The Strumica River Basin is the Macedonia’s main agricultural centre, producing over 180,000 tonnes of vegetables each year. The soil is fertile, nourished by the Strumica River, and the local…
The European Commission (EC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have launched an initiative to increase disaster prevention in cities across seven countries and territories in the Western Balkans.…
The devastating floods that hit Louisiana in August 2016 are expected to cost the US economy between US$10 billion and US$15 billion according to Aon Benfield’s latest Global Catastrophe Recap…
Skopje, 23 August 2016: The European Union and the World Bank, together with the UN agencies in the country, have responded swiftly to the Macedonia Government’s request for assistance in…
The EU’s Civil Protection Mechanism has been activated and the first EU experts are deployed onsite in Macedonia following the deadly floods that struck in the Skopje area on 06…
Macedonia’s Ministry of Interior said on Sunday that at least 21 people have died in flooding in and around the capital, Skopje. At least 6 are still missing and it…
Disastrous floods in the Balkans two years ago are likely linked to the temporary slowdown of giant airstreams, scientists found. These wind patterns, circling the globe in the form of…
As announced earlier this month, the EU sent a team of civil protection experts to help with damage assessment and disaster recovery in areas of Macedonia hit by flash floods…
The EU is to send a team of civil protection experts to help with damage assessment and disaster recovery in areas of Macedonia hit by flash floods earlier this month…
Strong winds and heavy rainfall in the Polog Region of north-western Macedonia, yesterday, 03 August 2015, caused the Pena and Porojska rivers to overflow, as well as flash flooding and storm…
News agency MINA are reporting that at least 3 rivers overflowed in Macedonia after heavy rainfall over the last few days, causing flooding in the municipalities of Kavadarci, Prilep and…
The heavy rain that swept across southern Europe over the last few days has left 100,000 people in the Republic of Macedonia affected by flooding. The worst affected areas are…
