Category Archives: Serbia

World’s first five country protected area to conserve “Europe’s Amazon”

WWF Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Serbia and Slovenia today signed a historic declaration to establish a trans-boundary UNESCO Biosphere Reserve to protect their shared nature and wildlife along the Mura, Drava and Danube rivers, “Europe’s Amazon”. The declaration - signed during … Continue reading

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Priority area coordinators for EU Danube Region Strategy announced

ENPI The European Commission has revealed which countries and regions will lead priority areas of cooperation under the EU’s Strategy for the Danube Region. A Commission press release said the announcement pinpointing the ‘priority area coordinators’, including Moldova and Ukraine, … Continue reading

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EU Danube strategy key to overcoming disparities: Barroso

AFP The European Union’s strategy for the Danube is key to overcoming disparities in the region, European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said on Monday during a summit in Bucharest. “There has been major progress since the beginning of the … Continue reading

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EU Danube Strategy to promote basin-wide development

WWF WWF welcomes the EU’s initiative to develop a Danube Strategy, which can help bring together and implement existing policies and legislation to achieve long-term sustainable development across the Danube basin. Development of the Strategy comes at a time when … Continue reading

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A million-year-old mammoth skeleton found in Serbia: report

From AFP and reported on Google news… The skeleton was uncovered during ongoing excavations of the site at Viminacium, a Roman military settlement on the Danube river, said archaeologist Miomir Korac. Zoran Markovic of Serbia’s Nature museum said the skeleton … Continue reading

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Serbian Pirates Harass Bulgaria’s Commercial Shipping on Danube

4 December 2008 Bulgaria’s commercial fleet on the Danube River has been raided 38 times by Serbian pirates in the last two years, the Bulgarian River Shipping company announced Thursday. The pirate raids in the Serbian part of the Danube … Continue reading

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