Press release: PM 1999/052 Luxembourg, 20 December 1999 - The European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Union's long-term lending institution, is providing a first loan of EUR 300 million for...
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Athens: Earthquake Situation Report No. 3
appeal no. 22/99 period covered: September - October 1999 The immediate donor cash and in-kind support allowed relief assistance to be delivered quickly. The emergency relief phase is now coming to...
Greece/earthquake: Still suffering
The impact of the earthquake which reduced heavily populated areas of the Greek capital, Athens to rubble on 7 September leaving some 138 people dead, 70,000 homeless and 13,000 families destitute is...
Greece + 5 more
EU: 2206th Council meeting - General Affairs
11651/99 (Presse 296), Luxembourg, 11 October 1999 President : Ms Tarja HALONEN Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Finland For further information call 285 64 23 or 285 74 59 ...
Athens earthquake Appeal No. 22/99
THIS APPEAL REPLACES THE PRELIMINARY APPEAL LAUNCHED ON 14 SEPTEMBER 1999 THIS APPEAL SEEKS CHF 2,338,000 IN CASH, KIND AND SERVICES TO ASSIST 50,000 BENEFICIARIES FOR 3 MONTHS Summary The impact of...
EIB emergency donation to Greece for reconstruction of earthquake damages in Athens
Press release: SP 1999/014 Luxembourg, 24 September 1999 - The European Investment Bank, is donating EUR 1 000 000(1) as an emergency grant for urgent reconstruction in the greater Athens area,...
Greece + 2 more
At the edge of the "ring of fire" - Learning lessons from quake tragedy
Better buildings, military readiness are among the reasons Taiwan toll is less than Turkey's. Alex Salkever, Special to The Christian Science Monitor Three major temblors in the space of a little...
Emergency Assistance to the Hellenic Republic (Greece) for Earthquake Disaster Relief
On September 17 (Fri), the Government of Japan decided to extend emergency assistance comprising blankets and tents equivalent to about 14 million yen to the Government of the Hellenic Republic...
Greece - Earthquake OCHA Situation Report No. 4
OCHA-Geneva-99/0144 General Situation 1. On 15 September 1999, the General Secretariat for Civil Protection of the Greek Ministry of Interior released updated figures about the impact of the...
Greece (Athens): Earthquake Situation Report No. 2
appeal no. 22/99 situation report no. 2 period covered: 10-13 September 1999 Rescue and relief activity has continued unabated over the weekend. Meanwhile, the Hellenic Red Cross, which is...
Greece - Earthquake OCHA Situation Report No. 3
Ref: OCHA/GVA - 99/0142 GREECE EARTHQUAKE OCHA-GENEVA SITUATION REPORT N0. 3 11 September 1999 Situation 1. On 10 September 1999 OCHA received an information message from the General Secretariat for...
Séisme en Grèce: l'équipe suisse est de retour
Situation: 10.9.99, 18h30 L'équipe de la Chaîne suisse de sauvetage est de retour de sa mission en Grèce. Sept des huit membres de l'équipe ainsi que les trois chiens sont arrivés vendredi à 18h20 à...
Séisme en Grèce: l'équipe suisse se prépare à rentrer
L'équipe de la Chaîne suisse de sauvetage a mis un terme à ses recherches dans la zone du tremblement de terre au Nord d'Athènes et rentrera en Suisse vendredi soir. L'arrêt des recherches a été...
Greece (Athens): Earthquake Situation Report No. 1
appeal no. 22/99 situation report no. 1 period covered: 8-9 September In line with the Greek Government's declaration of a state of emergency in the disaster zone and the need for international...
IOCC Relief Shipment To Aid Greek Earthquake Survivors
Baltimore (IOCC) - Responding to the estimated 70,000 people left homeless as a result of this week's earthquake in Athens, International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) has arranged for the...
Rescuers continue to battle after Greek quake
Rescue workers continue to pull survivors from the rubble of buildings in Athens, almost 48 hours after a deadly earthquake left 83 dead and thousands injured. Two more quakes jolted northern Greece...
Greek quake death tool hits 95, rescuers leaving
By Dina Kyriakidou ATHENS, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Athens's quake-hit suburbs sprouted tent cities on Friday to shelter more than 16,000 people made homeless by a disaster that has killed at least 95 and...
Rain adds to woes of Greek earthquake survivors
BY JEREMY GAUNT ATHENS, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Rain added to the misery of thousands of homeless Greeks on Thursday as the survivors of a powerful earthquake struggled to find shelter away from houses...
President Clinton Offers Sympathy, Support After Greek Quake
President Clinton offered his condolences to the families of victims of the earthquake that struck Greece September 7 and said the United States is prepared to help the Greek government respond to...
Rescue teams find more Greek quake survivors
By Costas Paris ATHENS, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Rescue teams working in heavy rain early on Thursday freed two more survivors from the wreckage of a Greek factory in the aftermath of an earthquake that...