Brussels, 25/07/2007 (Agence Europe) - Since the end of June, four southern European countries have called on the Commission's Monitoring and Information Centre (MIC) for assistance to be sent from member states participating in this mechanism to help them combat the forest fires raging.
The latest update on EU civil protection activities, published on 24 July, revealed that the MIC, located in DG Environment, had received eight requests for assistance from Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria and the...