Aid

BELGRADE - All foreign donations sent to flood-threatened regions in Serbia are exempt from payment of customs duties and VAT, and this also applies to donations through mobile phones distributed via all operators, as stipulated by the Law on Donations and Humanitarian Aid, the Serbian Ministry of Finance said in a release Tuesday.

BELGRADE - The UN will assist reconstruction efforts in Serbia once the water recedes from the flood-hit areas and appeal for donor aid after the situation has been analysed, the UN Resident Coordinator in Serbia Irena Vojackova-Solorano said on Tuesday.

BELGRADE - The Serbian government has ordered the national directorate for the strategic reserves to give out 30 t of canned food, 50 t of flour and 5 t of powdered milk as aid for flood victims.

The Sector for Emergency Situations will distribute this aid in coordination with the Red Cross and local governments, the government office for media relations has stated.

Humanitarian aid arriving from countries, organizations

BELGRADE -- The Serbian Interior Ministry said on Tuesday that relief aid for flood victims is expected to arrive from Japan, and the OSCE.

In addition to assistance coming in daily from all parts of the world, Danish, Slovak and German water pump teams should arrive later in the day.

BELGRADE - The Serbian Interior Ministry said on Tuesday that relief aid for flood victims is expected to arrive from Japan and the OSCE and that, in addition to assistance coming in daily from all parts of the world, Danish, Slovak and German water pump teams should arrive later in the day.

BRUSSELS - Serbia can count on European Union’s assistance in several stages and based on several grounds, Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Goran Svilanovic said Monday.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Customs Administration has issued an order to all customs posts to view the humanitarian aid process as a priority and it simplified the procedure of the aid delivery to their destinations in flood-hit parts of Serbia as much as possible.

Bulgaria's State Fund Agriculture has managed to provide the additional BGN 4M it promised to farmers in a day, Thursday.

State aid to companies in Southwest Bulgaria will be limited to 25% of eligible investment costs, and in all other regions - to 50 %.

The provision is part of Bulgaria's Regional aid map for the period 2014-2020 which was adopted Wednesday, Dnevnik reports.

By Corina Ruhe, Nikos Chrysoloras & Rebecca Christie

Euro area finance chiefs will decide tomorrow on the amount and pace of Greece’s next aid payments, Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem said.