February 5, 20100

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• 5. February 2010.

By the end of the year, 1,000 inhabitants of the Jablanica district will have a chance to attend for free a course in the use of computers and the Internet. Priority to attend the course will be given to persons with special needs, farmers and inhabitants of rural areas, Roma and those who have been unemployed for a long period of time.

February 4, 20100

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• 4. February 2010.

Clemens Koja, the Austrian ambassador to Serbia, along with representatives of the Austrian Development Agency (ADA), talked yesterday in Bujanovac with Saip Kamberi, the president of the municipality of Bujanovac, about the establishment of the Albanian National Council, as well as about making investments in South Serbia. 

February 3, 20100

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• 3. February 2010.

Thomas Moore, Deputy Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, said that it was very likely that the Albanian National Council would be elected in Bujanovac by means of direct elections.

"I think it’s up to each family do decide if they wish do have a direct vote in deciding about the use of their national symbols or their language. A great many signatures have already been collected. I believe it’s quite likely that the necessary number of signatures for direct elections of the Albanian National Council would be collected by expiry of the deadline.”

DONATION OF BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION TO BUJANOVAC0

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• 29. January 2010.

BUJANOVAC – At 2 pm on Monday, February 1, 2010, Dragan Kapicic, President of the Basketball Association of Serbia (BAS), is going to give a donation of the Basketball Association of Serbia to the “Mladost” sports centre and to “BSK Junior” and “Elita” basketball clubs from Bujanovac.  
The event of delivering the donation will be attended by Minister Milan Markovic, President of the Coordination Body for the Municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja, too. 

A SESSION OF THE PRESIDENCY OF THE COORDINATION BODY IN BUJANOVAC0

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• 29. January 2010.

BUJANOVAC – A session of the Presidency of the Coordination Body of the Government of the Republic of Serbia for the Municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja is going to take place at the Bujanovac municipal building at 3 pm on Monday, February 1, 2010. Topics to be discussed at the session include a report on the Coordination Body’s work in 2009 and distribution of the funds from the 2010 Coordination Body’s budget to the municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja. The session will be chaired by Minister Milan Markovic, President of the Coordination Body. This is the fifth session of the Presidency of the Coordination Body since reconstruction of the Coordination Body in March 2009.

January 29, 20100

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• 29. January 2010.

As part of a six-month project “Kosovo is on the Other Side – How to Proceed After the Conflict”, the Center for Democracy and Development of South Serbia and the “JUGpress” regional information agency organized in Bujanovac the fourth in a row meeting. The main topic discussed at the meeting was the importance of participation of ethnic minorities in the institutions and the exercising of their rights in the region. Speakers at the meeting, among others, included Ron van Dartel, the Dutch Ambassador to Serbia, who asked Albanians from Bujanovac to get engaged in establishment of the Albanian National Council through direct elections. The Ambassador, among other things, said that the Albanian National Council would make it possible for Albanians to better cooperate with the Coordination Body for South Serbia and the Belgrade-based authorities.

January 22, 20100

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• 22. January 2010.

The British embassy supports the establishment of the National Albanian Council in South Serbia, said yesterday Cathy Cottrell, First Secretary of the British Embassy in Belgrade. Mrs. Cottrell said for the Bujanovac press that she carefully followed and supported the process of establishment of National Councils, particularly of the one in South Serbia, since this is the way for the Albanian ethnic minority to get a chance to present all its potentials.

Press-conference given by Minister Milan Markovic, President of the Coordination Body, and a delegation of businessmen in Medvedja0

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• 20. January 2010.

MEDVEDJA – On Thursday, January 21, Minister Milan Markovic, President of the Coordination Body, along with a delegation of businessmen led by Miroslav Bogicevic, the owner and Director of “Farmakom MB” Company, is going to visit the municipality of Medvedja. Members of the delegation include Radivoje Milanovic, State Secretary of the Ministry of Energy and Mining, as well as representatives of the electric battery plant from Sombor, the dairy plant from Sabac, the industrial complex from Guca, the foundry from Pozega, the mining and smelting works from Zajecar, the agricultural and food – processing plant “7 juli”, the agricultural and food-processing plant “Beograd”, the “RDS Group” project engineering company and Radio and Television Bor (RTB). The visit is aimed at reaching an agreement on the date when the “Lece” mine is to begin operating and at the possibilities for making new investments in the municipality of Medvedja.