Head of EU Delegation in Belgrade Michael Davenport said that Serbia made “major progress and concrete results” in the process of restitution which “is very important to ordinary citizens.”
Thanks to funds made available through EU Assistance for Flood Relief in Serbia Programme, today marks the beginning of construction of bridges on rivers Lopatnica and Musina reka in Kraljevo, destroyed during May 2014 floods.
Today’s adoption by the UN Security Council of UN Resolution 2240 to combat the recent proliferation of, and endangerment of lives by, the smuggling of migrants and trafficking of persons in the Mediterranean Sea on the high seas represents an important political endorsement by the international community of EUNAVFOR MED – operation Sophia and its goals.
In recent years there has been a dramatic increase in flows of refugees and migrants towards countries neighbouring Syria an thereafter along the Eastern Mediterranean and Western Balkans route. The majority are persons in need of international protection…
During his visit to Vrsac, Head of EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport said this Municipality was among the most successful when it comes to using EU pre-accession funds and other Serbian towns and municipalities should follow its example.
Today the European Commission has detailed its support of €17 million to help Serbia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia cope with the unprecedented refugee flows in these countries ahead of the High Level Conference on the Eastern Mediterranean-Western Balkans route taking place today in Luxembourg.
The current situation in the European Union and challenges to be tackled together, and notably migration, were at the heart of Wednesday afternoon’s debate between European Parliament political group leaders, President of the French Republic François Hollande and Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Angela Merkel.
Participants in debate “Serbia and EU – What Are Our Conditions” agreed that it was necessary to open negotiating chapters with Serbia as soon as possible, whereas Head of EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport said chapters 32 and 35 were the most likely to be opened first.
European Commission’s Audiovisual Service has produced a short stockshot on refugees in Serbia and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). This stockshot features footage from the Serbian/Croatian border and from the refugee aid centre in Sid, as well as from the Greek/FYROM border at Gevgelija.
Starting today, Belgrade Elementary “Vladislav Ribnikar” hosts a seminar involving 35 history teachers titled “Historic Approach to Holocaust and Mass Crimes in Balkans” organised by Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development and the Shoah Memorial with the support from EU Delegation to Serbia.
