Press Release: Commission to pay nearly EUR 9.5 million to support Latvia in dealing with storm disaster in 2005

The European Commissioner for Regional Policy and the Solidarity Fund, Danuta Hübner, signed an agreement on 10 April 2006 to pay 9 487 180 EUR to Latvia to reimburse emergency costs incurred after the severe storm of January 2005. The grant was being made available through the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF). It was meant to reimburse public funds spent on the immediate emergency response, in particular on rescue services, cleaning-up operations in affected areas and the restoration of basic infrastructure to working conditions.