Press Release: Commission to pay nearly EUR1.3 million to support Estonia in dealing with storm disaster in 2005

European Commissioner for Regional Policy and the Solidarity Fund, Danuta Hübner, and Estonian Finance Minister Aivar Soerd on 20 April 2006 signed an agreement to pay € 1 289 765 to Estonia 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 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.