Serbia Appeals for Worldwide Assistance After Deadly Floods
This article is for subscribers only.
Rainfall in Serbia abated, helping emergency workers begin the muddy cleanup from deadly floods that inundated whole towns and farms and prompted the country to seek worldwide aid in food, medicine and building materials.
Kristalina Georgieva, the European commissioner for humanitarian aid, arrives in Belgrade today to discuss post-disaster assistance and help prepare a request for aid of as much as 1 billion euros ($1.4 billion) a year, Michael Davenport, the head of the EU delegation to Serbia, said in an interview with state TV broadcaster RTS. Serbia started European Union accession talks on Jan. 21.