EU Solidarity Fund

The European Commission (EC) allocated on Thursday EUR 6.3 M from the EU Solidarity Fund to Bulgaria in order for the country to deal with the damages caused by the severe winter conditions in the beginning of the year.

The Commission decided to grant aid worth €16.2 million from the EU Solidarity Fund to Greece and Bulgaria following natural disasters that occurred in the winter of 2015. Greece suffered from wide-spread flooding affecting five of its regions, while considerable damage was caused in Bulgaria due to severe winter conditions.

BELGRADE - Only a third of the funds needed to repair the EUR 1.7 billion damage from the devastating floods last year are available to Serbia, Director of the Serbian government's Office for Reconstruction and Flood Relief Marko Blagojevic said Wednesday.

Bulgaria could rely on EUR 160 M, which could be allocated under the EU Environment Operational Programme on flood and landslide prevention.

This was announced by the Deputy Environment Minister and former district governor of Sofia district Krasimir Zhivkov in an interview for private NOVA TV on Saturday.

Serbia receives EUR 60.2mn from EU Solidarity Fund

BELGRADE -- Serbia has been granted EUR 60.2 million worth of funds from the EU Solidarity Fund "for repair of flood consequences," Tanjug has reported.

The agency quoted Serbian Minister without portfolio in charge of EU integration Jadranka Joksimovic.

BELGRADE - Serbia has been granted EUR 60.2 million worth of funds from the EU Solidarity Fund for repair of flood consequences, Serbian Minister without portfolio in charge of European integration Jadranka Joksimovic stated on Thursday.

The European Commission granted on Thursday EUR 1.98 M to Bulgaria for addressing the consequences of the 2014 floods.

The funds, which were allocated from the EU Solidarity Fund, aim to partially cover the emergency costs of recovery operations after the floods, the press service of the Commission informs.

Bulgaria's Ministry of Regional Development estimated that BGN 870 M will be needed for reinforcing areas prone to landslides.

This was announced by Regional Minister Lilyana Pavlova at a sitting of the parliamentary Regional Committee on Thursday, daily Dnevnik reports.

Bulgarian Regional Minister Lilyana Pavlova said on Saturday that the country could be affected by major landslides in 2015 as these have started to occur on a daily basis.

Pavlova stated that a series of landslides have been unleashed, blocking roads on the whole territory of the country, daily Dnevnik reports.

The total damages for the road infrastructure after the floods in Bulgaria amount to BGN 22 M after only twenty four hours, said Minister of Regional Development Lilyana Pavlova on Tuesday in an interview for bTV.