A plane flies over the British parliament buildings with British national flag at half mast in London, Jan. 5, 2004. Flags flew at half mast on government buildings and at the Buckingham Palace Wednesday in honor of the over 145,000 victims who lose lives during the Dec. 26 earthquake-tsunami disaster in a dozen countries in the Indian Ocean rim. (Xinhua Photo)

Turkey and Switzerland have expressed condolences in different forms to the victims killed by the tsunamis triggered by massive earthquakes in south and southeast Asian countries.

Flags flew at half-staff in both countries. The Swiss government also decided to make Wednesday a Day of Mourning for tsunami victims.

Meanwhile, most EU member countries halted all public activities Wednesday and held three minutes of silence in tribute to the victims.

So far, 150 thousand people have reportedly died from the tsunami disaster.