Karamanlis declares state of emergency for all Greece
Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis on Saturday pointed directly to arson as a behind an unprecedented wave of wildfires that have ravaged the country, particularly the southern Peloponnese, speaking during a brief nationally televised address on Saturday evening, where he also declared a ’state of emergency’ in the east Mediterranean country. “I am angered, as are all Greeks, by the fact that so many wildfires occurred in so many different parts, this is not a coincidence,” Karamanlis stressed, while calling on citizens to be vigilant and to aid efforts at containing the blazes.
Source: Athens News Agency