Ljubovija

LJUBOVIJA - Building a bridge means we have not given up on ourselves and those who are the closest to us, Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic said in Ljubovija, western Serbia, after touring the works on the Bratoljub bridge across the River Drina.

It is important that we connect river banks, cities, states, the Serbian nation, as well as Serbs and Bosniaks, he said.

Illustration -(Xinhua/Ren Junchuan)

More than 1,000 homes in Ljubovija are without electricity on Friday after more than 500 utility poles in the area collapsed under snow.

The mayor of this municipality in western Serbia, Milovan Kovacevic, told Tanjug that Ljubovija was in urgent need of assistance, and expected to receive it from the towns of Valjevo and Loznica.

BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications Rasim Ljajic has said that there is no shortage of basic foodstuffs, except bottled water in some places, but this is being compensated for through humanitarian aid.

LJUBOVIJA - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic delivered humanitarian aid to endangered residents of the municipality of Ljubovija in western Serbia, where the situation is very bad after the recent heavy flooding, on Friday.