Serbia and Montenegro and Romania: Floods - Apr 2005
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- World Bank: World Bank approves five operations for Serbia. 20 Jun 2007
- Govt. Serbia: Serbia: Secanj, Zitiste health centres and Cetinje hospital to receive Japanese donations. 1 Aug 2005
- IOCC: IOCC responds to flood-stricken communities - Romania, Serbia, Georgia. 13 Jun 2005
- UNCT Serbia & Montenegro: Serbia and Montenegro: FAO - Emergency assistance for flood effected areas in South Banat. 28 Apr 2005
- DLR: Romania - Timis Region Floodings, Spring 2005 (8 June 2005). 8 Jun 2005
Projects support Serbia's Regional Development, Agricultural Competitiveness, Flood Control, Road Rehabilitation and Safety, and Energy Efficiency 
Press Release No:2007/450/ECA 
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The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 181 countries.
The situations created by last year's floods represent a lesson for the Government and it will be used so that the authorities cannot be taken by surprise, in case of new floods emergence, Prime Minister Calin Popescu - Tariceanu has stated, on the National Committee for Emergencies' evaluation meeting.
" We drew conclusions from last year's lesson. We do not want to take circumstantial actions anymore. The Government will start programs for emergencies prevention. It is important to prepare, to finance and put these programs in practice.
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Appeal No.
The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 183 countries.
by Magda Camanaru - Communications
World Vision Romania will use a US$500,000 grant from USAID to set up disaster mitigation plans in Olt, Timis and Vrancea, three of the counties worst affected by this year's massive floods.
One-hundred-and-fifty houses affected by damp and mould will also be repaired and sanitised.
In addition, 200 families from these counties will receive food over the next three months and will receive material support to survive the harsh impending winter.
In Nanesti village, Vrancea County, World Vision Romania staff have convened two meetings with …
Author: Emergency News
BEI/05/84
The United States will grant a supplementary financial aid, amounting to 1,5 millions USD, to Romania for the reconstruction of the areas affected by this year floods. On today's meeting at Victoria Palace, the US Embassy Charge d'Affaires Mr. Mark Taplin, has presented the USA aid offer to Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu
The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity.
Secanj, Aug 29, 2005 - During a visit to areas of central Banat hit hard this year by floods, Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said he was pleased that the government's promise to rebuild homes has been fulfilled in the three months following the damaging floods.
Belgrade, August 1, 2005 - Serbian Deputy Minister of Health Nevena Karanovic and Japanese Ambassador to Serbia-Montenegro Ryuichi Tanabe signed today, at the Serbian government building, a Japanese government contract on a donation to Serbia-Montenegrin health institutions for the purpose of improving the emergency medical care system.
The health centres in Secanj and Zitiste, and the Cetinje general hospital will receive medical equipment worth $234,000, consisting of an ambulance, an ECG apparatus, a sterilizer, an ultrasound, and operating room equipment.
Tanabe pointed out, …
The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 181 countries.
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Appeal No. 05EA008; Operations Update no.
The Federation's mission is to improve
the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It
is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers
are active in over 181 countries.
In Brief
Appeal No. 05EA009 Operations Update no. 3
Period covered: 9 May - 22 July, 2005
Appeal coverage: 23.7%
Appeal history
- Launched on 29 April 2005 for CHF 1,055,000 (USD 819,680 or EUR 674,715) to assist 4,500 beneficiaries for 6 months.
The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 181 countries.
Belgrade, July 14, 2005 - The Serbian government decided at today's session to allocate a total of 41 million dinars to the municipalities of Kragujevac, Prokuplje, Zitoradja, Topola, Valjevo, and Kraljevo for damage relief in hail- and storm-stricken areas.
The government also adopted the Decree on subsidising the production and the storing of wheat harvested in 2005 and a decree amending the Decree on the programme of measures to encourage agricultural production development in 2005.
The government gave its consent to the domestic fare list of state railway company Zeleznice …
While the government is absorbed with battles over EU reforms, critics say it is forgetting its basic duty to the victims of a natural disaster.
By Cristina Liberis in Bucharest (BCR No 565, 14-Jul-05)
Villagers in flood-stricken areas of western Romania say their plight is being ignored as the government concentrates on its European Union-related reforms.
Around 4,500 people in the Timis and Caras counties of western Romania have been living in huts and tents for months, after flooding destroyed their homes.
They lost almost everything in the catastrophe, including their …
BELGRADE, July 12, 2005 -- The World Bank's Board today approved a US$25 million project to support rehabilitation and improvement of drainage and flood control infrastructure in Serbia, and the development of a minor irrigation program in the hilly regions of Central and Southern Serbia.
The Irrigation and Drainage Rehabilitation Project aims at improving economic performance through increased agricultural productivity, increased incomes for rural population and reduced losses from flooding.
