Czech Republic will apply for flood relief funding from EU Solidarity Fund

Prime Minister Petr Nečas says the Czech Republic will be applying for money from the EU Solidarity Fund to cover damages from recent floods in the regions of Liberec and Ústí nad Labem. The government will be discussing a joint application with Poland and the German state of Saxony, both of which were also hard hit by the early-August floods. The prime minister says that damages have so far reached 6.5 billion crowns, which does not entitle the country to automatic funding from the EU. The state has already earmarked 80 million crowns for immediate aid and a further 665 million for repairs to infrastructure.