Brussels, 22/01/2001 (Agence Europe) - On 19 January, the European Commission granted EUR 2 million in aid to the victims of the earthquake that hit El Salvador on 13 January.
The aid package, which comes in addition to the EUR 2 million released the day after the earthquake (see EUROPE of 15/16 January, p.9), is a further response from ECHO, the EC Humanitarian Aid Office, to a tragedy in which 681 have been reported killed, 2,615 injured, 2000 disappeared and which has given rise to...