The Government of Japan, through the Skoplje-based office of Japan’s „JARC“ non-governmental organization, provided 200 fully equipped bee-hives to be-keepers from Vranje and Bujanovac each, said Srdjan Vasiljevic, Vranje’s Assistant Mayor for the field of agriculture.  

Vranje – In accordance with the systemic solution of the issue of collecting and recycling solid waste, a special facility will be built in Vranje, which a foreign donor will finance with 450,000 euros, said Oliver Dulic, Minister of Environment, Mining and Spatial Planning in the Government of the Republic of Serbia, in Vranje.   Upon having talks with the Mayor of Vranje and Presidents of the municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac, Trgoviste and Vladicin Han, he underscored that the solution in the field of waste disposal in South Serbia lay in the cooperation among the municipalities and added that the agreement on the issue had already been  reached.

Bujanovac – The renovation of the “Muharem Kadriu” elementary school in Bujanovac’s village of Veliki Trnovac, whose classes are attended by 970 students, is underway.   The roof and wood joinery were replaced, the façade tidied up and the new lighting was installed. Persons responsible for this issue say that renovation of the school kitchen was planned, as well as construction of a gym.

Vranje  – As part of the European Partnership with Municipalities Program „Progress” , a non-refundable aid of 600 thousand euros was approved for the implementation of several new projects in South and Southwestern Serbia. The EU and the Swiss Government are going to finance five major infrastructural projects with the sum of around half a million euros.   The Medvedja-based “Termovent” plant is going to be reconstructed, so that it could be enabled to manufacture briquette. The city of Vranje, as well as the municipalities of Presevo, Crna Trava and Ivanjica, are also going to receive the funds, which will be used for improving the rural infrastructure, as well as for the renovation of schools and day – nurseries. 

The city of Vranje, along with the municipalities of Bujanovac, Presevo and Vladicin Han, understood that the issues of unemployment, weak economy and a lack of the infrastructure  could be resolved only by pooling their efforts and resources, as well as by   working together on the accomplishemnt of their goals. They achieved this by means of the USAID’s new Sustainable Local Development Project.

A department of the Subotica-based Faculty of Economics was opened in Bujanovac on Friday, October 28, 2011. The first generation of 69 students, who will attend the classes in both Serbian in Albanian, enrolled in the 2011/2012 academic year. The classes for students from the Serbian and Roma communities will be held in Serbian, while students from the Albanian community, during their four years' long studying, will attend the classes in 14 subjects in Albanian.

Bujanovac – The opening of  a department of the Subotica-based Faculty of  Economics in Bujanovac, which will start operating officially on November 1, 2011, will take place on Friday, October 28, 2011.

A department of the Subotica-based Faculty of Economics is going to be opened in Bujanovac on Friday, October 28, 2011. The first generation of 69 students were enrolled in the 2011/2012 academic year and they will attend the classes that shall be held in Serbian and Albanian. The classes for students from the Serbian and Roma community will be in Serbian, whereas students from the Albanian community will, during a four years’ long studying, attend the classes in 14 subjects in Albanian.

Medvedja – Slobodan Draskovic, President of the Municipality of Medvedja, awarded the Medvedja self-government’s reward of 30,000 dinars to Agron Kasumi, a police officer from Medvedja, who recently saved the life of a two-year old girl that had almost choked herself to death by a medicine capsule.

Novi Sad – The Government of Vojvodina is going to finance from its provincial budget 69 Serbian, Albanian and Roma freshemn, it was decided  at yesterday’s session in Novi Sad.