Press Release: EUR5.67 million to pay for emergency aid for storm damages

The European Commissioner for Regional Policy, Danuta Hübner, and Slovak Deputy Prime Minister, Pál Csáky Bra, on 17 October 2005 signed an agreement to pay € 5.67 million to Regions of Slovakia – including Banská, Bystrica, Kosice, Presov, Zilina - worst hit by the severe storm of November 2004. 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: restoring infrastructure, setting up temporary accommodation, activating rescue services and clean-up operation in affected areas.

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