Hungary donates 32,000 euros for those affected by flood of 2015
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The Government of Hungary has donated 32,000 euros in support of families affected by a major flash flood in the summer of 2015 in Tbilisi.
The funds have been allocated by Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto, and will be administered by the the Georgian Red Cross Organisation.
Georgia’s capital Tbilisi was hit by a deadly flash flood on the evening of June 13, 2015 which turned out to be the city’s worst human and infrastructural disaster in years.
Flooded Tbilisi Zoo, damaged roads, victims, and animals escaped from the disaster and into the streets – central Tbilisi experienced the most tragic night in its modern history on June 13, 2015. Photo by Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
More than 20 people lost their lives in the flood.
More than 800 people from up to 200 families lost their homes or businesses in the flooding and Tbilisi Zoo lost almost half of its animals.
The disaster damaged the infrastructure of more than 20 streets in central Tbilisi.
Szijjarto who arrived in Georgia today has a number of high-level meetings scheduled during his two-day visit to Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi.
Today marks exactly one year since Georgia’s capital Tbilisi was hit by a deadly flash flood, which turned out to be the city’s worst human and infrastructural disaster in years. Twenty-one people lost their lives in the flood on the evening of June 13, 2015. The bodies of two of these victims have still not been found.
Exactly six months has passed since Georgia’s capital Tbilisi was hit by a deadly flash flood, which turned out to be the city’s worst human and infrastructural disaster in years.
The United States (US) is sending teams of experts to assist local services recover from the flash flood that caused major damage in Tbilisi last weekend.
Georgia is mourning the loss of a dozen people who died in a major flash flood in capital city Tbilisi on Saturday night.
Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto spoke about Georgian-Hungarian cooperation at today’s joint press conference with Georgian Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze.
Tbilisi Zoo is now home to a new group of South African penguins donated by twin-city Bristol, UK, as the Georgian capital’s zoo continues its restoration after the flood of 2015.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will visit Georgia for a two-day official visit tomorrow. Orban will meet Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili on Friday morning.
Hungary is ready to tighten economic ties with Georgia, says Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Orban, accompanied by the Hungarian Cabinet Ministers, is paying an official visit to Tbilisi today.