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Wildfire: Greek villages evacuated

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On Wednesday at least six Greek villages and two monasteries were evacuated night due to a major forest fire on the coast of the Gulf of Corinth, about 90 km west of Athens, fire officials said.

“The fire is raging on a wide front near the village of Skinos, a fire brigade spokesman said. According to some sources, several homes were damaged but no casualties were reported immediately.


“This is the first major fire of 2021 villages have been evacuated as a precaution,” fire service spokesman Vassilis Vathrakogiannis told Skai TV. As per the reports some 180 firefighters, supported by 17 planes and three helicopters, are involved in the extinguishing operations.

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Israel Holocaust memorial museum hosts unusual reunion

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The Holocaust memorial museum, at Jerusalem in Israel, has witnessed an unusual reunion.

A 92-year-old Greece lady, Melpomeni Dina, has reached the venue to meet two siblings she rescued during the Nazi occupation.

She, during the occupation, hid the siblings in her house and helped to escape safely avoiding the eyes of the Nazi forces.

The surviving siblings, Sarah Yanai and Yossi Mor, have come to meet their rescuer with their entire family; as many as twenty members of their family have reached the venue along with them.

The venue has witnessed an emotional reunion. Almost everyone who has gathered in the venue to watch the special moment has struggled to control their tears.

The siblings said they had no words to describe their happiness. They have used to opportunity to thank the old Greek lady.

The museum administration said that they would not expect anything like this to happen in the future. They said that not many rescuers were left alive in the world as more than sixty years passed post the incident.


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Protest erupts in Greece over Macedonia

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Severe clashes have broken out near the Greece parliament between the protesters, who have gathered there in protest against the leftist government’s recent action in connection with Macedonia, and the police force.
Recently, the leftist government of Greece reached an agreement with Macedonia over its name, as against the interest of a large section of the conservative people of the country, in order to end its decades-old standoff with its neighbour that carries the name of its dearest city.
The Greek city of Macedonia is close to the heart of each conservative citizen due to the prominent role it has played in the evolution of the country’s culture and history, for the protection which every Greek conservative stand for.
The concession given by the leftist government of Greece to its neighbour in the usage of name is regarded by the Greek conservatives as the permission to damage and to appropriate all those they seek to protect.        
The Greek parliament is scheduled to vote on this subject soon. Given that, the latest protest near the parliament is of great significance.
Recently, the Greece leftist government faced a non-confidence motion. It was with severe uneasiness that the government surmounted it, as just before the voting it lost the support of its key partner to the same issue.
The conflict between Macedonia and Greece over the name was the fact that kept the former Yugoslavian republic away from the European Union.
With the recognition of its new name ‘The Republic of North Macedonia’, the European country has not only put its dispute with its neighbour to rest, but also has put to motion its dreams of getting into the most powerful economic union of the world.

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