September 18, 20090

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• 18. September 2009.

The Republican Ombudsman’s offices are going to be opened in Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja by the end of this year. Each of them is going to work on specific workdays; while in the meantime, the premises of the offices will be used for other purposes. The offices’ employees are going to be part of the Ombudsman’s expert team that will be in charge of contacting the citizens and receiving their complaints. Members of ethnic minority communities will be particularly encouraged to apply for the job in the offices.

PRESS RELEASE – September 17, 20090

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• 17. September 2009.

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

As part of the activity “One Thousand PCs for Schools in Serbia”, Milan Markovic, President of the Coordination Body for the Municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja and Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government, and Goran Ciric, Director General of the Public Enterprise of PTT Traffic “Srbija”, are going to donate seven PCs and two printers to the IT Room of the elementary school “Bora Stankovic” in the village of Klenike, situated in the municipality of Bujanovac. Minister Markovic and Director General Ciric are going to deliver the IT equipment to students of the school at 1 pm tomorrow, September 18, 2009.

Free access to the website of the PE of PTT Traffic “Srbija” has been provided, via the Internet, to students of the elementary school “Bora Stankovic.”

THE COORDINATION BODY’S OFFICE DISTRIBUTED ITS OPEN COMPETITION FUNDS0

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• 4. September 2009.

The Coordination Body Office’s commission reached a decision on funding the projects included in the open competition for implementing the projects of associations of citizens in the municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja in 2009, as well as a decision on financing the projects included in the Program for distribution and use of the funds for the programs of achieving and  improving social and minority rights, as well as particular qualities of the minorities in the territory of the municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja in 2009. 

September 1, 20090

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• 1. September 2009.

ECONOMIC CRISIS WON’T HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECTS IN 40 LEAST DEVELOPED MUNICIPALITIES

BOJNIK – Ms. Verica   Kalanovic, Minister of the National Investment Plan (NIP), stated in Bojnik yesterday that the economic crisis wouldn’t have an impact on the project implementation in 40 least developed municipalities in Serbia. She also said that the aforementioned municipalities should be more careful about the way in which they prepare their projects. According to her, a great problem is caused by the fact that not only undeveloped municipalities, but also some cities, submit their projects without complete documentation and without resolved proprietary-legal issues.

August 31, 20090

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• 31. August 2009.

THE SOUTH NEEDS PARTNERSHIP

BELGRADE – The municipalities in southern Serbia need more partnership both within the Serbian and Albanian communities and between the two communities, since there are big divisions and a gap between the people, said Hans Ola Urstad, Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia.

Press release – FREE SCHOOL EQUIPMENT FOR FIRST GRADE STUDENTS IN PRESEVO, BUJANOVAC AND MEDVEDJA0

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• 28. August 2009.

BELGRADE – On Tuesday, September 1, 2009, 1,300 first grade students of elementary schools in Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja are going to get free school equipment, the value of which is 2 million and 800 thousand dinars. The donation was provided by the Coordination Body for the three municipalities. Each set of the school equipment contains a school bag, a pencil-box, six note-books, a drawing – pad, a ruler, a set of crayons, an abacus, a pencil-sharpener, an eraser and lead and ball – pens. The value of each set is 2,100 dinars. 

SUPPLEMENT TO THE WORDING OF THE OPEN COMPETITION FOR GRANTING SCHOLARSHIPS TO SECONDARY SCHOOL PUPILS0

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• 11. August 2009.

The certificate of the overall income of a family, which is issued by the local self-governmental body, is to be procured for the total income of family members during the first six months of 2009.
Pupils that receive scholarships on other grounds can’t exercise the right to scholarship from this open competition.

August 3, 20090

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• 3. August 2009.

Ivica Dacic, the Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs,  said yesterday that he had talked with Albanian leaders from South Serbia the week before, with the aim of maintaining political stability and security in the region. „The talks went off well and they should go on. I want our security units in South Serbia to have the understanding and support of South Serbia’s citizens. I also want us to jointly fight against crime and corruption, since it is in everybody’s interest,” said Mr. Dacic.