Brussels, 23/08/2007 (Agence Europe) - In a press release on 20 August, the British Communities and Local Government Department confirmed that it had made a request to the European Commission for solidarity funds to help repair the damages caused by the floods in this member state in June and July this year. The British minister in charge of repairs, John Healy, said that the costs incurred were expected to exceed more than €1bn, the threshold needed in order to be able to submit such a...