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CITY OF NIS SUPPORTS PROJECT ROMA IN EUROPEAN CITIES

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AMBASSADOR OF SLOVAK

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MAYOR VISITED YURA FACTORY

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NEW FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR CARGO CENTER

The deadline for the preparation of this feasibility study is September 1, 2012. The Company Eyemaxx Management GmbH from Austria sent new Letter of Intent to Nis City Mayor with the precise data on the intended investment of 61,3 million EUR and envisaging new 400 potential jobs. Such investment requires the land property of 26,4 hectares in size. The expected gross area of the future logistic center is 136.000m2. The beginning of the investment realization will be upon the completion of vesting

the ownership over the land property into the investor and the completion is expected within the period of five years. This New Letter of Intent differs from the one sent in July 2011 in that the project this time would be realized as a whole and not in phases as previously planned. Once the Feasibility Study is ready it will be submitted to Nis City parliament for adoption and then forwarded to Republic of Serbia Government for official approval. Thus the full transparency of the project will be achieved.

Niš City Council adopted the Conclusion to launch the initiative to develop Feasibility Study of Leasing Construction Land to Eyemaxx Management GmbH from Austria or to its Serbian branch.

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The City of Nis will form the working group which will include the representative of all three sectors with the task to coordinate the CSR activities

The representatives of Nis City, public, private and civic sectors met at Nis City Hall to discuss opportunities that would forge strong partnerships between the business sector and local communities through corporate social responsibility - CSR initiatives.

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The project is implemented by Minority Rights Center and financed by Open Society Roma Initiatives from Budapest. The project will carry out background research on the situation of Roma in 12 cities across 7 countries of the Decade of Roma Inclusion (Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia). The research will focus on the situation of Roma in 12 selected major cities across Decade countries with significant Roma populations, looking in particular at the extent to which local policy addresses inclusion and equal opportunities, seeks to include Roma in the policy-making process and how social, economic and political needs and aspirations of Roma communities are addressed. In each selected city, monitoring will focus on the following general areas: health, education, employment, local media, consultation and participation, identity and safety and security.

The selected cities are: Cluj-Napoca (Romania), Belgrade (Serbia), Bucharest (Romania), Kosice (Slovakia), Kumanovo (Macedonia), Miskolc (Hungary), Nis (Serbia), Ostrava (Czech Republic), Pecs (Hungary), Skopje (Macedonia), Sofia and Vidin (Bulgaria). “Roma community in Nis is big. They are our neighbours and we live and work together. For the City of Nis as local self-government, it is very important to learn more based on the result of the research that would be carried out within this project so that we could have better insight into real living conditions of Roma people in Nis and into their needs so that we could respond adequately to them. Nis City Council will provide all necessary support to the project researchers as defined by the Protocol on Cooperation signed between the City of Nis and Minority Rights Center”, as Branislav Randjelovic, Nis City Councilor said.

The presentation of the Project Roma in European Cities was held at Nis City Hall.

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and to work on funding of selected activities. The work will also work on the development and promotion of the CSR projects.

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Two officials discussed potential future cooperation. After the meeting Mayor Perisic said to the press that Slovak Republic was very interested in investing in our country, especially in Nis, and that several actual activities were agreed upon during the meeting. Mayor Perisic also pointed out that Slovak Republic succeeded to overcome the great problems with unemployment and that it should be the example for any country in its transition phase to look up to on the road to EU. As agreed at the meeting the direction of cooperation between Slovak Republic and City of Nis would be towards new investments especially in the area of energy production from renewable energy sources. The closer cooperation could be expected in the areas of culture, sports and science. Still the priority will be establishing links between the businessmen from Nis and Slovakia. “We agreed on linking the entrepreneurs and chambers of commerce. Honorary Serbian Consul lives and works in Kosice and this will facilitate entering of Slovak capital into Serbia and potential placement of

On this occasion, the Company Manager for European market Cangan Yun and the deputy of the Yura Corporation Manager who is a managing director of all Yura factories in Serbia Yong Woo Nam expressed their gratitude to the City

what the City of Nis and this region can offer to Slovakia “, said Mayor Perisic. The possibility of introducing the flight Bratislava - Venice -Nis, once a week, was also discussed at the meeting as well as the interest expressed by investors from Slovakia for the location of Lozni kalem and construction of Aqua park. On this occasion Ambassador Varso said he was pleased that he was in Nis and pointed out that he shared the views on cooperation development with Mayor Perisic. He also pointed out that the relations between Slovakia and Serbia have always been open, honest and good without any hidden problems which represented good base for the cooperation. After the meeting with Mayor Perisic at Nis City Hall Ambassador Varso and his associates visited the industrial zone of Donje Medjurovo, the Airport Constantine the Great, the industrial zone North, EI Holding and Niska Banja to see on the site the development potentials of our city. The Ambassador Varso also visited the Safe House whose establishment was assisted by Slovak Republic.

of Nis for the provided support in the realization of this investment project. Mayor Perisic reassured the factory management that the City would continue to provide whatever support was needed.

Nis City Mayor Zoran Perisic met with the Ambassador of Slovak Republic in Belgrade H. E. Mr. Jan Varso.

Nis City Mayor Zoran Perisic with his associates visited Yura Corporation Factory in Donje Medjurovo and met with the factory management to discuss the current situation and to meet with the workers in the factory.

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More than 500 musicians from all over the world performed on five stages (Earth and Sky Stage, Open Stage, Matinee Stage, River Stage and Midnight Jam Session Stage). The organizers of the festival estimated this year event with more than 80 concerts in five cities in Serbia as a success. The most memorable ones were the performance by Brussels Jazz Orchestra, Opus Five, John Patitucci, Brand New Heavies and many others. Once again the festival proved its uniqueness by blending Balkan music tradition and all kinds of jazz music. From the very beginning, the concept of the festival (apart from the “traditional” forms of jazz,) was based primarily on the fusion of jazz and the ethnic traditions of different parts of the world, especially with the traditions of Balkans. The most famous jazz magazine in the world “Downbeat” says that Nisville festival not only promotes jazz as a music genre originated on the American continent, but also music traditions of the Balkans, and especially the combination of these two styles, which resulted in presenting the music of the Balkans as a new world trend. At the traditional reception at Nis City Hall before the official beginning of the Festival,Nis City Mayor Zoran Perisic welcomed the

distinguished musicians from all over the world saying that the elite of the performers who were present at the festival this year testified that we succeeded in putting Nis on the world map. The efforts done by Mr. Ivan Blagojevic, the director of festival, in organizing this festival year after year should be recognized. Special preparations should be made for next year when the City of Nis would be celebrating Edict of Milan signing anniversary. Then plan is to bring more than 100 musicians to Nis and to have more than 20 stages in towns all over Serbia. The number of volunteers who were interested in being part of Nisville Festival this year pointed out to importance of the festival. Out 770 volunteers from 28 countries who applied 350 were selected to be :assistants to team leaders, host to the public, host to the musicians, PR, press officers, logistic and field support, security and workshop organizers. Mayor Perisic spent some time with the volunteers before the beginning of the festival and in his welcoming speech to them he said that Nisville Jazz Festival would not be possible without the help of the dedicated volunteers who donated their time, energy and creativity every year to produce this authentic event.

29th Nisville International Jazz festival (August 16-19) came to its end after six festival days.

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