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RSSAfter a devastating summer with thousands of hectares of forest lost in Europe due forest fires, the European Commission is organising a high level meeting to already work on preparedness measures for next year.
Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič, is in Poland to officially open the new EU Medevac Hub for medical evacuations of Ukrainian patients together with Ministers of Health from Poland and Ukraine.
On 26 August, the EU received a request for potassium iodide tablets from the Government of Ukraine as a preventative safety measure to increase the level of protection around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
The aid funding will assist affected people in some of the hardest-hit districts of Sindh, Balochistan, Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces.
Joint statement ahead of the 5th anniversary of the Rohingya crisis.
The EU is providing €350,000 to provide crucial humanitarian assistance to families affected by severe flooding, which has wreaked havoc across many parts of Pakistan.
The European Commission has mobilised 2 firefighting airplanes to support Portugal with the ongoing wildfire emergency.
Over the past 2 months, 29 planes and 8 helicopters have been deployed across Europe to respond to requests for assistance through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. They were joined by 369 firefighters on the ground and 105 vehicles.
In view of World Humanitarian Day 2022, Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič and High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell issued a statement.
The EU has allocated an additional €4 million to Uganda, to help the country address the influx of new refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).