Bujanovac – Zoran Stankovic, President of the Coordination Body of the Government of the Republic of Serbia for the Municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja, said that the fact that Albania and Kosovo and Metohija wished to financially assist the Presevo area didn’t cause any problems to Serbia...

Leskovac - The records of the Leskovac-based branch of the National Employment Office show a noticeably reduced number of the unemployed with primary and secondary school education, as well as a growing number of the unemployed who have acquired college education. 

Presevo - Customs officials on Presevo border-crossing prevented a Macedonian citizen from smuggling around 14 kilograms of marijuana.

Nis - Nis police discovered 18 foreign nationals without passports, while criminal charges were brought against one of them for suspicion of human trafficking. 

Bujanovac – In late December, the Bujanovac-based  "Megal" company delivered to its customers in Albania the first shipment of thirty solid - fuel  boilers for heating, as part of the contracted projects after the presentation of the production possibilities of "Megal" at the International Technical Fair, which was held in Tirana.

Мedvedja – The President of the Municipality of Medvedja, Slobodan Draskovic, said that a pellet plant would soon start operating in that municipality, that a total of about one million euros would be invested in it and that around fifty workers would be employed there.