PRESS RELEASE – 17.12.20140

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• 17. December 2014.

You are hereby invited to attend the press-conference that will be held on the occasion of 14 years since the establishment of the Coordination Body for the Municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja. The event will take place on the Bujanovac-based premises of the Coordination Body for the Municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja at 12 am on Wednesday, December 17, 2014.

COORDINATION BODY MARKS 14 YEARS SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT0

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• 16. December 2014.

The Coordination Body for the Municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja was established at a joint meeting of the Government of the FR (Federal Republic) of Yugoslavia and the Provisional Government of Serbia, which was held in Bujanovac on December 16, 2000.

PUBLIC CALL FOR SUPPORT TO CLUSTERS ANNOUNCED0

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• 15. December 2014.

The European PROGRESS announced a public call for funding projects for providing support to clusters to introduce innovative practices and access the common market. 

ARMY OF SERBIA UNDERTAKES “DOCTOR IN THE VILLAGE” ACTIVITY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PRESEVO0

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• 11. December 2014.

Presevo – Members of the Army of Serbia undertook the “Doctor in the Village” activity in the Presevo municipality’s villages of Kurbalija, Stanevce and Depce, during which they medically examined the local villagers.

Since the said villages are mountainous ones and can be reached only by field vehicles, the villagers don’t often have the opportunity to visit the doctor in Presevo, stated the Serbian Army on its website.

General medical examinations were carried out and blood pressure was controlled, whereas the patients mostly complained of high blood pressure, cardiac arrhythmias, and increased blood sugar. 

The Fourth Army Brigade, in cooperation with the Red Cross, undertook the aforementioned activity, which was the third activity undertaken this year. 

Source: “Tanjug” News Agency and Coordination Body

A RISE IN SOUTH SERBIA’S PRODUCTION AND UNEMPLOYMENT0

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• 10. December 2014.

Industrial production in South Serbia increased by 3.3 percent in the first ten months of this year, which is quite an encouraging fact given that this year’s industrial production in Serbia was lower by as much as 6.3 percent.  

MACEDONIAN SMUGGLED CHICKENS AND OTHER BIRDS0

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• 9. December 2014.

According to the Customs Administration, customs officers at the Prohor Pcinjski border crossing prevented the illegal removal from Serbia of 40 birds, which included ducks, pigeons, chickens, peacocks and pheasants, which don’t belong to the protected species.  A 37 -year-old Macedonian citizen tried to smuggle the birds by hiding them in the trunk of his “Peugeot” car.

SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES HAVE A NEW OPPORTUNITY0

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• 9. December 2014.

Bujanovac – In developed countries, small family-run enterprises account for 70 percent of the economy, while in Serbia they account for only ten percent. However, when there is no work in socially-owned and budget-funded enterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises get a chance.   After being subsided, such Bujanovac enterprises managed to employ 148 workers in two years.

SEIZED CIGARETTES0

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• 8. December 2014.

Medvedja – The Interior Ministry announced that the police stopped a car with Bor license plates in Medvedja, which was driven by a man (1961) from Majdanpek who tried to set fire to the vehicle when stopped.

CARRYING OUT PATROL WITH BORDER POLICE IN PRESEVO0

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• 8. December 2014.

Presevo – Since 2009, the border police in Presevo has prevent the entry of 20, 000 immigrants from the Afro-Asiatic countries.

IMPROVED POWER BILL COLLECTION IN BUJANOVAC0

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• 8. December 2014.

Bujanovac – Goran Nikolic, Director of the Electric Power Distribution Company’s branch in Vranje, said that the payment of electricity bills improved in the municipalities of Presevo and Bujanovac over the previous two months, as well as that electricity theft had been considerably reduced.

BAKED FILLED PASTRY CONNECTS SERBS, ALBANIANS AND ROMA0

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• 8. December 2014.

Bujanovac – There is a place in Bujanovac where residents of South Serbia, regardless of their ethnic, religious or political affiliation, like to come. It’s the “Bis ”bakery in the center of Bujanovac,  where the Serbs, Albanians and Roma sit and eat together .

LARGER QUANTITY OF MARIJUANA SEIZED ON PRESEVO BORDER CROSSING0

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• 5. December 2014.

Presevo – A larger quantity of marijuana, which was found in the Greek cold-storage truck, was seized on the Presevo border crossing.