Bujanovac – Several ambassadors to Serbia visited the “Jug” army base, which is situated near Bujanovac, with the aim of familiarizing themselves with development plans for that army complex, which is going to become a training center for those participating in peace missions. Zoran Jeftic, State Secretary at the Ministry of Defense and Head of the Team for Coordinating the Activities for Development of the “Jug” Army Base, said that training capacities of the base would be increased primarily for national needs.
READ MOREThe Coordination Body of the Government of the Republic of Serbia for the Municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja, in partnership with the UN’s PBILD program, organized a four-day training for representatives of non-governmental organizations in the period from June 1 to 4, 2011. The training was focused on the organizations whose projects deal with and address the issues of the young.
READ MOREVranje – In the first three months of this year, businessmen from the Pcinj district exported and imported goods and services valued at the total of 67 million US dollars. When it comes to foreign trade, a surplus of six million dinars was produced, while most of the region’s foreign trade, around 85 per cent of it, was conducted by the city of Vranje. In the first quarter of the year, Vranje’s companies exported to foreign countries the goods and services valued at almost 31 million dinars, which is almost by one half more than in the same period last year. Also, their imports, which amounted to 25 million US dollars, were by 20 per cent greater than the last year’s ones. Actually, businessmen from Bujanovac were the only businessmen in the region that exported by one fourth less than they had done in the previous year.
READ MOREUpon studying Serbian for three months, 90 secondary school students from Presevo received the appropriate certificates. They will, now, have a better chance of getting a job at the governmental institutions. The said course in Serbian was funded by the Coordination Body of the Government of the Republic of Serbia for the Municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja, whereas it was organized by the “International Human Center” NGO. The latter organization said that it would also organize a course in Serbian for the Albanians employed at both public and private companies. According to the data, the people were extremely interested in the said course, so that 120 Albanians registered to do it, even though only 90 persons could take it.
READ MOREOn Friday, May 20, 2011, Minister Milan Markovic, President of the Coordination Body of the Government of the Republic of Serbia for the Municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja awarded in Presevo diplomas to participants in a course in Serbian. The project was funded by the Coordination Body, whereas it was implemented by the “International Human Center” organization from Presevo. The three – month course in Serbian was attended by 90 persons, primarily by secondary school pupils and university students.
READ MOREPresevo – From April 29, 2011 until now, almost 20 remaining cluster bombs were found and destroyed near the village of Bustranje, which is situated in the municipality of Presevo, said, yesterday, Emil Jeremic, Director of the Norwegian People’s Aid Office in Serbia, which funds the removal of unexploded bombs.
READ MOREThe results of a three-year project ”Access to Medical Services by which the Reproductive System of Women and Young and Displaced Roma Persons in South Serbia are Treated” were represented at the Belgrade-based “Hotel M”.
READ MOREAt the beginning of March this year, Mr. Melkior Vatle, the Belgian Minister for Immigration and Asylum, along with Mr. Jean-Louis De Brouwer, the European Commission’s official, and Ms Denise De Hauwere, the Belgian Ambassador to Serbia, paid a visit to Bujanovac, where he talked with representatives of the Albanians from Bujanovac and Presevo about the issue of an increased number of applications of South Serbia’s citizens for asylum in Belgium.
READ MOREAs part of the project “For Ecologically Viable Environment”, the “Green World” association of citizens for environmental protection from Presevo organized an exhibition of paintings on environment at the hall of the “Abdula Krasnica” community center in Presevo. Secondary school students from Presevo were asked to do paintings of protection of the environment in the municipality of Presevo.
READ MOREBujanovac – Michael Davenport, the British Ambassador to Serbia, is of the view that education and economic development are the most important issues for the municipality of Bujanovac.
READ MORELESKOVAC – Zarko Obradovic, Minister of Education and Science, opened yesterday in Leskovac a renovated secondary students’ residence, as well as the new school administration premises.
READ MOREMaintenance of visa liberalization is in everyone’s interest in Serbia, it was concluded at the yesterday’s meeting between representatives of the Government of the Republic of Serbia and representatives of the Albanian ethnic community.
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