Storm floods Balkans, Serbia declares emergency

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Sad to see this, Have the rains stopped now? Prayers for the people of Bosnia and Serbia.

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Pakistan sent aid to Bosnia as well worth several million Bosnian marks:

Pakistan: Nawaz Sherif odobrio višemilionsku pomoć za BiH, avion danas stiže u Sarajevo - Klix.ba

 

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Turkey to pay wages of imams in flood-hit Bosnia​

Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) has decided to pay the wages of imams in flood-hit Bosnia-Herzegovina, in addition to restoring mosques and other religious service buildings that have been damaged in the flood.

“At the moment, the number of damaged mosques is over 10. Among them, there is the Recep Yazıcıoğlu Mosque in Maglaj, which was built by Turkey. These mosques need to be rebuilt,” Deputy Director-General of the Diyanet Foundation (TDV) Mustafa Tutkun told state-run Anadolu Agency on May 25.

“In Bosnia-Herzegovina, the wages of imams are paid by the local [Muslim] communities. Every mosque has a membership system. The community that is a member of a certain mosque pays the wages of the imam there ... Imams are not able to get their wages, as people have also suffered material losses. So until the situation of imams in flood-hit cities gets back to normal, we plan to make the payment as Turkey’s Diyanet Foundation,” Tutkun said.

He also touched on a recent visit made by his foundation to disaster-hit Bosnia-Herzegovina, during which aid packages and financial assistance worth 150,000 euros were distributed. The funding will be spent by the TDV’s councilor in the country in line with the needs of the people, he added.

The TDV will also lead a restoration of flood-damaged cemeteries in Bosnia-Herzegovina and distribute scholarships to religious vocational schools in Turkey known as “imam-hatip” high schools, Tutkun added.

Turkey to pay wages of imams in flood-hit Bosnia - DIPLOMACY

 

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Read horrible stories from Bosnia today. People are totally down and out. Apathy, depression is rampant. Firemen were offered 18 year old girls to take to Slovenia as wives, because their own families don't see how they will provide for them or provide a decent life.

Gotta feel for them, first war, then the inept nationalistic divided canton government under which nothing progressed and now this.
Donated 20€ again today. Some student stopped me on the street, said they are selling coupons for discounts in big markets, with proceeds going for flood relief. Box of coupons was 2€, i said i'll pay for 10 but i didn't even want to take them.

 

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Turk sent 1 C-130 to deliver aid to Bosnia.

Genelkurmay Başkanlığı Resmi Kurumsal İnternet Sitesidir - Anasayfa - Turkish
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EBRD Estimates Cost of Flood Damages in Serbia and B&H At EUR 3 B

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) estimated the damages from the devastating floods in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina at around EUR 3B.

Official estimates of the cost are not available yet, but in its report the EBRD put the damage at around EUR 1.5-2 B in Serbia and about EUR 1.3B in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The agriculture sector, which accounts for about 10% of GDP in Serbia and 6% in Bosnia, has been particularly badly affected. Most of the arable land in flooded areas has been destroyed and the damage in both countries could be in the hundreds of millions in euros.

Power generation and mining has been heavily disrupted, especially in Serbia, where the damage to the state-owned power company EPS is likely to be extremely costly.

Serbia’s largest mining complex Kolubara, crucial for the country’s energy system as it provides coal to the thermal power plants that produce more than 50% of the energy Serbia needs, has been flooded.

Roads and railways, as well as water supply and energy transmission infrastructure, have been badly hit too, which will cause major problems for the free movement of goods and people and affect businesses across the region.

Furthermore, the stricken areas in Bosnia are also at risk from mines, a legacy of the war in the 1990s, dislodged by the floods and landslides. And public health is under threat from the contamination of drinking water supplies and therefore disease.

The floods could also have a sizeable macro-economic impact on Serbia and Bosnia, affecting short-term growth and inflation as well as their policy priorities and the budget for this year.

EBRD Estimates Cost of Flood Damages in Serbia and B&H At EUR 3 B - Novinite.com - Sofia News Agency