Brussels, 02/09/2013 (Agence Europe) - Through the civil protection mechanism of the EU, European solidarity is at work to help Portugal fight the forest fires raging, as they do every summer, but with particular ferocity this year, the European Commission announced on Monday 2 September. At the request of the Portuguese authorities, who called on Saturday 31 August for urgent assistance from the Emergency Response Centre of the European Commission, two Canadair fire-fighting aircraft have...