Within 24 hours, Croatia’s request for assistance from the EU’s Civil Protection Mechanism was almost fully met, announced Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič on Sunday 3 January, thanking the 15 countries that responded quickly to help the Member State hit by a powerful earthquake on 29 December.
Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden and Turkey immediately provided housing...