SIMPO OUT OF BLOCKADE, PRODUCTION LAUNCHED0

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• 15. September 2014.

The “Simpo” company is out of blockade, thus creating the conditions for the start of the production process in some of its plants from September 15.   

According to “Simpo’s” Director General, Sladjan Disic, that applies primarily to the factory of upholstery products in Vranje and to the mattress factory in Bujanovac. 

GLOSSARY OF SOUTH SERBIA’S SPEECH PUBLISHED0

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• 15. September 2014.

A major publication of a writer and a retired university professor Momcilo Zlatanovic, PhD (1934), who comes from Vranje, under the title of “The Glossary of South Serbia’s Speech” (provincialisms, dialesctisms and barbarisms), has just come out of press. 

PRESS RELEASE – September 15, 20140

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• 12. September 2014.

We invite you to cover the visit of Zoran Stankovic, President of the Coordination Body for the Municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja, to the municipality of Medvedja at 11 am on Monday, September 15.

16 COMPANIES IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BUJANOVAC AWAIT NEW OWNERS0

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• 8. September 2014.

Fazila Azemovic, the Head of the Office for Local Economic Development in the municipality of Bujanovac, said that 16 socially-owned enterprises in Bujanovac would soon be privatized, because they were in the public offer, which was, in mid-August, sent by the Republican Agency for Privatization. Besides 11 companies that have their registered offices in Bujanovac, another five companies, which have their headquarters in other cities in Serbia, are included in the privatization process. Upon the adoption of the new Law on Privatization, the Privatization Agency submitted to the entities to be privatized in the portfolio of the Privatization Agency a public call for collecting letters of interest, which refers to the total of 502 companies in Serbia, which are either in bankruptcy or are undergoing a restructuring process, the deadline for which is September 15.  Мs. Azemovic said for the Beta news agency that the implementation of  privatization, under the new Law on Privatization, was invaluable for the municipality of Bujanovac, provided the privatization process was carried out in the positive direction and for the purpose of the actual recovery of the firms, among which, according to the municipal records, are eight formerly major socially-owned enterprises, of which only the empty halls remained now.

MR. PETROVIC: “THERE WERE NO ANIMAL DEATHS CAUSED BY BLUETONGUE”0

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• 4. September 2014.

The Director of the Nis-based Veterinary Specialist Institute, Milos Petrovic, said that there were no domestic animal deaths caused by the bluetongue disease, the existence of which was confirmed by lab results in the municipality of Medvedja, as well as in the villages of Grbavce and Ravna Spa.  

Mr. Petrovic said that the veterinary station in Lebane informed the Veterinary Specialist Institute that the disease at issue was bluetongue, adding that immediately upon this, the epidemiological service, veterinary inspections and veterinarians from Lebane visited a flock of sheep, while the clinical picture of the animals indicated the presence of the disease.

BLUETONGUE KILLS HERDS OF CATTLE0

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• 3. September 2014.

The “bluetongue” disease emerged in the area of the municipality of Medvedja. The disease at issue is a catarrhal fever, which is a viral disease that threatens to destroy the livestock, especially the sheep, so that veterinary teams are still in the field.  The municipality provided emergency financial assistance to 30 local residents who reported that they had observed the disease in their cattle, which affected around 300 sheep.

PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND PROTECTION OF MINORITIES IN SOUTH EAST EUROPE0

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• 2. September 2014.

The European Union and the Council of Europe are implementing the project “Promotion of Human Rights and Protection of Minorities in South East Europe” with the aim of improving access to the rights of national minorities at various governmental levels.  The implementation of the project is based on the Council of Europe’s standards in the field of minority rights, notably the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. 

PRESENTATION OF THE STUDY ON THE POSSIBILITIES OF IMPROVING THE TEACHING AND LEARNING SERBIAN AS A SECOND LANGUAGE IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF PRESEVO, BUJANOVAC AND MEDVEDJA0

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• 2. September 2014.

According to a study on the possibilities of improving the teaching and learning of Serbian as a second language in the elementary schools of the municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja , which was presented at the meeting held in the Palace of Serbia, only five percent of the Albanian students from the said three municipalities, who learn Serbian as a second language, have the knowledge of Serbian and the functional ability for effective oral and written communication.  

MAJORITY OF TEXTBOOKS IN ALBANIAN PROVIDED0

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• 1. September 2014.

The Minister of Education, Science and Technological Development, Srdjan Verbic,  along with the President of the Coordination Body for the Municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja , Zoran Stankovic, distributed free textbooks and backpacks with school supplies to the first-grade students of the“Branko Radičević” and “Naim Fraseri” primary schools in Bujanovac. On that occasion, Minister Verbic said that the government had fulfilled its promise to print free textbooks for national minority students.

PRESIDENT OF COORDINATION BODY MEETS WITH HIGH COMISSIONER FOR NATIONAL MINORITIES ASTRID THORS0

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• 28. August 2014.

Zoran Stankovic, the President of the Coordination Body for the Municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja, met with Astrid Thors, the High Commissioner on National Minorities.  On that occasion, they discussed the issues related to the municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja. 

PRESS RELEASE – August 28, 20140

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• 28. August 2014.

You are hereby invited to attend a presentation of the Study on the Possibilities of Improving the Teaching and Learning of Serbian as a Second Language in Primary Schools in the Municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja. The said event will take place at 11 am on Friday, August 29, 2014, at the “Belgrade” hall of the Palace of Serbia.

VEHICLES CONTROLLED BY INTERCEPTORS, TOO0

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• 22. August 2014.

During a month and a half – long period, twenty or so traffic accidents occurred on the road from Vladicin Han to the Presevo border crossing, while the police identified 620 traffic violations.  That is why the control of traffic regulations has been stepped up, while vehicles in motion are being checked by interceptors, too.