Brussels, 27/10/2011 (Agence Europe) - Europe is working, through the EU civil protection mechanism, to help the Turkish authorities assist victims of the powerful earthquake which hit the province of Van on Sunday. Provisional figures are for over 500 dead and some 2,300 injured, and considerable damage to housing and infrastructure (see EUROPE 10481).
Six EU member states - Austria, Belgium, France, Slovenia, Sweden and the United Kingdom -offered over 2,300 winterised tents within the...