Toshio Tsunozaki, Japanese Ambassador to Serbia, together with Saip Kamberi, President of the Municipality of Bujanovac, planted two friendship threes in the center of Bujanovac. Participating in the event were principals of elementary schools that take part in the „Clean Environment” project, which the Japanese government funds by 100,000 EUR. Mr. Tsunozaki also visited Bujanovac elementary schools „Branko Radicevic“ and „Naim Fraseri“, whose students, as well as students of elementary school „Desanka Maksimovic“ from Biljaca, take part in the project.
READ MOREBogoljub Tomic, Director of the Bujanovac Tobacco Industry, said that around four hundred tons of tobacco is going to be produced in the territory of the municipalities of Bujanovac and Presevo this year, which is by 100 tons of tobacco more in comparison with the last year.
READ MOREGerman and Dutch Ambassadors to Serbia, Wolfram Maas and Ron Van Dartel, heiled yesterday the participation of Albanians in the Coordination Body for South Serbia. „I am glad that the Coordination Body started operating, because regional problems can be solved only through joint efforts of all those living there. The international community shall fulfill its commitments regarding the future and strategy of moving not only this reagion, but also the entire country, closer to the European Union,“ said Mr. Van Dartel during his visit to Bujanovac.
READ MOREMichael Harvey, Head of USAID Mission to Serbia, awarded to representatives of nine municipalities certificates for the success achieved in improving their capabilities for reacting in local crisis situations.
In addition to representatives of Medvedja, the certificates were issued to representatives of Arilje, Bečej, Sečanj, Sjenica, Vlasotince, Vršac, Žitište and Zrenjanin.
The “Peca and a Wolf” play, which is performed by a wind brass quintet of the Belgrade philharmonic orchestra, as well as by an actor/narrator, is going to be shown at 10 am on June 11, 2009, at the community center in Bujanovac and at 4 pm on the same date at the community center in Medvedja.
READ MOREMilan Markovic, President of the Coordination Body of the Government of the Republic of Serbia for the Municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja, said that „the opening of the first Protector of Citizens’ (Ombudsman’s) Office outside Belgrade in these southern Serbian municipalities“ was extremely important for the relations in South Serbia.
READ MOREModerate Optimism Following a Session of the Coordination Body’s Presidency
The second session of the reconstructed Coordination Body of the Government of the Republic of Serbia for the Municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja was held on the premises of the Coordination Body’s Office in Bujanovac.
The session of the Presidency was dedicated to resolving the most important issues of the southern Serbian municipalities. A particular emphasis was put on the issue of establishing multiethnic governments in Bujanovac and Presevo, as well as on the issue of including Albanians in the local institutions of the Republic of Serbia.
READ MORESaša Janković, Protector of Citizens of the Republic of Serbia (Republican Ombudsman), along with his deputies and twenty or so of his associates, is going to be in Bujanovac, Presevo and Medvedja on May 26 and 27, 2009, where he will talk with representatives of the local self-governments and citizens about their greatest problems and about improvement in the exercising of citizens’ rights.
READ MORESasa Jankovic, Protector of Citizens (Ombudsman) of the Republic of Serbia, is going to visit Bujanovac, Presevo and Medvedja next week, where he is going to speak with the citizens and representatives of the local self-governments about the greatest problems there, as well as about an improvement in the exercising of the citizens’ rights.
READ MOREMilan Markovic, President of the Coordination Body for South Serbia, said yesterday that the establishment of multi-ethnic governments in Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja would lead to an ease of tensions in that part of Serbia. At a session of the Serbian Parliament’s Board for Multi-Ethnic Relations, at which the current political and economic situation in Bujanovac was discussed, Mr. Markovic said that the establishment of multi-ethnic governments in Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja is a presumption for peaceful and stable work, as well as for good relations in those three municipalities.
READ MOREAt today’s session of the Municipal Assembly of Presevo, a decision was reached on a change of the local government, which consisted of the Party for Democratic Action (4 members of the Serbian National Assembly from Presevo) of Riza Halimi and the Democratic Party of Albanians (12 members of the Serbian National Assembly from Presevo) of Ragmi Mustafa.
READ MOREAs part of the Ministry of Culture’s »Serbia in Serbia« activity, the »Kolo« national folk troupe gave its first concert at the Bujanovac »Vuk Karadzic« community center last night. Both Serbian and Albanian folk troupes performed during the program. The concert was opened by Minister of Culture Nebojsa Bradic.
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