The head of Serbia's Orthodox Church told the European Union on Wednesday his country desperately needed medical supplies and heating oil before the onset of winter. We are concerned about the winter.
People are without heating oil.
The level of medical care in hospitals is very low and support is needed in these areas where people are vulnerable. Patriarch Pavle and the two European commissioners were in Vienna at the invitation of Austria's Roman Catholic archbishop, Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn. Prodi said the EU was looking at providing energy, food and medicines to the people of Serbia. A team of experts was in Belgrade to assess the population's needs and draw up an emergency aid package.