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Kori Udovicki, Minister of State Administration and Local Government, said that only a minority of municipalities had compiled credible assessments of the damage they had suffered in the recent floods.

"Most municipalities have now submitted their flood damage assessments, but [only] a smaller portion provided adequate assessments," the minister told RTS on Friday.

BELGRADE - Between three and four percent of arable land in Serbia was covered in water in the recent floods, but there will be enough food for the country's needs, while wheat will even be exported, head of the association of cereal farmers and exporters Zita Srbije Vukosav Sakovic told Tanjug on Friday.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) estimated the damages from the devastating floods in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina at around EUR 3B. 

Official estimates of the cost are not available yet, but in its report the EBRD put the damage at around EUR 1.5-2 B in Serbia and about EUR 1.3B in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Montenegrin contribution to flood relief praised

PODGORICA -- Montenegrin citizens and organizations have provided massive assistance to flood victims in Serbia, Serbian Ambassador to Montenegro Zoran Bingulac has said.

Deputy Prime Minister Liviu Dragnea on Friday asked the prefects in the Danube riparian areas and those in the counties under hydrological Code Orange to take all necessary measures for the prevention and intervention to reduce the possible effects of floods.

LONDON - The devastating floods in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina have already damaged their economies and will hit growth and inflation in the future as well, believes the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), adding that some very rough preliminary estimates put the damage in Serbia at around EUR 1.5-2 billion.

"Simpler guidelines" for damage assessment

BELGRADE -- Kori Udovički has said that so far a small number of municipalities in Serbia provided adequate assessments of flood damage.

Police questioned Mayor Of Obrenovac for eight hours due to flooding

I did not mention any official during questioning at the police, I am not that kind of a man. However, we in Obrenovac have done everything it was possible to do.

This is what Miroslav Cuckovic said after eight hours of questioning at the police in Belgrade.

Vucic told the Serbian parliament on Thursday that 51 people died during the floods which hit the country on May 15, while four are still missing. "We hope this is the final number," Vucic said.

Vucic also announced the names of the dead and the missing. Among the victims was a firefighter, he noted.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Thrusday the floods in Serbia had claimed 25 lives.

Autopsies have determined that 24 people drowned, including firefighter Dejan Lazarevic, Vucic told the members of the parliament.

One person died in a landslide and another 26 who lost their lives in the flooded areas died of natural causes.