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Janez Lenarčič

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Age 56
Date of birth November 6,1967
Zodiac sign Scorpio
Born Slovenia
Job Diplomat
Education University of Ljubljana
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Janez Lenarčič is a Slovenian diplomat, nominated as European Commissioner for Crisis Management in the Von der Leyen Commission. He is a former Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights within the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

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Greece wildfires: 79 people arrested for arson

Feb 16,2020 6:06 am

By Andre Rhoden-PaulBBC News

Greece has called out " arsonist scum" after police made 79 arson arrests over wildfires ravaging the country.

Civil Protection Minister Vassilis Kikilias said there had been several attempts by arsonists to start new fires on Mount Parnitha, north-west of Athens.

The Blaze is one of hundreds in The Nation where wildfires have already killed at least 20 people This Week .

" You are committing A Crime against the country, " Mr Kikilias said.

" Arsonist scum are setting fires that threaten forests, property and, most of all, human lives, " Mr Kikilias told Greeks during a televised emergency briefing on Thursday.

" You will not get away with it, we will find you, you will be Held Accountable . "

Summer wildfires are common in Greece and scientists have linked the increasing frequency and intensity of Extreme Weather events, including heatwaves, to Climate Change .

Stefan Doerr, who directs the Centre for Wildfire Research at Swansea University , says that more flammable Landscapes - due to hot weather or poor vegetation Management - mean that arson and other incidents.

Police and Greek intelligence service EYP are investigating the incidents, AFP reported.

Government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis told Greek public broadcaster ERT that of 140 wildfire-related arrests, 79 were related to arson.

Hundreds of firefighters across Greece have been battling deadly wildfires.

The large fire front which erupted on Saturday near The Port city of Alexandroupolis has become the EU's largest on record, according to European commissioner Janez Lenarcic .

Meanwhile, on Mount Parnitha near Athens, fires have been raging in a forest adjoining the capital, threatening a National Park .

Earlier This Week , the bodies of 19 people believed to be migrants, with children among them, were found near the Evros region of north-eastern Greece.

A shepherd also lost his life in the fires in the Boeotia region on Monday.

Mr Kikilias said on Wednesday the country was going through the worst summer since fire-risk maps were introduced in 2009.

Just last month, thousands of people were forced to flee fires on The Greek island of Rhodes after wildfires broke Out There and in other parts of the country.

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