Nis City Council Member Mrs. Jelena Mitrovski met today with the participants of the scientific conference Nis and Byzantium which, on the occasion of the city festivity days celebrating city patron St. Emperor Constantine and St. Empress Helen, was held in Nis.
It is a prestigious scientific conference which has been organized in our city for 16 years, and, which brings together world-renowned scholars studying Byzantine period. This year’s scientific symposium Nis and Byzantium was the central Serbian scientific conference dedicated to the most important event in the history of Serbian statehood , i.e., the 800^th anniversary of the First Serbian Kingdom and the coronation of Stefan the First Crowned. It is a great tribute to the efforts of the organizers to keep this conference going for so many years and to be a good host and preserve initial scientific and organizational level.

According to Nis City Council Member Mrs. Jelena Mitrovski the goal was set 16 years before to set the profile of the symposium Nis and Byzantium profiled as a respectable international congresses Byzantium studying scholars, after which the City of Nis would be recognized outside our country. She thanked the participants and invited them to come and take part in this prestigious scientific meeting again.

“I congratulate from the bottom of my heart to all the citizens of Nis the days of our city patrons – St. Emperor Constantine and St. Empress Helen with the wish for our city to be, in the years which ate ahead of us, the driving engine of the progress in the South of Serbia, and that every following year, we celebrate these days in good health happiness and prosperity. In line with our rich tradition and values ​​on which it is based, our efforts are directed towards improving the quality of life of our citizens. To make the most of the opportunities that are before us, we need unity and cooperation. With the desire to implement positive economic and cultural projects in the years ahead, once again I extend my congratulations on this occasion, “as Nis City Mayor Darko Bulatovi said in his speech.

Previously, in the church of St. Emperor Constantine and St. Empress Helen, His Grace Bishop Teodosije of Nis, presented to the Mayor the labarum with the monogram of Christ, which symbolically marked the beginning of the celebration of the city festivity days.

A thousand members of the Serbian Ministry of Interior demonstrated training and equipment of the Serbian Police at the celebration of its National Day which was organized in Nis attended by Government of the Republic of Serbia ministers and numerous guests as well as gathered citizens of Nis. First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Mr. Nebojsa Stefanovic, said at the ceremony that in the last three years the crime rate in the country fell by 7%. The guest on this occasion could see the simulation of antiterrorist combat, resolving the hostage crisis and rescuing hostages by special police units backed by helicopters from the air.

The program for Local Economic Development of the City of Nis for 2017 provides for the first time the awards St. Emperor Constantine and St. Empress Helen for most successful companies headquartered in Nis in the year 2016 which are for a reason awarded on this particular date.

The celebration of the city patron saints’ days is an opportunity to recognize the best companies in Ns, which, in various fields, are contributing to its local economic development. Their contribution is the contribution to the positioning of Nis on the business map of Serbia as the regional center and an ideal destination for new investments. Companies, small, medium and large enterprises, as well as a number of entrepreneurs and supporting institutions, through their work contribute to a more positive economic image of the city and reducing of the unemployment.

Those, who are opening new companies and they are growing in numbers, are the sign that there are new business ideas and plans for the development of existing ones.
Institutions in the education system are working closely with business community and the local self-government is doing everything to support and further develop establish synergy of all stakeholders in the important process of local economic development. Among the many winners in several categories, there are companies like Philip Morris, Aster Textiles, Johnson Electric, Benetton and Leoni, while among awarded local companies, there are  construction company Put Inzenjering, Bakery Brankovic and meat industry Biftek. The association of businessmen Naisus was awarded to as well as Faculty of Mechanical Engineering for outstanding contribution to local economic development. The beginners in business are companies Federman, Mildeks and Anakvadrat doo Nis.

Today 124 918^th passenger has landed at Nis Airport Constantine the Great and in this way, after only five months, the Nis Airport achieved a record number of passengers, higher than during the whole of 2016, which was otherwise the most successful so far. The honorary passenger was Vanesa from Germany who flew to Nis to visit her best friend. She was greeted at the airport by Nis City Mayor Darko Bulatovic and the airport general manger Vladica Djurdjanović who presented to her a symbolic gift to mark this day and her stay in Nis.

On this occasion, the Mayor said that he was glad that the Nis airport was put into operation and that it was operating at full capacity. He added that the works on reconstruction of the terminal were nearing their completion.

Article No 52 of the Law on Public Enterprises (Official Gazette of RS, No 15/2016) provides that the Acting General Manager may be appointed to the moment of the appointment of the General Manager of a public company after a public competition for a period not longer than one year. Given the fact that the acting general managers at PUC City Heating Plant and PUC Gorica completed their term of office, and that according to the Law on Public Enterprises, the same person cannot be appointed twice as the general manager, Committee for the Appointment of Nis City Assembly, acting in accordance with the law and Statute of the City of Nis, will propose to the members of the Nis City Assembly to decide on the appointment of the new acting general managers of the two companies.

Acting general manager must meet the requirements for appointment of public company general managers referred to in Article 25 of this Law and shall have all the rights, duties and powers that of a public company general manager. The City Council cannot speculate who will be appointed as the new acting general managers given that their appointment is not within the competence of the City Council but of the Nis City Assembly Committee for the appointment.

The City of Nis marked the 208^th anniversary of the Battle on the Hill of Cegar. At the Skull Tower chapel the clergy of Nis Eparchy served the memorial liturgy for the heroes who died in the battle. The wreaths were laid at the memorial complex above the city by the representatives of the City of Nis, the RS Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, City Municipality Pantelej, Serbian Army, Serbian Police.

The major battle between Serb rebels and Turks took place more than two centuries. The leader of the Serbian army was the Duke Stevan Sindjelic, while the Turkish army was led by Khurshid Pasha. Around 40,000 Turks were stationed in Nis Fortress, while outnumbered Serbian Army had 18,000 fighters. When numerous Turkish troops penetrated into the moat, the Duke Stevan Sindjelic fired a pistol in a warehouse of gunpowder. All the Serbian soldiers and about 12,000 Turks were killed.

May 25^th

Marjan Cakarevic, the poet from Belgrade, is winner of the 46^th prestigious award that bears the name of the prince of poetry Branko Miljkovic. Cakarević was awarded for the book “Tissues” published by Povelja from Kraljevo. The award was presented by Nis City Mayor Darko Bulatovic. This year’s laureate has so far published five books of poetry. At the awards ceremony at the City Hall the young actor from Nis Milos Unic read the verses by Branko Miljkovic and the winner Cakarevic accompanied by choir singer Evica Radevska and Marija Dinov Vasic at the piano.

May 24th

“Football Club Radnicki Nis is the city club and therefore we are extremely concerned about the latest developments in connection with obtaining euro license. As the City of Nis administration we have always tried to help Football Club Radnicki to overcome financial problems in the previous period in order to be able to compete in the national football league and to respect all the laws of our country. For this reason we are concerned because of the fact that some football clubs, which are record holders in long-term debt and whose bank accounts have been blocked for years, found virtually “overnight” money and unblocked the accounts. We think that it would not be a good idea to ignore the laws of our Republic, and that it is necessary to respect the rules continuously, not just when it suits individuals. Football is not just a game on the field but and fulfilling legislative obligations.

As the City of Nis we are concerned with the possibility for the club who has been working “illegally” for years to obtain the license. If this really happens, it will definitely reward contempt of the state and its laws. The data at our disposal show that Football Club Radnicki Nis paid around 9 million in taxes to the Republic of Serbia, as well as 30 million dinars for the arrears of the past in the last two months.

City of Nis  will continue to support sports and athletes, and we sincerely hope that the respect for the laws of the country is above all,” as Nis City Council Member Branislav Kacar sis in his press release.

May 24th

Nis City Council Member Branislav Kacar was the host at the reception organized for the members of the Table Tennis Club for people with disabilities Nais who, competing for the Serbian national team, won 6 medals and four cups at the first international tournament in Podgorica. Besides the Serbian national team the teams from Croatia FYROM and Montenegro participated in the tournament. According to table tennis players, the conditions for training in Nis and the past problems have been overcome.

According to Branislav Kacar the conditions were fulfilled for Table Tennis Club for people with disabilities Nais to compete for the funds allocated by the City of Nis. He congratulated the athletes on the excellent results and promised that the city would help to further improve their conditions for training and announced the reconstruction of table tennis home the following year, as well as adopting toilet facilities for the people with disabilities, which currently posed a problem. In addition, through the Sports Association of Nis, the sports equipment will be donated and the City will help with the trip to the competition in Germany this July.