Informes

IP/11/485 Brussels, 18 April 2011 On Tuesday 19th April, 25 years after the tragic Chernobyl accident, EU Commissioner Andris Piebalgs will announce the European Commission's pledge of around €110 million at a high-level conference in Kiev to ensure…

Listen to the news Increases in leukaemia and cataracts are emerging as the most obvious long-term effects radiation exposure from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. The explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in 1986 is considered the world's worst ever nuclear accident.…

On 18 February 2011, an automatic flood monitoring station sponsored by the NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme was opened in Ukraine. The new station, located in the Pripyat river basin, represents a first step towards a…

GLIDE NO. FL -2010-000129-UKR The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of un-earmarked money created by the Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate financial support is available for…

The second largest country in Europe, Ukraine is a republic that gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. After a difficult transition period to the market economy the country remains one of the poorest in Europe, despite the…

This report covers the period 1 January 2010 to 30 June 2010. In brief Programme outcome: The Federation programme activities in Ukraine contributed to the Strategy 2020 aiming to save lives, protect livelihoods and strengthen recovery from disasters and crises; to enable…

SILVER SPRING, Md.-After recent heavy rains caused severe flooding and widespread destruction in Ukraine's western region of Chernivtsi, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) distributed food and cleaning supplies to affected families. The response followed an initial assessment that identified…

Period covered by this update: 12 July to 3 August, 2010 Summary: CHF 244,126 (USD 230,693 or EUR 182,524) has been allocated from the IFRC's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the National Society in delivering immediate assistance to some…

CHF 244,126 (USD 230,693 or EUR 182,524) has been allocated from the IFRC's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the National Society in delivering immediate assistance to some 3,500 people (1,200 households). Unearmarked funds to repay DREF are…

EMERCOM of Russia has sent another part of humanitarian cargo to Ukraine. Yesterday a plane of EMERCOM of Russia delivered to Ivano-Frankovsk similar humanitarian aid. Today at 9:00 msk a transport Il-76 plane left from located near Moscow airdrome Ramenskoye…