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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9010
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/regional policy

Commission proposes € 93 million of aid following storm disaster in Northern Europe

Brussels, 22/08/2005 (Agence Europe) - On 22 August the European Commission proposed to mobilise the European Union Solidarity Fund for four grants totalling nearly € 93 million to help deal with the consequences of a wind storm that severely hit Sweden, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania last January. € 81.73 million to Sweden damages were particularly high and are estimated at nearly € 2.3 billion. The storm severely affected the electricity supply and telecommunications; € 9.49 million...

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