Once again, Belgrade, Nis and Novi Sad are taking part in European Mobility Week 16-21 September, along with more than 2 000 European cities. Under the slogan “Choose. Change. Combine.” this specific campaign is designed to promote sustainable means of transport, point to challenges cities are facing…
Together with German Ambassador to Serbia Axel Dittmann, Head of the EU Delegation Michael Davenport visited reception centre for refugees in Kanjiza where Red Cross of Serbia and Caritas deployed EU aid in the form of food and sanitation packages.
EU interior ministers failed to reach unanimous agreement on Monday on a plan for binding quotas to relocate 120,000 refugees and take the strain off Greece, Italy, and Hungary, officials said.
Minister of Work Aleksandar Vulin and Minister of Internal Affairs Nebojsa Stefanovic told EU and UN representatives in Serbia that the country needed financial assistance, more people and resources to equip new temporary refugee reception centres.
50th celebration of Days of Mokranjac in Negotin were seized as an opportunity to announce European Cooperation Day 2015 and a chance for Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra to perform for the first time in 15 years there, thanks to support from EU Delegation, receiving a standing ovation in fully-packed hall of Dom kulture.
European Parliament Rapporteur for Serbia David McAllister said that Serbia needed to make stronger efforts to align its foreign and security policy with European Union, policy on Russia included.
On Saturday, 12 September, Ambassador Michael Davenport Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia and Serbian Minister of Culture and Information will visit Negotin and attend concert of Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra organised within 50th celebration of Days of Mokranjac.
Delivering on the European Agenda on Migration from May, the European Commission is today putting forward a comprehensive package of proposals which will help address the refugee crisis.
‘There is not enough Europe in this Union. And there is not enough Union in this Union.’ This morning, President Jean-Claude Juncker delivered his first State of the Union address before the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
The EU Delegation is ready, at the request of the Serbian Government, to provide approximately € 400,000 to help prepare temporary accommodation for refugees in Belgrade. An NGO partner to manage this project has already been identified.
