11720 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.rnz.co.nz/news/national/413898/covid-19-northland-tsunami-siren-testing-called-off-after-warningNorthland Civil Defence Emergency Management (CDEM) Group had been planning to go ahead with its usual end-of-daylight-saving testing of 200 sirens - New Zealand's largest network of its type - around the region on Sunday, in spite of the Covid-19 lockdown.Thu, 09 Apr 2020 08:07:00 +0200radionz-4ae8c623d7289f3e028714e0bb60ad5c20200409080700https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8202667/4-3-magnitude-earthquake-rattles-Christchurch-New-Zealand.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490Residents in Christchurch, New Zealand , have woken to a rattle, with a 4.3 magnitude earthquake shaking thousands across the region. The moderate tremble, which took place at 7.49am on Thursday, was reported by 9000 people to earthquake monitors GeoNet.Thu, 09 Apr 2020 02:26:00 +0200dailymail-3f680c6e4b1d8a187c8898d47ab4cfc920200409022600https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12323690&ref=rssA "blimmin' strong" earthquake has shaken Christchurch this morning. Geonet reports the 4.3 magnitude quake was centred 10km south west of the city - at a depth of 5km, which was revised from an initial reported depth of 14km. Almost 9000 people reported feeling the quake - with more than 80 saying it was strong.Wed, 08 Apr 2020 22:48:00 +0200nzherald-fc6ca234cecd77f4801f057268d4b75e20200408224800https://www.orderofmalta.int/2020/04/08/tackling-virus-changing-world/Interview with General Mario Fine, commander of the Italian Association Military Corps. The Order of Malta’s Italian Association Military Corps has a time-honoured experience in emergency interventions. Specialised in military healthcare, there has been no emergency in Italy, including two world....Wed, 08 Apr 2020 18:16:00 +0200orderofmalta-7268e70483993e5dcf2f633589477f8120200408181600