Brussels, 26/08/2011 (Agence Europe) - European solidarity in the form of the European Civil Protection Mechanism is aiding Greece and Albania in their attempts to tackle the forest fires raging in Alexandroupolis (North East Greece).
Upon request from the Greek government, the European Commission's Monitoring and Information Centre (MIC) was activated on 25 August and has been coordinating offers of aid from member states in the mechanism and mobilising the requested aircraft. Greece...