Brussels, 01/08/2008 (Agence Europe) - The EU's Civil Protection Mechanism, recently mobilised to help Greece bring massive forest fires under control, is now being activated for devastating floods, like those in Romania.
The Monitoring and Information Centre (MIC), operated by the European Commission in Brussels, is the operational heart of the Community Mechanism for Civil Protection. It was activated on 29 July 2008 following calls for help from Romania, devastated by severe flooding. It...