Medvedja – The “Petar Petrović Njegoš” municipal library and the “Mladost” preschool institution organized in Medvedja a humanitarian sales exhibition of children's works and called on all people of good will to buy the greeting cards, decorative paper bags, baskets, Easter eggs and other items, and thus financially assist the Todorović family from the village of Retkocer.

The project aimed at providing support to beginners in starting businesses - start-ups is implemented by the Development Agency of Serbia, in cooperation with the Accredited Regional Development Agencies.

Belgrade- At the invitation of Astrid Thors, the OSCE’s High Commissioner on National Minorities,  Srdjan Verbic, the Minister of Education, Science and Technological Development, attended, yesterday, a meeting in the Hague, which was held on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Hague recommendations on the rights of national minorities in education.

Raska - Jadranka Joksimovic, Minister without Portfolio, and Jean-Daniel Ruch, the Swiss Ambassador to Serbia, presented yesterday in Raska the contracts on granting the subsidies worth 368,000 euros to 48 women entrepreneurs from 22 municipalities in the southeastern and southwestern parts of Serbia.

With the aim of stimulating public discussion and debate on the topics related to the EU and the Republic of Serbia’s EU accession process, the European Integration Office issued a call for applications for conducting projects in the field of information, the topic of which is:

Bujanovac – Kyle Scott, the US Ambassador to Serbia, and Lt. Gen. Jovica Draganic, the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Serbian Army, visited the Serbian Army base "Jug" and attended part of the joint training of the Serbian and American Armies at the “Borovac” training range and the "Vrtogos" shooting range near Bujanovac.

Medvedja – Yesterday, at around noon, a fire broke out in the area of the village Sponce.  The low-growing plants were burning. Thanks to the response of two teams of firemen from Medvedja and Leskovac, the fire was localized and placed under control.  At around 1.40 pm, another fire broke out in the territory of the village of Sponce, in the part of the village located in the direction of Medvedja, which was also localized and put under control.

Presevo, Nis – As of April 18, 2016, railway traffic on the Presevo – Nis  route will be changed due to the reconstruction and modernization of the Vinarci-Djordjevo, Vranjska Spa- Ristovac and Bukarevac-Bujanovac railway sections, it was said in a statement issued by the  “Trains of Serbia" company. 

The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Serbia issued a public call for submitting project proposals for the program "Support to Associations and Organizations - Encouraging the Activities of Professional Organizations, Councils and Associations" in 2016.

Presevo – The Commander of the Serbian Army Lieutenant - General Milosav Simovic laid a wreath at the monument to those who fell in the NATO bombing in the village of Reljane, near Presevo.