There is a problem with teachers of Serbian in South Serbia, where it takes months to fill a single position of a teacher of Serbian.

Yesterday, 53 young leaders from Serbia, the USA, Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia gathered together in Belgrade for a three-day seminar, which was organized as part of the US Program for Young Leaders from Central Europe, said the Youth Initiative for Human Rights.

Vranje – The construction of a mini hydroelectric power plant “Prvonek” on the Banjstica River, which is in the vicinity of Vranjska Spa, or more precisely on the accumulation system for supplying Vranje and Bujanovac with water, is to begin.

Nis – The relocation of the Development Fund of Serbia from Belgrade to Nis, which occurred this February, already yielded some results. Sladjana Backovic, Director of the Fund, says that following many meetings, which had been held between representatives of the Fund and representatives of chambers of commerce and business associations from all over the country, especially of those from the southern and south-eastern Serbia, a visible progress was made in the field of economic activity: 

The Serbian Ministry of Interior’s open competition for ethnic minorities in South Serbia was successfully completed.  Following a check made by the Security and Information Agency and the Ministry of Interior, 10 persons from Medvedja qualified for undergoing police training, as well as 20 persons from Presevo and Bujanovac each. The police training is going to last one year.

The “Peace-building and Inclusive Local Development” (PBILD) program is a joint UN program for South Serbia, which is  implemented by the following six agencies: the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), as the leading UN agency working on the said program,  the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF),  the UN Human Settlements Program (UN-HABITAT), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The UN agencies cooperate with all the municipalities of the Jablanica and Pcinj districts, as well as with the official bodies of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, such as the Coordination Body of the Government of the Republic of Serbia for the Municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja, the Ombudsman’s Office and the Commissioner for Refugees of the Republic of Serbia.

A simulation session of the Parliament is going to be held at the Serbian Parliament today for secondary school students from 16 Serbian municipalities and cities, while the topic of the debate is going to be a proposal of the Law on Prevention of Alcohol Abuse with the Young.

Last week-end, the “Future” organization from Veliki Trnovac performed for the citizens of Bujanovac the “Our Home 2” play. The said play is continuation of the play with the same name that was performed at Bujanovac’s “Vuk Karadzic” community center over a month ago.  This time, the young of the organization decided to perform the play in the open, on the main Bujanovac promenade, with the aim of attracting as many viewers as possible.  

Presevo – Upon destruction of 48 cluster bombs in the territory of the village of Brustanje near Presevo, the de-mining of the first site in that municipality was completed, said yesterday Emil Jeremic, the Head of the Norwegian People Aid’s Office for South-Eastern Europe.  

Leskovac – The people from the Leskovac-based Agricultural Advisory and Expert Office are of the view that last week’s rain is going to have a beneficial effect on the growth and harvest of corn.