2210 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 https://www.moi.gov.mm/moi:eng/?q=news/7/08/2019/id-18664A FORUM on earthquake preparedness under the title of “National Earth-quake Preparedness and Response Plan & Earthquake Forum” was held at Thingaha Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning. The forum was chaired by Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Dr Win Myat Aye with....Wed, 07 Aug 2019 08:23:00 +0200moi-gov-mm-fdf70ba51c43afa8dbe449e82c3fa9fc20190807082300https://www.mmtimes.com/news/govt-unveils-quake-preparedness-plan.html“We need to make preparations and implement responses in advance,” said Vice President U Henry Van Thio, chair of Natural Disaster Management Committee, during the launch of the plan on Tuesday in Nay Pyi Taw. Earthquakes cannot be forecast like other disasters, and the damage can be huge depending....Wed, 07 Aug 2019 05:14:00 +0200mmtimes-ff52383c39be0002ce792265b703152120190807051400https://reliefweb.int/report/indonesia/asia-and-pacific-weekly-regional-humanitarian-snapshot-30-july-5-august-2019INDONESIA. As of 5 August, six people are known to have been killed and 2,100 people have been displaced following a 6.9 magnitude earthquake that struck 147 km southwest of Sumur District, Banten Province on 2 August. Most of the displaced are from Pandeglang (Banten Province) and Bandar Lampung....Mon, 05 Aug 2019 14:42:00 +0200reliefWeb-b49a5d4ea76c14b1d3b39c395644f4cf20190805144200https://www.mmtimes.com/news/colourful-backpacks-arrive-yangon.htmlThe concept for the exhibition came about when Japanese curator Daisuke Takeya and artist Chie Kajiwara discussed their experiences of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake. The pair started collecting donated bags in the aftermath of the disaster, and invited young artists to turn them into artworks.Mon, 05 Aug 2019 05:34:00 +0200myanmarnews-af2d45ac86ac280c2cbd8a400535e25c20190805053400