POLIECEMAN HIT WITH A SLAP0

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• 11. August 2014.

Bujanovac – By the prosecutor’s order, the police in Bujanovac decided to keep M.J (aged 48) in custody of up to 48 hours due to the suspicion that he had slapped a traffic policeman during the performance of his official duties, stated the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Serbia.

RECONSTRUCTION OF THE CENTRAL SQUARE IN BUJANOVAC BEGINS0

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• 11. August 2014.

The reconstruction of the central square in Bujanovac has begun. The extensive works are financed from the municipal budget and with the financial assistance of the Coordination Body of the Government of the Republic of Serbia for the Municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja amounting to 30 million dinars, while the area of as many as 7,000 square meters, which will get a new look, is quite impressive.

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION IN SOUTH SERBIA0

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• 8. August 2014.

Almost all primary school pupils finish off school in 60 municipalities in Serbia, while in  55 municipalities less than 90 percent of students do so. The worst situation is in the municipalities of Medvedja Crna Trava and Merosina, where primary school is completed by less than 70 percent of students. In 15 municipalities, which include the municipality of Gadzin Han, the percentage ranges from 70 to 80 per cent, while in 37 municipalities, which include the municipality of Presevo, between 80 and 90 percent of students complete primary school education.  

PICKING OF BLACKBERRIES IN PCINJ DISTRICT0

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• 7. August 2014.

Vranje – The picking of blackberries is underway in the territory of the Pcinj district.  According to the Agricultural Advisory Office, blackberry – growers aren’t satisfied with the purchase price, while blackberries are of lower quality due to a heavy rainfall. Suzana Jerkic, a fruit expert with the Agricultural Advisory Office, said that the average yield that year was 12 tons per hectare.

ACTION ON DISCONNECTING ELECTRIC POWER IN PCINJ DISTRICT0

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• 7. August 2014.

Vranje,Bujanovac,Presevo – Early yesterday morning, the action on disconnecting power supply to irregular payers and those who steal it was launched at 13 locations in the Pcinj district, while the police, too, took part in it, said the Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic in Vranje.

ALBANIANS WAIT FOR FREE TEXTBOOKS ON SEPTEMBER 10

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• 6. August 2014.

According to the Ministry of Education’s data, the catalogue of approved textbooks in minority languages ​​in primary education includes 1. 065 textbooks from the first to the eighth grade – those in the Albanian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Romanian, Ruthenian, Slovak, Ukrainian, Croatian and Czech languages, as well as those in  the Bunjevac speech. There are 230 titles in the catalogue of textbooks in minority languages ​​in secondary education – those in the Bosnian, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Romanian, Ruthenian, Slovak and Croatian languages.

DELEGATION OF THE ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY OF SERBIA TODAY IN BUJANOVAC0

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• 5. August 2014.

Nis – Due to the recent events in the National Assembly of Serbia, when Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic spoke with the MPs, and the enormous debts of the population in the southern Serbian municipalities for unpaid electricity, a delegation consisting of members of the Electric Power Industry of Serbia and the electric power company “Jugoistok Nis“is today paying a visit to Bujanovac.  The reason for the visit to Bujanovac, Presevo and Vranje has to do with the unpaid electricity bills. 

“SIGNED” – 100 SIGNATURES FROM BUJANOVAC0

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• 4. August 2014.

As part of the Autonomous Women's Center’s project "The Joint Effort – Towards New European Standards in the Protection of Women against Gender-based Violence", the Helpline from Vranje is implementing the “Signed” campaign.  In the second phase of the campaign, activists of the Helpline Vranje, in partnership with NGOs from Bujanovac, the Youth Office from Bujanovac and male and female volunteers of the Civil Resource Centre (CRC) NGO organized a collection of signatures, distribution of information materials and the putting up of posters in the center of Bujanovac.

COMPETITION FOR THE BEST SUMMER “SELFIE”0

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• 4. August 2014.

Presevo – Portal “Presheva.com“ announced a competition for the best summer" selfie". The editors of this widely read portal in Albanian came up with this interesting idea in order to  encourage creativity of their readers.

CANADIANS LOOKING FOR GOLD IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MEDVEDJA0

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• 1. August 2014.

The Canadian companies “Avala Resources” and “Danube Minerals”, which are daughter companies of the Canadian companies that are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, said that they had signed an agreement on their integration.  Both parent companies had already funded the local geological and exploration projects in Serbia, which they would continue doing in the coming period, too.  

ASSAULT ON WORKERS OF VRANJE’S ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION COMPANY0

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• 1. August 2014.

Vranje – Yesterday, Elisa Salihi from Veliki Trnovac physically assaulted an on-duty team of  the Vranje-based  Electric Power Distribution Company. 

“During the attack, Salihi inflicted slight injuries on two of our workers with a metal bar, and then, with several blows, damaged our company’s “Jugo” car  where members of our team were”, it was confirmed by the Electric Power Distribution Company.

ELECTRICITY ARRIVED IN MEDVEDJA0

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• 1. August 2014.

Medvedja – The Mayor of Medvedja Slobodan Draskovic said that the majority of the population in the municipality had got electricity in the afternoon and that water from a dozen flooded homes had been pulled out of them.