Danube

BELGRADE - The province of Upper Austria is very interested in implementation of joint activities with the Serbian government in terms of the realisation of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region, Upper Austria Minister of Labour, Economy, Tourism, Sports and European Affairs Michael Strugl stated on Wednesday.

Vice Prime Minister for National Security and Interior Affairs Minister, Gabriel Oprea, on Tuesday convened at the Government headquarters an extraordinary meeting of the National Committee for Special Emergency Situations to assess the situation on ensuring traffic in safe conditions on the Danube River, between kilometre 610 and kilometre 375 - upstream the port of Somivit- down

The best location for the construction of the third bridge over the Danube river connecting Bulgaria and Romania is at Nikopol – Turnu Magurele, according to the experts.

The best location for the construction of a third bridge over the Danube river connecting Bulgaria and Romania will be specified within two months.

Four options for the new facility have been brought up for discussion, Darik news informs.

BELGRADE - The Tourism Organisation of Belgrade will organise free rides on tourist ships on July 5.

The Boat Carnival was previously announced for that day, but it will not be held because of the May floods in Serbia.

NOVI SAD - This year's Danubius Young Scientist Award for Serbia has gone to Sonja Kaisarevic, the Novi Sad-based Faculty of Mathematics (PMF) announced on Wednesday.

Kaisarevic received the award, together with other young scientists from the Danube region, at the ceremony in Vienna on June 25.

BELGRADE - The Danube Day campaign, conducted jointly by the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection - Republic Directorate for Water and the Coca Cola System, will this year be aimed at raising funds for the flood-affected regions, the organizers announced on Monday.

BELGRADE - June 29 marks the Danube Day, and Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic said on Sunday that it is a significant day because the Danube River connects 14 European countries.

Romanian Foreign Affairs Minister Titus Corlatean on Thursday, June 26, participated in the third edition of the Annual Forum of the EU's Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR) and in a meeting of chief diplomats, organised on the sidelines of this forum, Romania's Foreign Ministry (MAE) reports in a press release.

BELGRADE - Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic will be at the head of a Serbian delegation at the Third Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR), which is taking place in Vienna Thursday and Friday.