{"id":3162548,"date":"2020-10-28T10:00:23","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T10:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webalkans.eu\/eu-and-serbia-together-against-floods\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T15:15:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T15:15:55","slug":"eu-and-serbia-together-against-floods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webalkans.eu\/en\/eu-and-serbia-together-against-floods\/","title":{"rendered":"EU and Serbia together against floods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the last six years, the EU has set aside more than \u20ac170 million for flood prevention, as well as for recovery and reconstruction in Serbia. Valjevo is only one of the Serbian towns that has benefitted from that money. A total of six kilometres along the Jablanica, Kolubara, and Obnica rivers around Valjevo have been protected from floods. Valjevo is now probably Serbia\u2019s one of the most protected towns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The completion of the works was marked near the Veselinovi\u0107 bridge over the river Obnica. In attendance were the Head of the European Union Delegation to Serbia, Ambassador Sem Fabrizi, as well as the Director of the Austrian Cultural Centre, Adrian Feix on behalf of his country\u2019s Embassy, and the Mayor of Valjevo, Lazar Gojkovi\u0107, the director of Srbijavode, Goran Puzovi\u0107 and the director of the Office for Public Investment Management, Marko Blagojevi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am glad to be in this city again,\u201d said Ambassador Sem Fabrizi. \u201cLast month, I was in Valjevo to meet with medical staff hired by the EU to fight COVID-19 in Serbia. On that occasion, I promised the mayor that I would come again to mark the end of the project to protect the citizens of Valjevo from the flood.\u201d The Ambassador also recalled the great floods of 2014, when 50 municipalities in Serbia and 1.5 million people were affected by the catastrophe. 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