Geography

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.

LJIG - The Ibar Highway was reopened for cargo transport on Monday, and the traffic along this regional road will completely return to normal starting from Wednesday, Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister Zorana Mihajlovic said on Monday.

Bulgarian mountaineer Boyan Petrov climbed the third highest peak in the world – Kangchenjunga, reported Bulgarian-language media. 

According to Dnevnik.bg, Petrov reached the summit, which is 8598 meters high, in the afternoon of May 20 and became the first Bulgarian to climb it. 

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.

Foreign investment to promote Macedonian textiles

An investment of $400 million would create one of Europe's biggest textile factories.

Macedonia hopes to be home to Europe’s biggest integrated textile production facility. [AFP]

PM: Damage from floods could reach billion euros

OBRENOVAC -- Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić told foreign reporters on Monday that 13 dead bodies have been found so far in the town of Obrenovac near Belgrade.

He at the same time "expressed the hope that despite the scale of the disaster, the number will not grow much more," Tanjug reported.

BELGRADE - The Serbian parliament has released that its sitting, during which a draft statute of Vojvodina should be discussed, was postponed to Tuesday.

Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic informed MPs that the third sitting of the first regular session will be held on May 20, the release specified.

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. 

"Serbia likely to export less, no food shortage"

BELGRADE -- Serbians should not worry that the disastrous floods that hit last week will create a shortage of food products, an expert has said.

An aerial view of the flooded city of Orasje on Sunday. Russian cargo planes and rescue teams from around Europe on Sunday joined huge volunteer aid efforts in swathes of Serbia and Bosnia where at least 44 people have died in the worst floods in over a century.