Morava-Vardar Canal

[1] Detailed plans were drafted by the Nazi government in 1941,[2] in conjunction with navigation improvements on the Drava, Tisa, Begej, and Sava rivers, along with a Danube-Sava Canal.

[citation needed] Since World War 2, there have been a series of Serbian initiatives, hoping to build a Morava-Vardar Canal, with proposals and studies in 1961, 1964, 1966, 1973, and 1973–1980.

[4] In 2013, the director of Serbia's State Agency for Physical Planning said that it was a realistic project and work would start shortly, with the Chinese government-owned Gezhouba Group Corporation.

[6] Le Figaro published a Chinese-backed proposal in 2017: A 651 km route (including new canal and improved river navigation), expected to cost €17 billion.

[8] As of 2018, one major obstacle to Serb proposals was the lack of intergovernmental agreements between Greece, the Republic of Macedonia, and Serbia; also, joint financing with the European Union appears unlikely.