37 new projects, worth EUR16.9 million, have been contracted within the first Call for Proposals of INTERREG-IPA Bulgaria–Serbia Cross-border Cooperation Programme.

At the ceremony held at the Bulgarian Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works in Sofia, the donation contracts have been awarded by the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Lilyana Pavlova, the Deputy Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Denitsa Nikolova and the Assistant Director of Serbian European Integration Office, Sanda Simic.

The implementation of these projects will further contribute to the development of Serbia-Bulgaria border region.