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The Greek Current

Greece's summer of wildfires

Greece - and much of southern Europe - has faced a series of wildfires over the past weeks, prompting evacuations and even resulting in deaths. As Greece grapples with another summer of wildfires, questions abound over how to combat this phenomenon and build resilience, and the role of the media, the government, and civil society. Niko Efstathiou, an Athens based journalist and author, joins Thanos Davelis as we dig into these questions.

You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:

Wildfires: What we don’t know is what burns us

Overhead power lines under scrutiny after wildfires

Riyadh requests Greek mission renewal

Turkey’s deepening ties with Italy, Spain

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