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NOVI SAD - The head of the Vojvodina provincial government, Maja Gojkovic, laid a wreath in Novi Sad on Monday to commemorate the 106th anniversary of Vojvodina's Unifiication with the Kingdom of Serbia in 1918.

The Danube River has recently reached its peak levels due to heavy rainfall in Europe, resulting in overflows in Budapest. However, officials in Bulgaria report that there is no danger of flooding in the Bulgarian section of the river. The Agency for Research and Maintenance of the Danube is continuously monitoring water levels, which remain well within safe limits.

Thunderstorm systems over Romania are moving in a north-easterly altitudinal current towards Serbia, i.e. towards its north-eastern part.
"In the next two hours, rain and local showers with thunder are expected in the north of Vojvodina, the south of Banat, Srem and western Serbia," announced the Republic Hydrometeorological Institute (RHMZ) in an announcement published at 4 p.m.

President of Serbia went on a tour of the fortress. The restoration of the Fetislam fortress took two years, EU representative said during the tour.
"This will be a special attraction. The Turks did this, and the Europeans rebuilt it," emphasized Vui.

As reported by the reporter of TV Prva, who talked to the locals, the citizens heard gunfire that reminded of the firing from automatic weapons, the so-called Uzi.
During the attack, U. S. (26), who was the bodyguard of G. K., who was previously known to the police, was killed.

A project dedicated to the river Danube evaluates three types of scenarios to identify in view of restoration naturally floodable areas of the river and its main tributaries, the Romanian Waters National Adminisration (ANAR) informs, on the occasion of the International Danube Day, marked each year, on June 29.

Booking rates for tourist accommodation establishments in the Danube Delta for the Easter mini-holiday is up to 95%, but some economic agents, especially those whose incomes depended on foreign tourism, claim that, although theoretically they are 100% booked, they practically cannot carry out their activity.

The general spring fishing ban began on Friday in Romania's natural habitats, with the fishing closure next imposed in border waters - the Danube River section shared with Bulgaria and the waters that define the border with Ukraine, the Musura Gulf included - as of April 24, according to the Prohibition Order issued by the Ministries of Environment and of Agriculture, respectively.

The second longest river in Europe has become 134 km shorter, world media reports.

Recently, an international team of experts found that due to riverbed adjustments made to prevent floods, river sediments are now deposited on its banks rather than flowing to the Black Sea as before.

Interior Minister Marcel Vela said on Sunday evening at the Nadlac I border crossing point that regulations should be worked out for navigators carrying goods and having to leave Romania, much as the regulations for truck drivers, and at the border with Bulgaria transit by farmers in the two countries should be allowed, as is the case at the border with Hungary.