66160 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.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/montenegro/extreme-weather-conditions-eu-sends-assistance-slovenia-and-cyprus_enOn Sunday, both Slovenia and Cyprus activated the EU Civil Protection Mechanism due to the floods and wildfires that are affecting these countries. In response to Slovenia’s request for assistance to deal with flood damage: France is sending 2 excavators with engineering units; Germany will be....2023-08-08T18:34+0200eeas-8d4dd8bd41fafb8b8514efb4325b86f720230808183400https://sloveniatimes.com/slovenians-get-day-off-to-join-in-flood-damage-clean-up/The government has designated 14 August a solidarity day, giving citizens a day off to help with flood damage clean-up efforts. Announcing the decision on Instagram, Prime Minister Robert Golob said Slovenia wanted to wrap up the difficult period in the spirit of solidarity.2023-08-08T18:33+0200sloveniatimes-89df618efaf895df5038eb11dc8b6ff320230808183300https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/floods-fires-and-torrential-rains-further-bedevil-europeBRUSSELS - Floods, fires and heavy rains have landed more blows across Europe this week. The authorities on the continent are scrambling to respond to the extreme weather that has become increasingly common in the past few years. The most recent events have destroyed large amounts of land, left....2023-08-08T17:51+0200straitstimesSG-95b01fd1c56535494ce03e14deabca8120230808175100https://slovenia.postsen.com/news/148381/The-government-proposes-to-declare-August-14-as-a-working-day-off.htmlAfter a calm night, we woke up to a cold morning. After the flood situation calms down, today they will continue rehabilitation in the affected areas and assess the damage after the recent heavy floods. Help also comes from abroad. Local precipitation will begin to appear in northern Slovenia in the....2023-08-08T15:21+0200slovenia-postsen-75afd04ec235814b940d0828044cc8a320230808152100