News - GRC
4 articles tagged GRC, newest first
2026-09-01
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│ Rampant fires prompt Greece to disturb │
│ antiquities │
│ large - New York Times - │
│ independent/independent [GRC] │
│ │
│ Sustained wildfires forced Greece to move │
│ and otherwise disturb antiquities to │
│ protect heritage sites, and Morningstar │
│ DBRS separately ranked Greece among │
│ Europe's higher wildfire property-risk │
│ countries out to 2050. A state relocating │
│ its own antiquities is a │
│ revealed-preference measure of fire │
│ severity that no seasonal statistic │
│ captures. │
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│ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/world/eu │
│ rope/greece-wildfires-ancient-sites.html │
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2026-07-28
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│ France declares first national wildfire │
│ emergency as Europe burns │
│ feature - Associated Press - │
│ wire/independent [FRA,ESP,GRC] │
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│ France's worst fires since WWII burned │
│ 100,000+ acres in Gironde with ~200,000 │
│ evacuated, prompting the first-ever │
│ national wildfire emergency; one of Spain's │
│ largest fires ever burned 111,000+ acres │
│ near Madrid (~63,000 evacuated) as a fourth │
│ 40C+ heatwave began July 28; Greece lost │
│ three firefighters. ~330,000-375,000 │
│ evacuated across the region in Europe's │
│ worst recorded heatwave season. Drove │
│ France climate near -1 to -2; Spain climate │
│ held at -5 with confidence up. │
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│ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0 │
│ 7/28/europe-wildfires-france-spain-bordeaux │
│ /9c41e4e2-8a55-11f1-8912-d71e69d679d7_story │
│ .html │
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2026-07-23
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│ EU adopts 21st sanctions package, freezes │
│ oil price cap at $44.10 │
│ feature - S&P Global Commodity Insights - │
│ unknown/unknown [RUS,UKR,GRC] │
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│ The EU adopted its 21st Russia package July │
│ 23, the day the one-week freeze expired: │
│ the oil cap was frozen at $44.10 for a year │
│ (blocking the floating recalculation that │
│ would have LIFTED it toward ~$58), │
│ LNG-tanker transfer controls added, 41 more │
│ shadow-fleet vessels banned (including the │
│ first listings of ships that service them), │
│ cargo-confiscation powers created, and 48 │
│ individuals plus 168 entities frozen. The │
│ carry-forward question resolved as a │
│ tightening: Russia fiscal near held -4. │
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│ https://www.spglobal.com/energy/en/news-res │
│ earch/latest-news/natural-gas/072326-eu-loo │
│ sens-third-country-russian-lng-ban-extends- │
│ oil-price-cap-in-sanctions │
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2026-07-13
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│ EU Fails to Agree on New Russia Sanctions, │
│ Oil Price Cap Freeze │
│ feature - Bloomberg - │
│ independent/independent [RUS,AUT,GRC] │
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│ The EU failed to adopt its 21st Russia │
│ sanctions package July 13 over Greek LNG │
│ objections and Austrian protection of │
│ Raiffeisen Bank, leaving the $44.10/bbl oil │
│ price cap set to lapse July 15 with no │
│ replacement (250 individual designations │
│ did pass). Not pre-scored as lapsed: Russia │
│ sanctions held at -8 pending the outcome. │
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│ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202 │
│ 6-07-13/eu-fails-to-adopt-russian-sanctions │
│ -and-freeze-oil-price-cap │
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