Last year, over half a million (504,002) hectares, an area twice the size of Luxembourg, was scorched by wildfires, according to an advance report on Forest Fires in Europe, Middle East and North Africa 2023 published today by the Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC).
Decisions on the restitution of the Evros after the great fires are taken by the government with a claim for European funding, while a package of measures in two directions, on the one hand to support the primary sector and on the other hand to restore the natural environment, will be announced by Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday.
The Fire Brigade continues to battle the blaze in Evros for 14th consecutive day on Friday as all night they tried to save the town of Soufli and intercept the course of the fire.