410 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/where/asia-and-pacific/pacific_enThe Pacific Region is frequently hit by natural disasters ranging from cyclones, floods, droughts to earthquakes. Pacific island countries including Papua New Guinea, Fiji Islands, Solomon Islands, Cook Islands and Vanuatu, rank among the highest in the world in terms of numbers of casualties and people affected by disasters.Wed, 27 Jun 2018 05:01:00 +0200EC-ffa07e574a308b58972ab4a5f971f95e20180627050100http://www.fijitimes.com/substandard-structural-steel-imported-in-fiji-engineer/An eminent local civil engineer has raised his concern on the importation of substandard structural steel used for the construction of buildings in Fiji. Picture: FT FILE. AN eminent local civil engineer has raised his concern on the importation of substandard structural steel used for the construction of buildings in Fiji.Mon, 18 Jun 2018 04:59:00 +0200fijitimes-9b6bbd7f2a092973f1a7dd7463e754fd20180618045900http://www.pireport.org/articles/1999/12/13/fiji-mine-town-fears-big-earthquakeBy Charles Chamber. VATUKOULA, Fiji Islands (December 10, 1999 – Fiji Times)---Residents of Vatukoula are making no bones about it. They are dead scared of the recent tremors that have shaken the mining community. What most fear, even though Emperor Gold Mining's general manager Martin Jacobsen has....Mon, 11 Jun 2018 10:52:00 +0200pidp-0fcf4220b85875375739a712f260212f20180611105200https://reliefweb.int/report/world/spc-staff-support-victims-natural-disasters-pacificOn Friday morning, Colin Tukuitonga, Director-general of the Pacific Community (SPC), handed 705,840 Pacific Francs, collected from all SPC staff in New Caledonia and Fiji, over to the French Red Cross. The funds will contribute to the reconstruction efforts of countries recently hit by natural....Fri, 08 Jun 2018 09:02:00 +0200reliefWeb-2dd11545af45fb950a08e2676326e40820180608090200