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://ec.europa.eu/echo/aggregator_enA first visit by the Myanmar Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, Win Myat Aye, to Kutupalong Refugee Camp in Cox's Bazar took place on 11 April. The purpose of the visit was to meet with Rohingya refugees and speed up the resettlement process with the Government of Bangladesh.Sat, 14 Apr 2018 04:48:00 +0200EC-3c71e68f1f5cb31e76ce7dce70d586ccECen43.460541 -3.800415ConflictEnvironmentUNbodiesNaturalDisastersMigrationManMadeDisastersClimateActionAlternativeEnergyCivil ProtectionViti LevuPalestinian AuthorityEmergencyMyat AyeIsraeli Defense ForcesUNHCRRefugee CampSocial Welfare20180414044800https://reliefweb.int/report/papua-new-guinea/asia-and-pacific-weekly-regional-humanitarian-snapshot-3-9-april-2018Papua New Guinea. As of 5 April, more than 8,000 households – 43,000 people - remain displaced following the earthquake that struck on 26 February. The displaced people are located across 44 locations and care centres. It is possible these figures may change as further earthquake affected locations are assessed.Mon, 09 Apr 2018 12:54:00 +0200reliefWeb-7a93800498e155d5711a4cdc0144718dreliefWeben-18.1426 178.431NaturalDisasters20180409125400https://reliefweb.int/report/papua-new-guinea/asia-and-pacific-weekly-regional-humanitarian-snapshot-27-mar-2-apr-2018PAPUA NEW GUINEA. On 29 April a M6.9 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of New Britain island. A tsunami alert was issued and then cancelled, and no casualties or severe impacts have been reported. On 26 February a M7.5 earthquake struck Southern Highland Province, followed by several aftershocks.Mon, 02 Apr 2018 12:54:00 +0200reliefWeb-3202d44f6997109731097b6fb02cd53ereliefWeben0.552512 123.065498NaturalDisastersMigrationEmergencyManagement Team20180402125400http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=440291Update: 4:10PM A 5.3 MAGNITUDE earthquake occurred in the Tonga region this afternoon. The Seismology Unit of the Department of Mineral Resources reported that the earthquake occurred at a depth of 10km at 1:50pm. It was registered at 171km East from Nukualofa, Tonga; 426km Southwest from Alofi, Niue and 873km South Southeast from Suva, Fiji.Mon, 02 Apr 2018 06:30:00 +0200fijitimes-672ece29e68a9933443be452e5cb7d76fijitimesen-19.0500047500816 -169.860169314311NaturalDisasters20180402063000http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=439939Update: 1:08PM A 6.9 MAGNITUDE earthquake was recorded in the Papua New Guinea region this morning. The Seismology Unit of the Mineral Resources department said the moderate earthquake was recorded at a depth of 56km. The seismic activity was located 148km East from Kimbe, PNG; 1024km Northwest from....Fri, 30 Mar 2018 03:29:00 +0200fijitimes-89ac89f95a9ca92fc9496d58cc1fb664fijitimesen-18.1426 178.431NaturalDisastersFiji Times20180330032900http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=439690Update: 11:33AM A MODERATE 5.0 magnitude earthquake was recorded South of the Fiji region last night. The Seismology Unit of the Mineral Resources department in Suva reported that the earthquake occurred at 9.06pm at a depth of 641km. The seismic activity was registered at 655km South-southwest from....Wed, 28 Mar 2018 01:41:00 +0200fijitimes-cbfc1c0a2b2a157f0dd95627d4da2730fijitimesen-18.1426 178.431NaturalDisasters20180328014100http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=439570Update: 12:38PM A STRONG 6.6 magnitude earthquake was recorded in the Papua New Guinea region last night, occurring at a depth of 10km. The Seismology Unit of the Mineral Resources department in Suva said the earthquake was located 141km East from Kimbe, PNG; 1042km Northwest from Honiara, Solomon Islands; and 3252km Northwest from Suva.Tue, 27 Mar 2018 02:45:00 +0200fijitimes-58aa5e3ee4f5281c00ed6cfd21771dd2fijitimesen-18.1426 178.431NaturalDisasters20180327024500http://www.radionz.co.nz/tags/West%20PapuaA programme called 'Bright Indonesia' has been launched by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources to increase the electrification rate in the country's eastern provinces. A former West Papuan journalist has recently finished a novel that highlights on human rights issues in Indonesia's Papua....Fri, 27 Apr 2018 04:57:00 +0200rnzi-d7afac5bf077cf824e47130d39368132rnzien-18.1426 178.431NaturalDisastersUlema Councilmember states20180427045700