Warning given for Europe

Taiwanese nationals intent on travelling to Eastern Europe should avoid flood-stricken areas in the region, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday. As the flood threat appeared to ease in the waterlogged Czech Republic and across most of Europe, the foreign ministry yesterday issued a travel warning to Taiwanese nationals intent on traveling in Eastern Europe. The government has decided to donate US$100,000 in humanitarian aid to the Czech government to help with reconstruction. President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) and Premier Yu Shih-kun have already sent telegrams to Czech President Vaclav Havel and Czech Premier Vladimir Spidla to express their concern over the floods.