Spanish prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has interrupted his summer holidays in Lanzarote to visit fire fighting crews combating more than 100 wildfires in north western Spain.
The Spanish government earlier this week (9 August) requested EU assistance via the Community Mechanism for Civil Protection to help combat the wildfires in the region of Galicia.
Mr Zapatero said "criminal activity" was behind a considerable number of the outbreaks, a situation which he describe...
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Lisbeth founded EUobserver in 2000 and is responsible to the Board for effective strategic leadership, planning and performance. After graduating from the Danish School of Media and Journalism, she worked as a journalist, analyst, and editor for Danish media.