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The first step toward creating a "fire-retardant" zone to protect Thessaloniki's Sheikh Sou forest, on the outskirts of the city suburbs, was taken on Sunday with the planting of 1,500 flame resistant rosemary, acacia and oleander shrubs on the side of a road that skirts the city, passing through the trees.

For weeks now, the SYRIZA government has put into action the operation “Northern Greece”.

Greece is becoming a leading power in the Balkans and the East Mediterranean, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Friday evening, addressing a SYRIZA party meeting at the Alexandrio Sports Hall in Thessaloniki.