Some 60 vessels have been blocked on Danube River after the water level
dropped by half due to severe drought in upstream countries along the
river.
Freshwater fish Huchen, known as "Danube Salmon," is endangered in Balkan rivers due to massive hydropower projects, environmental experts warned on Thursday.
Huchen is threatened by planned hydroelectric power plants and dams, according to a research published by Austrian-based environmental organisation Riverwatch in Slovenian capital Ljubljana.
The bridge spanning the Danube river, which is being built by a Chinese
company in Belgrade, capital of Serbia, was to be completed in December
as expected, Serbian deputy Prime Minister Zorana Mihajlovic said on
Tuesday.
Mihajlovic said that the 1.5-km-long bridge will be open
for traffic in December 2014, while in October 2015 the whole project
including 21 km of access roads will be completed.