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.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=440241New diplomat. Vanuatu has appointed John Licht as its new ambassador to the European Union and Belgium. Mr Licht officially signed his contract at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday, according to the Daily Post. Bar licence. A Samoan MP and bar owner Olo Fiti Va'ai is suing the Liquor Board....Mon, 02 Apr 2018 01:55:00 +0200fijitimes-97f813cd5a44fe91ff160910923bb0d1fijitimesen-19.0500047500816 -169.860169314311PublicHealthNaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseasesEU-PacificEU-AsiaThe Jakarta PostEuropean Union20180402015500http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/emergency/large-quake-strikes-near-vanuatu/A 7.6-magnitude earthquake has struck about 535km southeast of the Pacific nation of Vanuatu. The shallow quake was measured at a depth of about 10km. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre has issued a warning for areas close to the quake, although there was no Pacific-wide threat of a tsunami. Alexandra 95.Thu, 22 Mar 2018 22:51:00 +0100newstalkzb-ec0c00f99775928ed5eb87b0cb461c7enewstalkzben-17.7404 168.321NaturalDisastersPacific Tsunami Warning CentreThe Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre20180322225100http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=438601Update: 5:31PM A 5.3 MAGNITUDE earthquake occurred in the Vanuatu region this afternoon. The seismology Unit of the Department of Mineral Resources reported that the earthquake occurred at a depth of 110km at 2:36pm. It was registered at 247km North Northwest from Port Vila, Vanuatu; 745km North....Mon, 19 Mar 2018 06:55:00 +0100fijitimes-1d465d9e97f1d3b80c763d0b75539f6cfijitimesen-18.1426 178.431NaturalDisasters20180319065500http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=438124Update: 6:03PM A 5.0 MAGNITUDE earthquake occurred in the Vanuatu region this afternoon. The Seismology Unit of the Department of Mineral Resources in Suva reported that the earthquake occurred at a depth of 10km at 4:51pm today. It was registered at 210km North from Luganville, Vanuatu; 474km North....Thu, 15 Mar 2018 07:25:00 +0100fijitimes-16022c0b6f282c95a40405d9ea90bd82fijitimesen-18.1426 178.431NaturalDisastersFiji Times20180315072500http://www.pireport.org/articles/2009/09/29/19-dead-after-tsunamis-sweep-samoas14 fatalities reported in American Samoa. HONOLULU (Pacific Islands Report, Sept. 29, 2009) – A radio station in American Samoa today reported 14 deaths from a series of five tsunamis that swept the U.S. territory after a 7.9 quake hit about 120 miles west of Pago Pago.Sun, 11 Mar 2018 21:45:00 +0100pidp-a90611adbeb48e47930b1da3488fe25apidpen19.286168728198 166.639288252638NaturalDisastersNews agencyWest Coast/Alaska Tsunami WarningVisitor CenterRadio New ZealandMike Reynolds20180311214500http://oncenoticias.tv/index.php?modulo=interior&nota=8&dt=2018-03-08Los servicios de rescate siguen engrosando el número de víctimas mortales por el terremoto de la madrugada del pasado 26 de febrero, que llegó ya a cien con claras posibilidades de aumento. Mientras tanto la región del Pacífico sur enfrenta un nuevo fenómeno natural, el ciclón tropical Hola, que se....Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:59:00 +0100oncenoticias-2a38f1b7b932372f914fcd03b7be93f3oncenoticiases-17.7404 168.321Still relief by earthquake in Papua new Guinea the number of fatalities came to a hundred and provide that the grow by: drawing-up eleven news' source: Notimex '08 - 03 - 2018 06:23:00Still relief by earthquake in Papua new Guinea the number of fatalities came to a hundred and provide that the grow by: drawing-up eleven news' source: Notimex '08 - 03 - 2018 06:23:00NaturalDisastersPeter O'NeilNotimexRadio New ZealandIsla Norte20180308135900http://www.notimex.gob.mx/ntxnotaLibre/501415Puerto Moresby, 8 Mar (Notimex).- Los servicios de rescate siguen engrosando el número de víctimas mortales por el terremoto de la madrugada del pasado 26 de febrero, que llegó ya a 100 con claras posibilidades de aumento. Mientras tanto la región del Pacífico sur enfrenta un nuevo fenómeno natural,....Thu, 08 Mar 2018 11:08:00 +0100notimex-2b07151546fc4d0bc0b85acf14de64a3notimexes-17.7404 168.321International rescue still tasks by earthquake in Papua new GuineaInternational rescue still tasks by earthquake in Papua new GuineaNaturalDisastersPeter O'NeilNotimexRadio New ZealandIsla Norte20180308110800