Bujanovac – Yesterday, Vuk diplomas were awarded to the graduates of the “Branko Radicevic” elementary school in Bujanovac. The awarding ceremony took place on the premises of the school.

Vranje - The largest Italian footwear plant "Geox" in Vranje could soon begin training students from the Pcinj district how to make shoes.

USAID's Project for Accountable Local Self-Governments issued a call to local self-governments for expressing interest in participating in the project. The aim of the call is the selection of five to seven local self-governments in Serbia, which will be provided technical support in improving transparency, accountability and citizen participation.

Presevo, Bujanovac, Medvedja – The "City Games" caravan, which is similar to the former "Games Without Borders," soon embarks on its tour and arrives in Vranje on 18 July. "City Games" is an international sports and entertainment project, which is organized as a series of contests between representatives of European cities. This year, the "City Games" caravan will visit 10 cities in Serbia.

Belgrade - Milan Krkobabic, the Minister for Regional Development, said that farmers and members of cooperatives could, from that day on, apply to the call for grant incentives, for which, as part of the project “500 Cooperatives in 500 Villages,” around 825 million dinars were set aside.

Presevo, Bujanovac, Мedvedja - The "Ana and Vlade Divac" Foundation, in cooperation with a group of donors from the United States, issued a call for granting scholarships to students who would be enrolled in the first, second, third or fourth year of secondary school in the Republic of Serbia.

Bujanovac, Vranjska Spa – As part of implementing the project "Stop Child Labor", which aims to stop Roma children from dropping out of the education system because of working together with their parents, 31 children from 30 Roma families did not work with their parents, nor drop out of school.

Presevo, Bujanovac - Over the past ten days, there were only six people infected with measles in the Pcinj district, in which there have been 640 registered patients suffering from the disease so far. Most patients, 270 of them, are in Surdulica, while the fewest of them are in Bosilegrad, where only one case of measles was registered.

Medvedja - The tourist season in Sijarinska Spa officially began on May 28 with the arrival of the first group of visitors from Zrenjanin. The price list of board services increased by only 100 dinars compared to last year, while the price of tickets for the swimming pools remained unchanged.

Bujanovac – Due to the ban on recruitment in the public sector, which is still in force, the health center in Bujanovac has been faced with the lack of medical and non-medical staff over the previous few years. The problem is solved by hiring temporary workers, who are financed from the budget of the local self-government.