ATTEMPT TO ELECT A NEW MAYOR OF MEDVEDJA FAILED0

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• 13. January 2015.

The first attempt to elect a new mayor of Medvedja failed yesterday.  

A session of the local assembly was interrupted after a heated discussion during which the councilmen of the opposition Serbian Progressive Party opposed the attempt to abolish the results of voting.

OVER HALF A TON OF CUT TOBACCO SEIZED0

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• 13. January 2015.

Presevo – The Police found and seized around 600 kilograms of cut tobacco, which didn’t have the supporting documentation, in the village of Oraovica near Presevo. The said tobacco was found in a car with Bujanovac registration plates.

MEDIA BLACKOUT THREATENS SOUTH SERBIA0

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• 13. January 2015.

Bujanovac – The Municipal Assembly of Bujanovac unanimously adopted a report on the work of the public enterprise of RTV Bujanovac in the past year, as well as its work program for the current year, which was submitted by Hajredin Ademi, the Director of the media house that had been founded by the local self-government.  The councilmen were also united in their assessment that that electronic medium should be excluded from the upcoming privatization.

JEANS STASHED IN A RAILWAY WAGON0

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• 12. January 2015.

Presevo – The police and customs officers prevented the smuggling of around 200 jeans on the international train that regularly runs from Belgrade to Skopje and back.  

According to a statement made by the Customs Administration, 198 denim jeans of the "Big Ben" brand, which were manufactured in Novi Pazar, were found at the railway station in Presevo.  The said jeans were found in the roof of the international train during its detailed control and search.

The customs officials found the jeans by removing the partition that separates the interior from the roof of the train.

Since it is unknown who the owner of the discovered goods was, legal proceedings were instigated against an N. N. person, while the goods were temporarily detained.

Source: OK Radio and Coordination Body 

“SABA BELCA” – BEST COMPANY IN SOUTH SERBIA0

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• 12. January 2015.

Presevo – Private enterprise "Saba-Belca" from Presevo is the best-ranked company from Pcinj district on the "white" list of the Ministry of Construction and Transportation, since it holds the 106 th. place on it.

SEASON’S GREETINGS!0

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• 29. December 2014.

Coordination Body

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR LOCAL ASSISTANTS THAT ARE TO BE ENGAGED IN THE PROJECT ENTITLED THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVING THE TEACHING OF SERBIAN AS A SECOND LANGUAGE IN PRESEVO, BUJANOVAC AND MEDVEDJA0

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• 23. December 2014.

The Coordination Body’s Office invites interested parties to apply for the position of a local assistant engaged in the project entitled the Implementation of Recommendations for Improving the Teaching Serbian as a Second Language in Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja, which is funded by the British Embassy in Belgrade, the Office of the High Commissioner on National Minorities and the European PROGRESS program.

FIRST SAFE HOUSE IN SOUTH SERBIA COMPLETED0

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• 19. December 2014.

Vranje – At yesterday's session of the Assembly of the town of Vranje, the mayor of the town Zoran Antic said that the construction works for the Safe House in Vranje had come to an end and that it would become operational by the end of the year.  According to him, water-supply workers are expected to complete all the tasks in the next seven to ten days, when the beginning of the operation of the Safe House in Vranje would be officially marked.  

FIRST PRIZE FOR THE ”VELVET HEART” FILM MADE BY PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM MEDVEDJA0

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• 18. December 2014.

The “Velvet Heart” short film, which was made by primary school pupils from the village of Lecce, near Medvedja, won the 1st. prize in a competition for short films of the Anti -Corruption Agency on the subject “When we don’t follow the rules , then ….”.  

POLICE OFFICERS SEIZED ALMOST A TON OF TOBACCO IN PRESEVO0

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• 18. December 2014.

The police found in a jeep, which was parked in the yard of a family house in Presevo, 837 pounds of cut tobacco without the supporting documentation.

KID FROM BUJANOVAC IN “ESTUDIANTES”0

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• 18. December 2014.

Bujanovac – A basketball club “Play 017” from Bujanovac and a boy named Bernard Morina are sports miracles not only of South Serbia. 

MILLIONS INVESTED IN SOUTH SERBIA0

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• 17. December 2014.

Bujanovac – Zoran Stankovic, the President of the Coordination Body for the Municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja, said in Bujanovac that over the past 14 years,  the Government of the Republic of Serbia, through the said body, had invested in the three municipalities around 6.3 billion dinars, while the international donors had invested  around 35 million euros.