Severe weather including heavy rain and snow has affected areas of South Eastern Europe over the last few days, with flooding reported in parts of Albania, Kosovo, Bulgaria, Serbia and…
Emergency officials in Serbia have declared an emergency after days of heavy rain caused widespread damage as rivers overflowed. The Interior Ministry said in a statement: “A state of emergency…
Parts of Serbia and Croatia were hit by heavy rain on 23 June, 2019, causing flash flooding. Croatia In Croatia, the country’s civil protection directorate (Ravnateljstvo civilne zaštite) said that…
Several cities and municipalities have declared a state of emergency after heavy rain caused flooding and landslides in parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and Serbia over the last few…
One person has died and as many over 40 people were evacuated when a storm and heavy rain caused flooding in parts of north eastern Serbia on Wednesday 07 June,…
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.…
Two days of heavy rain has caused rivers to rise in Albania with flooding and landslides reported in several parts of the country. Areas of Tirana, the country’s capital, have…
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…
The Serbian Interior Ministry declared an emergency situation on Monday 7 March 2016, after floods hit the municipalities of Čačak, Lucani and Arilje in central and eastern Serbia. Areas of…
PARIS, Dec 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Three Balkan nations – hard hit by severe flooding – were among the six countries most affected by extreme weather events in 2014,…
According to a study by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) – European Commission’s in-house science service – river floods in Europe could directly affect more than half a million people…
At least 4 people have died in Italy after two days of heavy rain caused floods and landslides in several regions across the country. Meanwhile heavy rain in the Balkans…
More severe weather has swept across parts of southern Europe over the last 4 days. France, Italy and Switzerland have all been badly affected. Floods and landslides have killed 9…
EU Commissioner for Regional Policy, Johannes Hahn, has today announced an aid package worth nearly €80 million proposed by the European Commission for Serbia, Croatia and Bulgaria after flooding disasters…
The World Bank has approved a $300 million loan (227.5 million Euros) for the Floods Emergency Recovery Project for Serbia. The loan will run over a 30-year period and is…
The floods that struck in Bosnia on 05 and 06 August have prompted the the government of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to declare a state of emergency. One…
