Government pledges more money for tsunami disaster victims

Following a Cabinet session on Tuesday the Foreign Minister Cyril Svoboda said the government was prepared to earmark up to 200 million crowns (6.7 million euros) towards the restoration of the devastated region. Last week the Czech government pledged 15 million crowns for immediate relief to the tsunami disaster area. Eight million has already been released.

By Wednesday Czechs have raised more than 90 million crowns (3 million euros) in individual donations to public collections called by aid organisations.