Serbia

Three-day national mourning, danger still present

BELGRADE -- Flags are flying at half-mast in Serbia as the nation observes three days of mourning for those who lost their lives in the worst flooding in over a century.

BELGRADE - Flags are flying at half-mast in Serbia on Wednesday due to a three-day period of national mourning that has been declared for the lives lost in the worst flooding that hit the country in over a century.

“The bridge is not safe. So if you decide to drive across, keep left. The right side is porous as hell,” says the policeman.

International donor meeting in Belgrade on Thursday

BELGRADE -- A meeting of international donors focused on collecting aid and repairing the damage from the catastrophic floods will be held in Belgrade on Thursday.

BELGRADE - Taleb Rifai, secretary general of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), has called on tourists to continue to visit destinations and establishments still in operation in Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) and Croatia as this can help to speed up rebuilding efforts.

BELGRADE - A meeting of international donors focused on collecting aid and repairing the damage from the catastrophic floods that have hit Serbia will be held in Belgrade on Thursday.

Workers of the Nikola Tesla A power plant have gathered with volunteers and colleagues from the state power giant EPS in Obrenovac, southwest of Belgrade, to build an additional bulwark around the plant and protect it from potential flooding.

"We are not tired and we will work as long as necessary," one of the workers said.

Serbia's Ambassador to Bulgaria, Vladimir Curgus expressed his gratitude for the aid his country has received in the devastating floods.

"Our neighbor countries have helped and continue to help tremendously. This reminds us of the closeness between people on the Balkans, where neighbors help neighbors", Ambassador Curgus told Standartnews in an interview.

BELGRADE - Serbian Railways restored on Tuesday evening the international rail traffic with Greece and Bulgaria on the entire stretch from Belgrade to Thessaloniki and Sofia.

On Wednesday, Serbian Railways will get back to normal the international passenger traffic from Belgrade to Montenegro and Macedonia.

Rail traffic restored between Belgrade, Thessaloniki, Sofia

BELGRADE -- Serbian Railways restored on Tuesday evening international rail traffic with Greece and Bulgaria on the entire stretch from Belgrade to Thessaloniki and Sofia.