Serbian media

BELGRADE - Tanjug will open a photo exhibition at Mikser House in Belgrade on Monday and all the proceeds from the sale of the photographs will be donated as humanitarian aid.

The exhibition will comprise 36 photos, but the visitors will be able to view several hundred more on screens. All of the shots were made at the sites of the recent catastrophic floods in Serbia.

BELGRADE - The health situaton is stable in the flooded areas of Serbia where people are beginning to return, State Secretary for Health Berislav Vekic said on Monday, stressing that the shelters for those who had been evacuated were under constant monitoring.

BELGRADE - The Serbian government adopted a decree on Thursday to set up the office for help and recovery of the flooded areas and decided to set aside RSD 100 million for repair of the damage caused by the floods.

BELGRADE - Presidential Advisor Marko Djuric has said on Wednesday, referring to the floods that hit Serbia, that President Tomislav Nikolic will continue talks with representatives of the international community, noting that the real challenges will arise after water retreats.

BELGRADE – The Norwegian government has decided to give Serbia a EUR 2 million aid to help deal with the consequences of the catastrophic flooding, Norwegian Ambassador in Belgrade Nils Ragnar Kamsvag has said.

BELGRADE - The situation in Serbia is tragic, and the World Health Organization (WHO) is assessing the current state, primarily in relation to the supply of drinking water and sanitary conditions so as to propose measures for public health prevention, WHO senior official Oliver Schmoll said in a statement to Tanjug.

BELGRADE - Greek Ambassador to Serbia Constantine Economides has said that a rescue team from Greece will arrive in Serbia on Monday to provide assistance in areas hit by floods.

"Special 8 man rescue team from Thessaloniki arriving tomorrow to help Serbian friends in flooded areas," he posted via twitter.com.

EULEX sends one, Belarus two helicopters

Belgrade, Moscow -- A helicopter of the EU mission in Kosovo, EULEX, sent to assist in rescue efforts in flood-hit Serbia landed in Belgrade on Sunday.

The helicopter will assist the police in central Serbia.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic called on companies in Serbia to join the action to gather food for the flood-hit population.

Serbian president's advisor Stanislava Pak Stankovic told Tanjug that a large number of companies already responded to the call.

BELGRADE - Four rescue boats and EUR 200,000 of humanitarian aid for the people in Serbia hit by the floods caused by heavy rains in the region will be sent from Italy, Italian Ambassador to Serbia Giuseppe Manzo has said.