Presevo – The „Youth Initiative for Human Rights“ NGO opened in Presevo a school where young leaders from South Serbia would be able to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary for improving the life of the young in their environment. At the „School of New Leaders“, which is intended for secondary school leavers from Presevo and Bujanovac, human and minority rights, the theory of state and democracy, the European integrations and the influence of the recent past on the political situation in the Balkans will be studied. Thirty young people from these two municipalities will learn at the school about the basics of public advocacy, analythical and academic writing and on the basics of politics in practice. Graduated students of the „School of New Leaders“ will get financial assistance for implementing their ideas, which will contribute to improvment of the posaition of the young in their towns.
READ MOREBelgrade – Milan Markovic, Minister of Human and Minority Rights, Public Administration and Local Self-Government and President of the Coordination Body of the Government of the Republic of Serbia for the Municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja, received yesterday 10 young members of ethnic minorities at the Palace of Serbia and said that they would begin their six-month internship at four governmental institutions.
READ MOREBujanovac, Presevo – Tobacco- growers from the area of Presevo and Bujanovac will begin the handover of this year’s tobacco harvest in a few days’ time.
READ MOREDuring the latter part of 2011, it is anticipated that the Ministry of Interior will publish a call for applications for the enrolment of new candidates to the Basic Police Training Centre in Sremska Kamenica.
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Bujanovac – The veterinary station in Bujanovac, together with the Italian organization CRIC, provided 20 heifers to cattle – breeders in four Bujanovac villages.
READ MOREThe Government of Japan, through the Skoplje-based office of Japan’s „JARC“ non-governmental organization, provided 200 fully equipped bee-hives to be-keepers from Vranje and Bujanovac each, said Srdjan Vasiljevic, Vranje’s Assistant Mayor for the field of agriculture.
READ MOREBujanovac – The renovation of the “Muharem Kadriu” elementary school in Bujanovac’s village of Veliki Trnovac, whose classes are attended by 970 students, is underway. The roof and wood joinery were replaced, the façade tidied up and the new lighting was installed. Persons responsible for this issue say that renovation of the school kitchen was planned, as well as construction of a gym.
READ MOREVranje – In accordance with the systemic solution of the issue of collecting and recycling solid waste, a special facility will be built in Vranje, which a foreign donor will finance with 450,000 euros, said Oliver Dulic, Minister of Environment, Mining and Spatial Planning in the Government of the Republic of Serbia, in Vranje. Upon having talks with the Mayor of Vranje and Presidents of the municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac, Trgoviste and Vladicin Han, he underscored that the solution in the field of waste disposal in South Serbia lay in the cooperation among the municipalities and added that the agreement on the issue had already been reached.
READ MOREThe city of Vranje, along with the municipalities of Bujanovac, Presevo and Vladicin Han, understood that the issues of unemployment, weak economy and a lack of the infrastructure could be resolved only by pooling their efforts and resources, as well as by working together on the accomplishemnt of their goals. They achieved this by means of the USAID’s new Sustainable Local Development Project.
READ MOREVranje – As part of the European Partnership with Municipalities Program „Progress” , a non-refundable aid of 600 thousand euros was approved for the implementation of several new projects in South and Southwestern Serbia. The EU and the Swiss Government are going to finance five major infrastructural projects with the sum of around half a million euros. The Medvedja-based “Termovent” plant is going to be reconstructed, so that it could be enabled to manufacture briquette. The city of Vranje, as well as the municipalities of Presevo, Crna Trava and Ivanjica, are also going to receive the funds, which will be used for improving the rural infrastructure, as well as for the renovation of schools and day – nurseries.
READ MOREA department of the Subotica-based Faculty of Economics was opened in Bujanovac on Friday, October 28, 2011. The first generation of 69 students, who will attend the classes in both Serbian in Albanian, enrolled in the 2011/2012 academic year. The classes for students from the Serbian and Roma communities will be held in Serbian, while students from the Albanian community, during their four years’ long studying, will attend the classes in 14 subjects in Albanian.
READ MOREA department of the Subotica-based Faculty of Economics is going to be opened in Bujanovac on Friday, October 28, 2011. The first generation of 69 students were enrolled in the 2011/2012 academic year and they will attend the classes that shall be held in Serbian and Albanian. The classes for students from the Serbian and Roma community will be in Serbian, whereas students from the Albanian community will, during a four years’ long studying, attend the classes in 14 subjects in Albanian.
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