Bujanovac – Zoran Stankovic, the President of the Coordination Body for the Municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja, said in an interview granted to “FoNet” that his activities in the past period and his visits to South of Serbia implied an extremely correct relationship with the Albanians, and noted that tolerance and dialogue solved all the problems.

The Serbian Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ljubisa Dikovic visited the participants of the exercise “Platinum Wolf 15” in the “Jug” base near Bujanovac and said that there was great interest in utilizing the capacities of the base for joint training of the Army of Serbia’s units and foreign armed forces.

Zoran Stankovic, the President of the Coordination Body for the Municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja, along with Nagip Arifi, the Mayor of Bujanovac, Slobodan Draskovic, the Mayor of Medvedja, and Ilir Sadriju, a representative of the municipality of Presevo, who is from the Local Economic Development Office, awarded contracts to the businessmen from the three municipalities that had got subsidies through the call for grant applications.  Mr. Stankovic said that the incentives were received by 21 businessmen from the municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja, who, based on the improvement of production, were obliged to employ 85 new workers. 

Bujanovac - Due to a heavy rainfall in the night between Wednesday and Thursday, around ten households in the Bujanovac area were flooded, while all members of the said households were evacuated. 

An attempt to smuggle around 10 kilograms of heroin was prevented on the Presevo border crossing, at the entrance into Serbia from Macedonia. 

Bujanovac – Another “Sports against Violence” activity was undertaken at the “Branko Radicevic” primary school in Bujanovac. The said activity was organized by the Tennis Association of Serbia, the NIS Company, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development and the Ministry of Youth and Sports, while the primary school students had the opportunity to enjoy the charms of the “white sport”.

“For Serbia, it was very important that it behaved responsibly and seriously”, said Zoran Stankovic, referring to Edi Rama’s visit to Belgrade. He pointed out that the Albanians living in Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja were Serbian citizens and that their problems must be solved with the Serbian authorities. 

The European PROGRESS published Calls for Proposals for funding the preparation of economic and social infrastructure project documentation and for improving the operation of Local Tax Administrations (LTAs). Thirty-four local self-governments in South East and South West Serbia, which are engaged in the implementation of the development program, are entitled to apply.

Pursuant to the available financial resources, the commission of the Coordination Body of the Government of the Republic of Serbia for the Municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja for awarding scholarships to the secondary school students in the territory of the municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja in the 2014/2015 school year announces the ranking list of the students that will get student scholarships. 

You are hereby invited to attend the awarding of contracts to representatives of the small and medium-sized enterprises from the municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja, who received the funds through the call for applications for grants. The event will take place in the small hall of the Cultural Center in Bujanovac at 12 am on Thursday, November 20, 2014.