Press Release: EU Solidarity Fund: Commission moves to help Italy, Greece, Slovenia and Croatia after flood, earthquake and ice storm disasters

The European Union Commissioner for Regional Policy, Johannes Hahn, announced on the 27 August 2014 an aid package worth nearly €47 million proposed by the European Commission for Sardinia (Italy), Kefalonia (Ionian Islands, Greece), Slovenia and Croatia after a series of natural disasters struck the regions in late 2013 and early 2014.

The proposed aid of €16.3m to Italy is in response to the serious flooding in November 2013, while €3.7m is earmarked for Greece to help cover the costs of an earthquake and several aftershocks in Kefalonia and the Ionian Islands in January-March 2014. Both Slovenia and Croatia were severely affected by an ice storm in January and February 2014 and have been granted aid worth €18.4m and €8.6m respectively.

ESO: Key Source: EU Solidarity Fund http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-solidarity-fund/

European Commission: InfoRegio: Regional Policy: The Funds: Solidarity Fund http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/funding/solidarity-fund/

ESO: Background information: Council adopts new rules for EU solidarity fund http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-council-adopts-new-rules-for-eu-solidarity-fund/

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