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It would be wrong for the Greek government to unilaterally suspend the pension cuts it has told its creditors it will carry out in 2019, as that would send the wrong message to international markets, the head of the Parliament's budget office, Frangiskos Koutentakis, told Skai TV on Saturday.

The government said on Thursday it will boycott Skai TV and its two radio stations over the television station's claim on Wednesday night that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was planning to sack the chief of the fire brigade and, possibly, the chief of the Greek police.

Dozens of initiatives have emerged since the magnitude of the devastation in eastern Attica started to become apparent on Tuesday morning, with associations, scientific bodies, businesses and local authorities creating a safety net for the survivors of the deadly wildfires.

Greece searches for survivors after killer wildfire

Rescuers on Thursday searched the scorched land and the sea for survivors three days after a deadly wildfire ripped through the Greek coastal town of Mati killing at least 81 people.

As the death toll from the destructive fire in eastern Attica rose to 81 on Wednesday, rescue teams continued the effort to find dozens of people who remained unaccounted for.

More specifically, some 130 army and fire brigade personnel were continuing the search for the missing, whose numbers are difficult to determine.

The outlook for bilateral ties between Greece and Russia was unclear on Wednesday amid tensions prompted by Greece's decision to expel two Russian diplomats who are alleged to have sought to intervene in domestic affairs and national security.

Greece will not tolerate any behavior that violates international law, a government spokesman said Wednesday after Kathimerini reported that Athens will expel two Russian diplomats and ban entry to another two, accusing them of intrusion into domestic affairs and illegal acts against national security.

A misdemeanors court on Saturday cleared a leading member of the anarchist group Rouvikonas of incitement charges, which had been brought against him after he openly threatened to "burn down" private broadcaster Skai.

A leading member of the anarchist group Rouvikonas was charged with incitement to commit a crime on Saturday after he openly threatened to "burn down" private broadcaster Skai.

A leading member of the anarchist group Rouvikonas is to face a prosecutor on Saturday on charges of incitement to commit a crime after he openly threatened to "burn down" private broadcaster Skai. 

"We will burn Skai down. Today, tomorrow, in 10 years - I don't know. But we will burn it down. And we will dance around the ashes," Kalaitzidis wrote on his Facebook page.