November 4^th, 2016
The Chairman of the Assembly of the City of Niš, Mr. Rade Rajkovic met today with the President of the Association of European Cities of Culture (AVEC), with the Deputy Mayor of the French City of Arles – Mr. Christian Mourisard.

This meeting, according to the Chairman Rajković, represents the succession of a long-term cooperation between the City of Nis and the City of Arles, as well as a good opportunity to exchange experiences in the field of preservation and presentation of cultural and historical heritage. This issue in the City of Nis will be approached with great care, taking into account the potential of the overall economic development. This is primarily related to a better tourism offer towards a growing number of foreign visitors, who will have a chance to see and learn a lot about the history and culture of this region in the City of Nis.

In addition, the current city authorities will particularly insist on having the best professionals from cultural institutions work on such tourist offers, whose continuity of work will not depend on periodic changes in the local self-government, stated Mr. Rajković.

Furthermore, the A.V.E.C network (Alliance de Villes Européennes de Culture) was established in 1997 as a European network of historical cities and districts with the common goal of establishing a European region based on a respect for the culture including both tangible and intangible cultural heritage, which stands for the identity of cities and regions.

November 4^th

The City of Nis, in partnership with the Nis Regional Chamber of Commerce, the Faculty of Electronic Engineering of the University of Nis, the National Employment Service Branch of Nis and the Advanced Technologies Cluster NiCat will organize the Second Advanced Technology Forum on November 15^th and 16^th in the renovated premises of the Officers’ Mess Building. According to the Nis City Mayor Darko Bulatovic, the goal of the forum was to present the economic, scientific and educational potentials of Nis in the field of advanced technologies. A team of 25 representatives of the city, city institutions, economy, education and science, as well as the non-governmental sector are working on the realization of this year’s forum. The two-day forum will also include expert panels, an exhibition of economic, scientific and educational and institutional potentials of the city, a specialized trade fair and professional orientation, the exhibition “Nis-the City of Electronics through Time”, as well as a number of other accompanying activities in the field of advanced technologies. At today’s press conference in the City Hall, the Mayor invited local companies from the world of electronics, mechanical engineering, ICT to present their products and segments of work, educational institutions to demonstrate what makes us competitive on the market in the field of education, when the advanced technologies in question.

November 4^th

Nis City Mayor Darko Bulatovic met today at the Nis City House with His Excellency Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Serbia Tomas Njegodjis. At the reception, two officials discussed the cooperation in the field of economy, culture and education. The mayor and ambassador agreed that it was necessary to renew the ties between the Serbian and Polish people who had excellent cooperation in the past, and agreed that the economic forum would be organized in the coming period, with interested investors from Poland participating. The idea is to show them the potentials of southeastern Serbia in order to take concrete steps towards establishing economic cooperation. The Polish ambassador also announced intensification of cooperation on the cultural plan, but also in the field of education with the goal of connecting the University of Nis with universities in Poland.