267340 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 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-22/julie-bishop-reminds-pacific-nations-of-australia-role/9575782The Australian Government is making a push to re-establish itself as the dominant nation in the South Pacific, with fresh aid spending and official visits. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop is using a trip to Papua New Guinea and Tonga to remind Pacific nations that Australia's neighbours are its biggest beneficiaries.Thu, 22 Mar 2018 02:49:00 +0100abc-au-579b9f11c7b451fcecd77ae2e8dfb5ac20180322024900https://www.tv6tnt.com/news/regional/digicel-fulfils-promise-to-haiti-with-th-school/article_caaffd36-2d3a-11e8-91a4-2f9c79a99c1a.htmlPort-au-Prince, Haiti - Wednesday, 21st March, 2018: The Digicel Haiti Foundation, under the patronage of Digicel Group chairman and founder Denis O’Brien, proudly inaugurated its 175th school in Haiti on March 20, following its 2014 commitment to build an additional 25 schools after the completion of the 150th.Wed, 21 Mar 2018 20:29:00 +0100tv6tnt-ff92fa49b2270d62365a8268dc13ec0b20180321202900https://reliefweb.int/report/papua-new-guinea/health-facilities-devastated-png-quake21 MARCH 2018, PORT MORESBY - A third of all health facilities have closed in Hela and Southern Highlands Provinces as a result of the Papua New Guinea earthquake. On 26 February, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea, triggering landslides, affecting water sources and wiping out houses, health facilities, people and crops.Wed, 21 Mar 2018 11:13:00 +0100reliefWeb-b978e66669c6b84684258a8eedcebe5420180321111300http://www.pina.com.fj/?p=pacnews&m=read&o=5193263865ab18e40752b165910c77Prime Minister Peter O’Neill said that Papua New Guinea has a true friend in Australia which the country has seen demonstrated in the response to the Highlands earthquake. O’Neill met with visiting Foreign Minister Julie Bishop immediately after arrival from Australia in Port Moresby to discuss a....Wed, 21 Mar 2018 05:56:00 +0100pina-98476a039091ec99694b4f816cfa605b20180321055600