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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis launched a sharp attack against Nikos Pappas from the parliamentary podium, referencing Pappas’ absence during the session. Mitsotakis stated that this will be his approach moving forward, as he does not recognize Pappas as the representative of the main opposition, given that a special court convicted Pappas in a 13-0 ruling.

Greece will acquire a DHC-515 firefighting aircraft, known as the new Canadair, under the "Civil Protection 2021-2027" program, Deputy Finance Minister Nikos Papathanasis announced Monday. 

The 53.1 million euro purchase, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund, will be managed by the Climate Crisis Ministry.

The European Commission has announced the start of production for 12 new Canadair DHC 515 firefighting aircraft, which will form the permanent European forest firefighting fleet (rescEU). These aircraft will be permanently stationed in Greece, Croatia, France, Italy, Portugal, and Spain.

The Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection has accused the President and officials of SYRIZA of deliberate and complete distortion of the truth, responding to comments by Kasselakis, who claimed that absorption of the civil protection programs from the Recovery Fund is only at 1%.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has visited an air base in Elefsina to thank the country's aerial firefighters.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited the Elefsina Air Base this morning, where the firefighting aircraft of the 383rd Special Operations and Aerial Firefighting Squadron and the 355th Tactical Transport Squadron are stationed.

A woman has tragically died in the recent fires that have reached the outskirts of Athens, Greece. Her body was discovered in a shop located in the Vrilissia district of the city.

The Greek authorities have requested assistance from the EU Civil Protection Mechanism (EUCPM) to fight the wildfires that have been raging northeast of Athens since Sunday.

On Monday, several countries responded positively to the Greek request, which was made on Sunday evening.

Greece sent four firefighting aircraft to Albania on Tuesday and Wednesday to help combat a large forest fire in the south of the country.

The deployment was organized through the European Civil Protection Mechanism after Albania requested assistance. Greece provided two PZL planes on Tuesday and two Canadair CL-415 aircraft on Wednesday.

A fire that began Monday morning in Metochi Sidirountas on the island of Chios continues to cause extensive damage and has injured five individuals battling the blaze.

Four firefighters and a retired firefighter volunteer suffered minor burns and were transported to Chios Hospital for first aid treatment.