August 22^nd

The Airline Wizz Air has launched a new flight from Nis to Dortmund. The passengers will be able to fly to this city in Germany and back to Nis on Tuesdays and Saturdays. By tradition, the plane was greeted with “watery greeting”. These flights will make it easier for many to get in touch with family and do business in major European cities.Two weeks ago, Wizz Air introduced flights to Memmingen and Eindhoven, and last year to Malmo and Basel. It is estimated that around 125,000 passengers will pass through the Nis Airport by the end of this year. “This is another destination, another opening of the city, another window to the world, one more step towards the goal of making our city the economic center” said Nis City Mayor Darko Bulatovic. In addition to this Hungarian airline, flights from Nis to Bratislava, Düsseldorf, Milan and Berlin will soon be launched by the low-cost airline Ryanair.

August 22^nd

51^st Festival of Acting Performances in the domestic feature film traditionally began with the reception at Nis City Hall. Apart from actors, directors and filmmakers, the reception was attended by people from the public life of the city, and the guests were greeted by the newly elected Nis City Mayor Darko Bulatovic.

Later, on the Nis Fortress Summer Stage, the president of the jury, Ms. Sloboda Micalovic, received the keys to the city, which has been tradutionally handed over to the president of the jury by Nis City Mayor for past 51 years. Mayor Bulatovic said: “What I can say tonight, as a host, on my own and on behalf of all of you, we will try to hold the most spectacular Film Festival since their establishment next year, because the actors Serbia deserve it, and the Citizens of Nis,who are the best film audience in the world, also deserve it”. The president of the jury, Ms. Sloboda Micalovic, thanked for the hospitality and stressed that she was glad to be in Nis this year: “I hope that we will enjoy good films together, thank you for nurturing the film and the actors and and we will always return to Nis. The Fortress is ours. “