Brussels, 24/08/2009 (Agence Europe) - European solidarity has come into play through the Community Mechanism for Civil Protection in order to assist Greece in combating the forest fires raging in North-East Attica and on the outskirts of Athens. At the request of the Greek authorities, the main body, the Monitoring and Information Centre (MIC), was activated during the evening of Saturday 22 August to coordinate offers of assistance from the countries that make up the network and to deploy...