Czech Republic: Floods - Aug 2002 Updates

MEMO/05/287 Brussels, 26th August 2005 - Background: The EUSF was created after the floods in Central Europe in summer 2002. It entered into force on 15 November 2002. Member States and countries...

CENTRAL EUROPE FLOODS: FOCUS 24 October 2003 ON CZECH REPUBLIC, ROMANIA AND SLOVAKIA This Final Report is intended for reporting on emergency appeals The Federation's mission is to improve the lives...

By Eric Johnson, dpa Prague (dpa) - The temporary X-8 bus still bumps down Prague's flood-damaged streets. Workers are still repairing sections of the Terezin concentration camp memorial. Across the...

PRAGUE, March 26 (CTK) - The government approved today the Finance Ministry's proposal for the distribution of over Kc4bn that the Czech Republic has received from the EU Solidarity Fund for covering...

PRAGUE, March 19 (CTK) - The State Fund for Housing Development will release Kc850m for the construction of tenement flats for people who lost their homes in last year's floods, government...

By Callie Long Prague/Geneva, March 14, 2003 - At the end of 2002, Luci Svobodníková faced the task of rebuilding her home and her life. Physically. At 76, her hands and clothes bore testimony to the...

The year of the great flood ended, symbolically, with fresh floods. Prague itself has yet to return to normal. by Pavla Kozakova PRAGUE, Czech Republic--This was not much of a Christmas for the...

PRAGUE, Jan 3 (CTK) - No catastrophic floods similar to that which hit 15 percent of the Czech Republic last August are threatening, Premier and Social Democrat (CSSD) chairman Vladimir Spidla said...

Reference: 2002-128 During his visit to Prague today, Mr. Wolfgang Roth, Vice-President of the European Investment Bank (EIB), Luxembourg, signed a loan with the Czech Minister of Finance, Mr...

PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC - (December 19, 2002) In response to the disastrous flooding of the Vltava and Labe (Elbe) Rivers in Central Europe during the summer of 2002, the U.S. Trade and Development...

IP/02/1940 Brussels, 19 December 2002 - Michel Barnier, Commissioner for regional policy, and Bohuslav Sobotka, the Czech Minister of Finance, have signed an agreement involving € 129 million in...

This Programme Update is intended for reporting on Annual Appeals. Appeal Target: CHF 8,516,840 - Revised budget CHF 7,005,000 Period covered: July to October 2002. "At a Glance" Appeal coverage:...

PRAGUE, Nov 27 (CTK) - The Chamber of Deputies today passed the law on a Kc12bn loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) which the government wants to use for the repair of damage caused by the...

IP/02/1686 Brussels, 15 November 2002 - The European Parliament and Council of Ministers today endorsed European Commission proposals to grant € 728 million to help alleviate damage caused by this...

PRAGUE, Nov 13 (CTK) - Insurance companies have paid Kc11bn to clients hit by the summer floods which represents 36 pct of the total estimated insured damage, the Czech Insurers' Association CAP said...

IP/02/1662 Brussels, 13 November 2002 - The European Commission today proposed to grant € 728 million to help relieve damage caused by this summer's heavy floods. The first use of the newly created...

Copenhagen (dpa) - UEFA's Executive Committee pledged 2.6 million Swiss francs (1.8 million dollars) in Copenhagen Friday to initiate anti-racism programmes and offered the same amount to help repair...

PRAGUE, Nov 7 (CTK) - Despite the fact that the Aug floods and their consequences were very serous, their economic impact should not be fundamental, the Czech National Bank CNB says in its report on...

PRAGUE, Nov 5 (CTK) - The total damage caused by August's floods to the national economy amounted to Kc70 billion, of which damage on the territory of Prague is worth Kc24 billion, says a government...

Prague (dpa) - A flood emergency that has gripped Prague since August ended Thursday, but a city spokesman said public services in the capital will not return to normal until at least next spring. ...