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Firefighter has been voted the Slovenian word of 2022 in recognition of the role that firefighters played in combating a massive wildfire in the Kras region in the summer.

Firefighter received 1,032 votes from the public to win ahead of freedom, which makes part of the name of the ruling party and which won 772 votes.

Ljubljana – Dnevnik newspaper says in Saturday’s commentary Attack from Air the Only Option that Slovenia urgently needs an aircraft to fight wildfires, stressing that climate change is here and dry summers are no longer in some distant future.

Blazes that have torched tens of thousands of hectares of forest in France, Spain and Portugal have made 2022 a record year for wildfire activity in southwestern Europe, the EU's satellite monitoring service said on Aug. 12. 

In its second edition, the Athens Music Week festival and conference presents a combination of digital and physical events exploring different genres of music from different parts of Europe, addressing the challenges of the industry and simply offering some much-needed entertainment.

A wildfire that broke out on Wednesday afternoon in a forested area of Sithonia, one of the three peninsulas of Halkidiki, northern Greece, was brought under partial control a few hours later, the fire service said.

A 30-strong team of firefighters with 11 vehicles is in the area of Pigadakia since the start of the blaze.

The Minister of Health Kiril Ananiev issued an order repealing some of the measures introduced due to Covid-19.

Australian officials declared a state of emergency for the capital city of Canberra and surrounding regions on Jan. 31, as soaring temperatures and strong winds threatened to propel a large bushfire beyond the control of firefighters.   

The Government's project on health programmes is just one step ahead in using the money correctly to the patients' benefit, according to the Save Romania Union (USR) party, which stated that every Romanian must have the right to choose his health insurer. "We believe that every Romanian should have the right to choose his health insurer.

Fire alarms have been sounding in high-rise buildings across downtown Sydney and Melbourne as dense smoke from distant wildfires confuse electronic sensors. Modern government office blocks in the Australian capital Canberra have been closed because the air inside is too dangerous for civil servants to breathe.

Bolstered by cooler weather and desperately needed rain, exhausted firefighters in Australia raced to shore up defenses against deadly wildfires before the blazes flare again within days when scorching temperatures are expected to return.