Source: Jugpress / Bujanovac – Mayor of Bujanovac, Nagip Arifi, said that "the highest priority of the local self- government in Bujanovac was economic development," adding that "it is the only way to come up with political stability.”
READ MORESource: Jugpress / Bujanovac – Stojanca Arsic, Deputy Mayor of Bujanovac, said that a building for the accommodation of displaced persons from Kosovo, who are still residing in Bujanovac in four collective centers, would soon be constructed in that municipality.
READ MORESource: Jugpress / Bujanovac – The USAID's Economic Security Program Manager, Michael Pillsbury, said that under that program 24 million dollars were invested in various projects over the past six years
READ MORESource: Jugpress / Bujanovac – As part of the project supported by the PBILD program, eighty young people are currently undergoing practice at the local companies, said the Program Manager Nicholas Hercules.
READ MORESource: RTS / Sixty small football players received medals for fair play in a tournament in Bujanovac. They were assessing their football skills with their peers from other clubs, Serbian and Albanian ones. Football was being promoted there, as well as coexistence in a multiethnic environment. "I want to be as Deljban Tarifi, who left our club for “Skendi” in Tetovo" says Zijah Malići from FC “Trnovac".
READ MOREThe Office of the Coordination Body of the Government of the Republic of Serbia for the Municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja, with the support of the British Embassy, organizes a free course in Serbian. Young people from the municipalities of Bujanovac and Presevo, who are from 15 to 30 years old, may apply in person at the following Coordination Body’s offices:
The one in Bujanovac, located at 115, Karadjordja Petrovica St, on 017 654 601 or at office@kt.gov.rs
The one Presevo, located at 12, Save Kovacevica Street, on 017 660 843 or at office@kt.gov.rs
The deadline for applications is October 24, 2012.
Application can be downloaded here
READ MORESource: Jugpress / Vranjska banja – After a year of successful implementation, the “YouthBuild” program continues to be carried out in Presevo, Bujanovac and Vranje. Over the next six months, 40 new young people will attend training in the skills necessary for employment and activism in the community.
READ MORESource: Jugpress / Bujanovac – Nagip Arifi, Mayor of Bujanovac, said that the priority of the local self-government was to create new jobs and hire people, adding that that was a condition for stability of the region. “There are nearly sixty percent of unemployed people in Bujanovac, including eighty percent of the young under the age of 35, "Mr. Arifi said yesterday, adding that there were a total of 7, 000 employees among residents of the municipality. “Bujanovac is a very poor municipality, but it is also very young when it comes to the age of its residents, so that the young are the most the numerous among the employees”, Mr. Arifi said after signing a contract on the project entitled “The Young Think of Business”.
READ MORESource: Blic – Serbia’s edition / Source: Blic – Serbia’s edition / Bujanovac – The government in Bujanovac approved 3.8 million dinars for the construction of water supply in the Serbian village of Brnjare. The Albanian-Serbian coalition decided to set aside 4.6 million dinars from its budget for constructing water-supply in Letovica.
READ MORESource: Danas – weekend edition / A draft regional plan for the solid waste management in the Pcinj District was presented recently in Vranje. The development of the plan was one of the priorities of inter-municipal partnerships between Vranje, Presevo, Bujanovac and Vladicin Han, which was established under the USAID’s Sustainable Local Development Program.
READ MORESource: Vecernje novosti – Serbia / Bujanovac – Over 200 secondary school students from Bujanovac, Presevo and Medvedja will receive scholarships this year, too. Around 300 secondary-school students took part in the Coordination Body’s open competition.
READ MORESource: Narodne novine – Nis / Bujanovac – The army base "Jug" near Bujanovac recently organized a farewell party for two Serbian Army contingents for the UN peacekeeping mission on Cyprus and in Lebanon, which further confirms the positive image of Serbia abroad.
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