European institutions in Brussels declared mourning for the collapse of the Morandi Bridge in Italy near Genoa, which resulted in the death of 38 people.
This was stated on Friday at a briefing by the official representative of the European Commission Christian Spar.
"The head of the European Commission [Jean-Claude Juncker] decided in connection with the tragic collapse of the bridge in Italy that before August 19 the flags of European states before the EU institutions in Brussels will be lowered," he said..
In the morning on Tuesday, near Genoa, a long span of the bridge, along which passes the high-speed highway A10 (Genoa-Savona, the European route E80). At the time of the incident, there were more than 30 cars and three trucks.