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What is the impact of ’'s RRF fund on the Greek economy?

by the Logistics TransportIn the the General Assembly

Managing the climate crisis is one of the most important issues European rescue planIt's for Greece.

An extended spell drought and heat wavesIn 2023, it fueled one of the worst wildfire seasons the country has ever experienced; In the Alexandroupolis and Meriç fires of August 19, ’, only more than 81,000 hectares of land were burned, a total of 170,000 hectares of land was burned across Greece.

The Megara Forest, about 60 kilometers northwest of Athens’, was also severely hit.

Jasmine Georgiou euronews’e, a forester specialising in Waste Management, said: “In the last five years, large fires have occurred in the Megara Forest, ’, destroying woodlands, forests, homes, businesses and animals.”

The Greek AntiNero Program‘mega was created to combat fires by clearing and maintaining forests, planting slow-burning trees, and creating different fire prevention zones.

Georgiou explained that highly flammable bushes and forest debris need to be cleaned to prevent fires from spiraling out of control, especially in the summer.

Creating fire breaks helps control the spread of forest fires

But public initiatives like this require a significant amount of investment to cover the costs of contractors, staff, and basic equipment.

Project manager Giouli Vourna, “The budget of the project is over 400 million Euro’; This is the largest intervention to combat this problem in our country, thanks to the resources provided by the Recovery and Resilience Fund, ” said. Wealth Development Fund of the Republic of Greece.

The measures financed by the RRF are determined according to the priorities of each country. Greece’ has access to 35.9 billion Euro’ distributed in grants and loans, including the modernization of public infrastructure, including health centres.

The Road to Better Health Care

the Metaxa Cancer HospitalAthens’da Balkans’ has the largest oncology hospital. Director Sarandos Efstathopoulos toured the Euronews’e complex, which has not been renovated since its construction in the 1960s.

Efstathopoulos, “We have renovated all patient rooms, all facilities and toilets, adding a very important call accessory for consoles and nurses for oxygen supply. It will also be followed by the complete reconstruction of the sixth floor and the E.R. ” said.

Director Sarandos Efstathopoulos Metaxa Cancer HospitalIntroduces new facilities in ’

Evangelos Manolis, another project manager at the Development Wealth Fund of the Republic of Greece, ’This project cost about 1 million Euro“. The RRF has certainly helped a lot by quickly completing these studies carried out in more than 80 ’ hospitals under the program, ensuring that Greek people have access to quality medical services, ” said.

GreeceAccording to ’'s recovery plan, 38 percent of the funds will be allocated to ’i climate targets, 22 percent to ’i digitalization and 18 percent to ’i social projects.

by Professor Phoebe Koundouri Athens University of Economics and Businessand the chair UN SDSN Global Climate Center, Euronews’e said that in order for Greece RRF’ to achieve its goals, the creation of a suitable financial space, more time and significant reforms are needed.

“We managed to get almost 50 percent ’ of the prepayments and ensured that a third of the money was spent on the investment. This is an unprecedented rate of absorption for Greece. But of course, we definitely need more time for this financial space to transfer itself to truly viable projects. So you really need the public sector to be productive, ” warned.

Aerial view of Athens’

Bright appearance for the coming years

After a hard decade, Papathana of NikosThe Deputy Minister at the Greek Ministry of Economy and Finance predicts that the Greek economy will grow by 2.9 percent in 2024’te; This is slightly above the European Commission's estimate of 2.3% ’ for 2024 and 2025.

According to Papathanasis’, which is also responsible for Greece’'s RRF funds, the average growth rate in Europe’ in 2024 will be 0.8 percent.

Together with other European funds, we expect “ to contribute more than 60 percent of the growth we expect for 2024. ’ reforms make our economy more interesting for investments and, of course, investments help create new jobs. And in the last four years, we've reduced unemployment from 17.5 percent ’ to less than 10 percent ’.

Papathanasis stressed that going forward, improving health facilities will remain a top priority and controls are in place to ensure the money is well spent.

Euronews correspondent Fanny Gauret and Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance of Greece Nikos Papathanasis

“There is a national and European audit, we are constantly being audited. That's how we make sure the money goes to the right place. - ”

Finally, Papathanasis added: “RRF is based on performance; It's not about how much money you spend, it's about achieving reforms and reaching those milestones. So it's hard, but it's more effective. And I think reforms, along with investments, are more beneficial to society than projects alone, ”.

For Greece, strategic investments and smart governance are opportunities to move forward on a positive path and turn a decade of challenges into prosperity.

Is Russia the cause of mysterious fires targeting cargo flights to the USA?

by the Logistics TransportIn the Category: Logistics

A series of package fires aimed at courier companies in Poland, Germany and the UK were attempts to sabotage flights to the US and Canada, according to Polish prosecutors. Katarzyna Calow-Jaszewska, The group's goal was also to test the transfer channel for these medical packages, which would eventually be sent to the United States and Canada. He said it.

Calow-Jaszewska, He said four people had been arrested late last month and that authorities across Europe were investigating the incidents.

Transfer channel tested

Western security officials told US media they believed the fires were part of a campaign organized by Russia's military intelligence agency, the GRU.

Russia has denied that it is behind the sabotage. But he is suspected of lagging behind other attacks on warehouses and rail networks in EU member states this year, including Sweden and the Czech Republic.

Calow-Jaszewska said in a statement that a cluster of foreign intelligence saboteurs had been involved in sending packages containing hidden explosives and dangerous elements through courier companies. The packages then already caught fire or exploded.

Western officials say the fires were caused by electric massage machines containing a ⁇ magnesium-based ⁇ element.

by Calow-Jaszewska The group's mission was also to test the transfer channel for these medical packages, which would eventually be sent to the United States and Canada. He said it.

There have been fires before.

Within three days in July, a fire broke out in a container that had to be loaded onto a DHL cargo plane in Leipzig, Germany, at a shipping company near Warsaw, and at Minworth ⁇ te near Birmingham, England.

In the fire, there was a package indicated to be a incendiary device. According to Polish reports; The incident at Jablonow ⁇ near Warsaw lasted two hours.

UK officials gave little details about the Minworth fire on 22 July. Last month, the Guardian reported that the counterterrorism police were investigating whether Russian spies later planted a device in a flaming package in a DHL warehouse.

Head of MI5 ⁇ , the UK's internal intelligence agency Ken McCallum, Last month, Russian secret agents carried out arson, sabotage and more, he said.

In addition, McCallum said, Britain has carried out dangerous actions carried out with increasing recklessness after helping Ukraine in Russia's war.

In Germany, the head of the internal intelligence agency (BfV) pointed out that the fact that the Leipzig device does not ignite in the air is only a work of luck.