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Dr. Demetrios Pyrros, Chairman of EENA Advisory Board, participated to the Public Hearing organised by the European Parliament on the Telecom Package last Tuesday 6 May.
Sofia. In June the European Commission will institute proceedings against Bulgaria because of the late start of the 112 emergency service. The announcement came in the middle of the week by emergency call center director Stoyan Gramatikov. Bulgaria made engagements for the 112 line to be operational in the beginning of 2007.
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - A Romanian man has been fined for making 6,442 profane phone calls to an emergency number, police said Thursday. The 24-year-old man, who lives in a village in southern Romania, was identified in February and fined $223 in April after a checkup showed he was mentally sound, said Daniela Salaoru, police spokeswoman for Ialomita county police.
According to Guido Bertolaso, director of the national Department of the Italian civil Protection, "Italy is the only Country of the European Union not to have adopted the European emergency number 112".
Take-up of intelligent car technologies remains very low, given their potential, says the Transport Committee in a report adopted on Tuesday. These technologies need to get cheaper, but also to be better publicised, it stresses, noting that if fully deployed, with the necessary infrastructure, EU-wide emergency call technology could save up to 2,500 lives a year on EU roads, and electronic stability control up to 4,000.
Bucharest - Romania has two months to solve problems over how their emergency services are contacted, the European Commission warns.
BRUSSELS (Thomson Financial) - The European Commission says it has sent Bulgaria and Romania a final warning, threatening to take both countries to court if they do not ensure that the 112 European emergency telephone number works properly.
In France, a woman died some weeks ago following inappropriate intervention of the EMS (SAMU).
(304KB)United Kingdom - Following several years of discussion, the 101 non-emergency number has been dropped.
Brussels is planning to discuss starting penalty procedures against Bulgaria for the incorrect implementation of the Pollution Control and Prevention Directive. The measures are being considered because of violations of environmental law and because of the delay in implementing the emergency number 112.
POLAND - The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration has announced that the new 112 emergency number will start operating in Poland by summertime.
ROMA - This articles describes the decision from the Italian authorities to upgrade the 112 services.
(BRUSSELS) - The European Commission on Wednesday relaunched an initiative to create an EU civil protection force to intervene anywhere in the world in case of a natural or man-made disaster.
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(40KB)The European Parliament has adopted by a large majority the Written Declaration 100/2007 on Early Warning Systems of the population. This is a second major success at the European Parliament concerning the objectives promoted by EENA in favour of citizens' safety following the endorsement of the Written Declaration on the European Emergency Number 112 in September 2007.
In a new round of infringement proceedings for Telecoms Rules, the European Commission has closed two cases against Latvia and Poland. The Commission has decided to also suspend its previous decision to refer a case to the European Court of Justice.
The European commission has threatened member states with possible legal action if it does not do more to promote the EU-wide 112 emergency number.
The inexistence of number portability, the non-availability of caller location information for 112 emergency calls or the lack of a broadband strategy are also amongst the difficulties Romania will have to resolve. I am of course always available for a close dialogue with the Romanian government and the Romanian telecoms regulator to give EU support, where possible.
Cette plateforme qui centralisera - comme c'est déjà le cas - tous les appels d'urgence 15 - 18 et 112, est dotéé de nouvelles fonctions et permettra aux équipes médicales de régulation et aux pompiers de connaître à tout moment la nature des interventions ainsi que les moyens humains et matériels engagés.
Under the intiative of Members of the European Parliament, the first European 112 Day took place on 11.2.2008. A press conference was held at the European Parliament.
Under the intiative of EENA and with the support of sponsors, a 112 information campaign took place at the International Brussels Airport on 11.2.2008 at the occasion of the European 112 Day
EC figures show no improvement of the 112 knowledge within 8 years!
Belgium - The Center answering calls to 100 of Namur sent a complaint along with other centers on the financing of centers answering 100.
Bulgaria's Disaster Management Ministry said on January 31 it was accepting applications to fill 12 vacancies for the 112 emergency hotline operators in the southwestern part of the country.
The growth in VoIP is presenting a whole new set of challenges for the emergency services, as BAPCO Journal found out recently. Dan Worth reports from The London Fire Brigade Training Centre, the location for the South East Region conference, "What does VoIP offer?".
There is complete budget chaos in the introduction of a central 112 emergency number, mediapool.bg reported on November 16.
In Switzerland, less citizens call 118 by mistake since new measures have been implemented.
Bucarest - The Minister of Communications and Information Technologies, Karoly Borbely, presented a memorandum on the European Emergency Number 112.
Sofia. Unexpectedly, troubled Bulgarians in Hungary managed to call emergency number 112 in Sofia, the press office of the Ministry of State Policy for Disasters and Accidents announced.
In January 2008, the installation of Bulgaria's national 112 emergency number system would start with the installation of regional centres in Rousse, Bourgas, Varna, Montana and Plovdiv, a media statement from the Disaster Management Ministry said.
The European Commission was closely following the introduction of the united European emergency line 112 in Bulgaria and kept in touch with the Bulgarian authorities in order to take care that the line was introduced as soon as possible, Ministry of State Policy for Disasters and Accidents informed.
The EU has delayed releasing controversial proposals that would have made it easier for patients to travel abroad within the bloc for health care.
A new lobby group has been set up in an attempt to influence the regulation of Internet telephony in Europe.
European Commission's (EC) Communications Regulation Committee was preparing a questionnaire to request detailed information from all member states, including Bulgaria, regarding the introduction of the single European emergency number 112.
This documentary was broadcasted in the show "Envoyé Spécial" on France 2, French public TV Channel. It describes the issues related to emergency management in France.
Municipalities declared a state of emergency on purpose, even at the slightest rain so as to claim money from the state budget, Disaster Management Minister Emel Etem said on December 11 on Bulgarian National Television (BNT).
The answer of the European Commission follows a letter sent by EENA in which some problems related to multilingualism and awareness of 112 in Italy were revealed.
Belgium - 75% of emergency calls to 100 are non-appropriate calls.
From the 8th September 2008 VoIP providers will be required to allow users to make 999 / 112 emergency calls.
The Ponta Delgada Public Prosecutor in the Azores has ordered in inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the lack of assistance supplied to a 37-year old British woman who tried and failed on seven occasions to report her ordeal to 112 emergency number operators.
The European Commission has referred Poland and Latvia to the European Court of Justice and has opened an infringement proceeding against Romania to ensure that the single European emergency call number 112 works properly also in these countries.
The Commission will adopt a new coherent framework for cross-border healthcare. The draft directive clarifies to patients whether and under what circumstances they can choose providers abroad.