269440GDACS EMM News Feed Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material Papua New Guinea: Papua New Guinea in bid to quake-proof buildings sitting on the Ring of Firehttps://reliefweb.int/report/papua-new-guinea/papua-new-guinea-bid-quake-proof-buildings-sitting-ring-fireBy Catherine Graue. Sitting at the collision point of several tectonic plates, Papua New Guinea is ranked the 10th most disaster-prone country in the world and is regularly rattled by earthquakes. But as the developing nation undergoes a rapid period of urbanisation, there are fears buildings are....Mon, 19 Mar 2018 06:48:00 +0100reliefWeb-f598f618570b8bff56b21052a558087f20180319064800IOM, govt and partners to assess impact of disaster in PNGhttp://www.pina.com.fj/?p=pacnews&m=read&o=8287484325aaf34d594123c36e4508The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) teams are now working with the Papua New Guinea Government and partners to assess the full impact of the disaster in the five affected provinces. And they are working together with the PNG Government to deliver essential lifesaving aid to survivors,....Mon, 19 Mar 2018 05:19:00 +0100pina-dc618d4c658b3dc1b7bf49f50116447320180319051900Some areas still waiting for relief after PNG quake – UNhttp://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/352826/some-areas-still-waiting-for-relief-after-png-quake-unA United Nations co-ordinator in Papua New Guinea says three weeks after a devastating 7.5-magnitude earthquake, some areas are still to get relief. The earthquake has killed at least 125 people and tens of thousands are in need of assistance. Gerard Ng said many villages had been destroyed and the....Mon, 19 Mar 2018 05:15:00 +0100rnzi-3130173277c5cabece5031e2c17e136520180319051500Papua New Guinea in bid to quake-proof buildings sitting on the Ring of Firehttp://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2018-03-18/papua-new-guinea-in-bid-to-quakeproof-buildings-sitting-on-the-ring-of-fire/1743310Sitting at the collision point of several tectonic plates, Papua New Guinea is ranked the 10th most disaster-prone country in the world and is regularly rattled by earthquakes. But as the developing nation undergoes a rapid period of urbanisation, there are fears buildings are not being constructed....Sat, 17 Mar 2018 23:06:00 +0100radioaustralianews-dc8a8ff71825528376b2e2d90792608b20180317230600