Danube

The Economy Ministry together with the Sofia University will take part in a research concerning cruise tourism opportunities along the Bulgarian stretch of Danube river.

BELGRADE - Serbia will chair the Danube Commission for the next three years, Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs released on Thursday.

This is yet another confirmation of Serbia's changed international position and its reputation in the international community, the release states.

The level of the Bulgarian stretch of the Danube river is slightly decreasing, head of the Agency for Exploration and Maintenance of the river Georgi Georgiev informed.

BELGRADE – The water levels on the Danube and Sava rivers in Belgrade are expected to reach their peak during the night between Saturday and Sunday, but there no risk of flooding in the Serbian capital’s central municipalities, Belgrade emergency directorate chief Rade Milosevic said Saturday.

BELGRADE/OBRENOVAC - The water from the flooded Belgrade municipality of Obrenovac may subside in around five days and as of Sunday, the level of the Sava River may be expected to drop, the National Emergency Management Headquarters stated at the session on Friday.

BELGRADE - There are no threatened areas in Belgrade, the Danube level increased by two centimeters in the last 24 hours, while the Sava level went up by one centimeter, Milos Milovanovic, director of the public water management company Beogradvode, told Tanjug on Friday.

The increasing levels of Danube river will not affect shipping, however some of the quays are at risk of being flooded, Bulgaria's Transport Minister Danail Papazov said, Tuesday.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta announced on Monday that Romania is to offer food, blankets and water to people in neighbouring Serbia and to Bosnia and Herzegovina in an effort to help flood victims.

Bucharest is also to send anti-flood pumps to the affected areas.

The town of Smederevska Palanka on the river Danube has been enveloped by water on all sides, with aerial photographs showing the roofs of houses poking out from the flood-borne lake.

The level of the Bulgarian stretch of the Danube river continues to rise and   flooded a fishing village near Ruse. 

According to the Agency for Exploration and Maintenance of the Danube, the level at Ruse rose by half a meter overnight and passed the 7-meter mark.