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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-08-01
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[01] Wildfire around Limni on Evia under control, fire brigade reports
[02] Thessaloniki court acquits 26 arrested for disrupting church service
[01] Wildfire around Limni on Evia under control, fire brigade reports
The wildfire near the town of Limni in northern Evia was now under
control, the fire brigade said late on Monday. They reported that the
fire-fighting effort had focused on a single front moving south toward
Mount Kantili, with crews working to set up two fire zones to avert the
danger of the fire passing to the village Troupi, on the foothills of
the mountain.
The fire started on Saturday afternoon and appeared to be under control
by Sunday before flaring up again late on Sunday afternoon due to high
winds and the inaccessible terrain, which made it hard for fire-fighters
to reach the site of new blazes. According to authorities, it has
burnt through thousands of hectares of forest, inflicting incalculable
environmental damage, but has so far not claimed homes or lives.
[02] Thessaloniki court acquits 26 arrested for disrupting church service
A Thessaloniki court on Monday acquitted 26 defendants charged
with disrupting a Sunday service in a Thessaloniki Church, finding
that it was not their intention to disrespect to the church and the
premises. The court handed down sentences of six months imprisonment,
suspended for three years, however, for 19 defendants also facing charges
of insubordination and refusing to cooperate with police processing
their arrest.
All 19 filed for an appeal and were released.
The defendants were taken into custody and arrested by riot police
after a group of anti-establishment activists entered the church while
the mass was in progress on Sunday to distribute flyers and protest at
the demolition of an old orphanage that had been occupied by refugees
and migrants.
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