=\"caas-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A firefighter extinguishes a large fire, just a few kilometers northeast of Athens. EU\u00a0member states are sending aid to Greece to help emergency services in battling the country's\u00a0biggest wildfire of the year on Monday, with multiple\u00a0flash points burning\u00a0across some\u00a0200 square kilometres of woodland north-east of the capital Athens. Socrates Baltagiannis\/dpa\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/IrkoBimbdq.icYn1vz0AdA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/dpa_international_526\/00d212e7a2488f5d5c2248a287079b17\" class=\"caas-img\"\/><button class=\"link caas-lightbox\" aria-label=\"View larger image\" data-ylk=\"sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;elm:expand;itc:1\"><span class=\"openArrows icon\"><svg width=\"22\" height=\"22\" viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\"><path d=\"M12.372 0.92C12.372 0.414 12.782 0.004 13.287 0.004L21 0L20.996 7.712C20.996 8.217 20.586 8.628 20.08 8.628C19.574 8.628 19.164 8.217 19.164 7.712V3.183L12.337 10.011L10.988 8.663L17.816 1.835H13.287C12.782 1.835 12.372 1.425 12.372 0.92ZM1.835 17.816L8.663 10.988L10.012 12.337L3.183 19.164H7.712C8.218 19.164 8.627 19.574 8.627 20.08C8.627 20.586 8.218 20.995 7.712 20.995L0 21L0.004 13.287C0.004 12.782 0.414 12.372 0.92 12.372C1.425 12.372 1.835 12.782 1.835 13.287V17.816Z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse collapsed\">A firefighter extinguishes a large fire, just a few kilometers northeast of Athens. EU member states are sending aid to Greece to help emergency services in battling the country&#8217;s biggest wildfire of the year on Monday, with multiple flash points burning across some 200 square kilometres of woodland north-east of the capital Athens. Socrates Baltagiannis\/dpa<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 533px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-lightbox caas-img-loader\" style=\"padding-bottom:67%\" data-lightbox-src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/MFWvRgI7teIefa.eqYd9zg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTE2MDA7aD0xMDY2\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/dpa_international_526\/5ff4964a1e13ec538856097ded6586c2\"><span class=\"caas-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img caas-lazy has-preview\" alt=\"Firefighters try to extinguish pockets of embers in the blaze near Athens. Hundreds of firefighters, supported by dozens of water-dropping planes and helicopters, continued their battle against the flames of the blaze in the north of Athens this morning. Socrates Baltagiannis\/dpa\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/EubXu6crtKnb6OGzDv1SCw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/dpa_international_526\/5ff4964a1e13ec538856097ded6586c2\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Firefighters try to extinguish pockets of embers in the blaze near Athens. Hundreds of firefighters, supported by dozens of water-dropping planes and helicopters, continued their battle against the flames of the blaze in the north of Athens this morning. Socrates Baltagiannis\/dpa\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/EubXu6crtKnb6OGzDv1SCw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/dpa_international_526\/5ff4964a1e13ec538856097ded6586c2\" class=\"caas-img\"\/><button class=\"link caas-lightbox\" aria-label=\"View larger image\" data-ylk=\"sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;elm:expand;itc:1\"><span class=\"openArrows icon\"><svg width=\"22\" height=\"22\" viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\"><path d=\"M12.372 0.92C12.372 0.414 12.782 0.004 13.287 0.004L21 0L20.996 7.712C20.996 8.217 20.586 8.628 20.08 8.628C19.574 8.628 19.164 8.217 19.164 7.712V3.183L12.337 10.011L10.988 8.663L17.816 1.835H13.287C12.782 1.835 12.372 1.425 12.372 0.92ZM1.835 17.816L8.663 10.988L10.012 12.337L3.183 19.164H7.712C8.218 19.164 8.627 19.574 8.627 20.08C8.627 20.586 8.218 20.995 7.712 20.995L0 21L0.004 13.287C0.004 12.782 0.414 12.372 0.92 12.372C1.425 12.372 1.835 12.782 1.835 13.287V17.816Z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">Firefighters try to extinguish pockets of embers in the blaze near Athens. Hundreds of firefighters, supported by dozens of water-dropping planes and helicopters, continued their battle against the flames of the blaze in the north of Athens this morning. 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