International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

Marking one year since the devastating earthquakes that shook southern Türkiye, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has issued a call for heightened solidarity to address the ongoing humanitarian crisis.

Questions remained Thursday over the military plane crash that Russia said had killed dozens of captured Ukrainian soldiers ahead of a planned prisoner exchange, with Moscow and Kiev trading accusations at the U.N. Security Council.

Russia has blamed Ukrainian forces for downing the IL-76 transport plane over the southern Belgorod region on Wednesday.

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has called for urgent assistance to communities still grappling with the aftermath of the devastating earthquakes that struck Türkiye's southern region six months ago, claiming the lives of over 50,000 people.

The evacuation of the two injured Greek citizens and the other Greek citizens trapped in the conflict zone in Sudan is currently not possible, diplomatic sources said as fighting entered its fifth day on Wednesday.

Pointing to the humanitarian plight taking place in Ukraine, Kerem Kınık, the head of the Turkish Red Crescent, said that "one out of 8 people in Ukraine are displaced."

Kınık spoke at the "11th European Regional Conference" held by the International Feferation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Georgia's capital Tbilisi on April 26.

The bank account is published on the website of the Bulgarian Red Cross, and later an additional option for online donations will be activated through the website of the organization.

The campaign for collecting material donations throughout the country continues, the organization announced.

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Ljubljana – Slovenia will make a humanitarian contribution of EUR 100,000 to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in 2022 to help war-stricken Ukraine, the government decided on Saturday.

The ICRC’s work in Ukraine is focused on providing medical care, access to water and other basic services, the Slovenian Foreign Ministry announced.

The Romanian Red Cross celebrates 145 years of humanitarian action and is still with the people, "constantly following the founding values of the organisation," and the civic spirit, empathy and kindness today give "confidence and hope," Custodian of the Romanian Crown, Margareta, the chair of the Romanian Red Cross (SNCR), underlined at an anniversary event on Thursday held in the garden of El

Bulgaria is one step closer to the idea of ​​becoming a European training center in the area of disasters, accidents and catastrophes. Parliament supported the construction of such a center, as well as a school for paramedics, with amendments at first reading to the Bulgarian Red Cross Act.

The Turkish Red Crescent delivered 100 food packages to an Istanbul church as part of measures to combat the novel coronavirus, the aid agency said on April 30. 

Altimermer Greek Orthodox Church in Istanbul's historic Fatih district received the supplies of basic necessities that will be distributed to the city's Greek Orthodox minority community.