Over the past twenty or so years, Japan has been one of the biggest and most discrete donors in our country. During the past ten years alone, Serbia received 198.4 million euros from that country.
The Government of Japan is currently implementing several environment protection projects in Serbia, including a project for cleaning Bujanovac.
Skender Destani, President of the Presevo Municipal Assembly, said that members of the Presevo Municipal Assembly, at an extraordinary session, requested the establishment of the primary and higher court for the three southern Serbian municipalities.
READ MOREIvica Dacic, Serbia’s Deputy Premier and Interior Affairs Minister, said during his yesterday’s visit to the village of Marovac, which is situated in the ground security zone, that the situation along the administrative line between Serbia and Kosovo and Metohija was stable. The Interior Affairs Minister pointed out that that it was in Serbia’s best interest to have peace and stability in the region for all citizens, regardless of their ethnic background. He also said that it was necessary to invest in the infrastructure of the municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja.
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INTERVIEW WITH SKENDER DESTANI, PRESIDENT OF PRESEVO MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY
Skender Destani, a pediatrician by profession, the President of the local parliament in Presevo and the Leader of the Democratic Union of the Valley (DUV), along with Mayors and Presidents of the Assemblies of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja, is a member of the Coordination Body’s Presidency. The Serbian government established this institution in order to mitigate the consequences of armed conflicts between insurgent Albanians and Serbian security forces in 2000 and 2001.
Yesterday, a group of young lawyers from Presevo and Bujanovac began its two-day visit to Belgrade, during which members of this group are going to have talks with representatives of governmental and non-governmental institutions for protection of human rights. The visit was organized by the Youth Initiative for Human Rights, while the project is supported by the British embassy in Belgrade.
READ MOREDespite great savings planned for 2010, the Serbian Government envisaged the greatest increase of funds in its 2010 budget for the work of the Coordination Body for the Municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja. According to the budget that was adopted on December 21, 2009, the Coordination Body is going to have 421,550,000 dinars at its disposal in 2010.
READ MOREOn December 22, 2009, the basic organization of voluntary blood donors from the Vranje police department organized a blood donation activity at the Presevo police station. 86 units of blood were collected. Participating in the activity were police officers from all organizational units of the Vranje police department, members of the Coordination Body, border police, gendarmerie, Security and Information Agency and the Serbian Army, as well as the citizens. Twelve voluntary blood donation activities were organized over the year, while 1,116 blood units were collected.
READ MOREVerica Kalanovic, Minister for the National Investment Plan, met with representatives of 40 least developed Serbian municipalities in Bujanovac yesterday. Topics discussed at the meeting included projects implemented in the current year and plans for the next one.
READ MORESasa Jankovic, Protector of Serbian Citizens (Ombudsman), is going to be in Bujanovac, Presevo and Medvedja on December 22 and 23, 2009, where he will be receiving the citizens’ complaints against irregular or illegal operation of administrative bodies. Mr. Jankovic and his associates will be receiving citizens in Bujanovac from 8.30 am until 5 pm on December 22, 2009, and in Presevo and Medvedja’s community center from 8.30 am until 5 pm on December 23, 2009, the Protector of Citizens (Ombudsman) Office said.
READ MOREAt the end of a teenage theatre performance “You and I are We”, the audience exclaimed “bravo”, applauded for a long time and shed a few tears as secondary school students from Bujanovac and Presevo were leaving the stage of the “Dusko Radovic Little Theatre”. As it always happens, genuine effort, dedication and love paid off. The reward for all those that took part in this unique project and undertaking was huge. Two months of hard work, which, according to them, was wonderful and during which they associated with one another, resulted in a pop show on growing up in South Serbia. The text of the show was written by secondary-school students themselves, who used it for acting in Serbian, Albanian, Romany and English.
READ MOREAs part of the activity of the Ministry for Protection of Environment and Spatial Planning called „Let’s Clean Serbia“, the „Green World“ NGO from Presevo implemented the activities from the first phase of the project „All Together for Better Future.“
READ MOREWe aren’t the same – but we are still alike. You are you. I am I. If we were together, we could be the world.
The”You and I are We” teenage pop-show is actually a play about growing up in South Serbia. The authors of the play and actors/actresses in it are Albanian, Serbian and Roma secondary-school students from Bujanovac and Presevo. The play is going to be performed at the “Dusko Radovic” Little Theatre in Belgrade at 8 pm on December 14, 2009.
Prior to the performance, Minister Milan Markovic, President of the Coordination Body for the Municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja, and Nebojsa Bradic, Minister of Culture, will greet the audience. The Belgrade premiere will be attended by Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic and numerous representatives of the diplomatic corps and the Serbian government.
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