March 19^th

On the occasion of the 100^th anniversary of the end of the First World War, the Association of Greek-Serbian Friendship Agios Mateos from Corfu visited Nis. The reception was held at Nis City Hall on the occasion of the concert of the choir from Corfu. Nis City Council Member for Culture Jelena Mitrovski met with the guests from Corfu who, on this occasion, reminded everybody of the traditional ties between the Greeks and Serbs and the great historical events that connect this region inextricably with the island of Corfu.

January 31^st

In June Niš will be hosting this year’s biggest children’s music festival -Serbia in the rhythm of Europe. Nis high school students who won last year at this biggest festival representing Turkey would bring competitors from 22 cities from Serbia. The representatives of the cities from Serbia will represent 22 European countries and sing songs in the language of the country they represent. Nis, as the host of the festival, will represent Serbia and the team from Nis will sing in Serbian language.

The contract between the organizer of the children’s festival and Nis City Mayor Darko Bulatovic was signed today at Nis City Hall. On this occasion Mazor Bulatovic expressed his gratitude for the exceptional reception that the Turkish ambassador organized for the Nis team. “The procedures are such that the city who wins at the competition is the host of the next one. So this year we will be the host of this important children’s festival which will also promote our city, our young people, European values. We will try to be good hosts,” said Mayor Bulatovic on this occasion.

“The children of the host city sing for Serbia and sing in the Serbian language. If Nis wins again, the city will receive 50% of the total net SMS income, and as the city winner it can receive free stage lights and sound system and free TV broadcast”, said Mr. Igor Karadarevic, the organizer of the festival. He added that the ambassadors of the 22 countries of the European Union, who have been supporting Serbia in the Rhythm of Europe Festival for 10 years, give additional value to this competition”. The jury, as before, will be composed of representatives of town competitors in a live television program. The votes by jury constitute the half of the total votes while the rest is gathered via text messages.

January 10^th

The reception for artists who would be performing at the traditional New Year’s concert in Nis organized by the Youth Philharmonic Orchestra and the maestro Zoran Andric was organized at Nis City Hall. Nis City Mayor Darko Bulatovic welcomed the artists and the representatives of the Italian Cultural Center from Belgrade who helped in bringing the artists to Nis. Maestro Zoran Andric announced the possibility that the City of Nis together with the Government of Serbia would invest in the construction of a new concert hall in the following three years, and that for the Youth Philharmonic Orchestra it would be the honor to be the first to perform in the new concert hall.

November 23^rd

The 54^th Nis Book Fair was officially opened by Academician Milosav Tesic, who, on this occasion, said that the book was the most noble and most humane work of humanity and that it survived precisely thanks to fairs and publishers. However, Tesic added, the book was under great pressure from electronic information systems that were pulling mankind into the virtual world. This year’s book fair is attended by our biggest and most important publishers and bookstores. The Book Fair, which will last until November 29th, will be accompanied by numerous promotions, literary meetings and talks, book signings by our distinguished writers and other accompanying programs.

November 20^th

The novel If You Look Long Enough into Abyss by Enes Halilovic was awarded with the prestigious literary award Stevan Sremac. The award-winning novel was selected by the jury as the best of the submitted novels, and characterized it as a real Greek tragedy in the Novi Pazar way. The writer Enes Halilovic described the biography of the heroine Neira Bugarin with the quill pen dipped in the torment and ruin of his native region. The book is written without the desire to calculate, or to humor, without the need to exaggerate this or that literary strategy on its pages. The testimony left in the novel If You Look Long Enough into Abyss is there to excite, shake and inspire to thinking. On behalf of the City of Nis the award was presented by Nis City Council Member for Culture Jelena Mitrovska. This is the second literary award for this writer, since in 2012 he received the Branko Miljković award for the book “Poems of Disease and Health”.

November 17^th

Nis City Council Member for Culture Jelena Mitrovski opened the second Nis Salon, a significant exhibition within which 12 artists presented their works. On this occasion Mitrovski emphasized that such cultural manifestations were a kind of confirmation that our city affirmed contemporary arts. “Culture is undoubtedly the best and easiest way to communicate among people, and the language of fine arts is universal. As a local self-government, we strive to nurture art, encourage young people to love it, but also, thanks to cultural events like this, reach all art lovers”. She added that the artists, whose works were exhibited, by the quality of their work, set a strong foundation for even more ambitious plans. “This is a good indication of the long and successful tradition of the Nis Salon. As the City, we give full support to the organization of such events, “concluded Mitrovski.

November 20^th

On the occasion of the 45^th anniversary of the founding of the Academic Choir of the Student Cultural Center of the University of Nis, the gala concert will be held on Wednesday, November 22^nd at the Officers’ Mess Building in Nis with the performances of the Chamber Choir of the University Adam Mickiewicz from Poznan, Poland and the Nis Symphony String Orchestra. Nis City Council member for Culture Jelena Mitrovska met today with the representatives of the Polish Choir, the founder and the conductor of the Chamber Choir Krzysztof Szydzisz, the guest conductor from Ecuador Fernando Hill Estrado. On this occasion, Mitrovski said that the concert was the part of the bigger project that had yet to come to life and that the work of the Student Cultural Center Academic Choir was important not only for the University of Nis but for the whole city. She added that it was the great honor that the city could host such renowned choir and conductors.

November 13^th

On the occasion of the publication of the second volume of Collectd Works by Branko Miljkovic, entitled Poetry II the City of Nis and the Nis Cultural Center organized an open press conference for the media and the public. Literary and cultural significance, both for Nis and for Serbian culture, of the new edition of the Collected Works by Branko Miljkovic is reflected in the fact that this will be the first edition of the complete opus by Branko Miljković published after 1972. The new edition of the Collected Works by Branko Miljkovic will be published in 6 books, 2 of which have already been published. The works will include the entire poetry of Branko Miljkovic, his translations, literary reviews and essays, as well as the theoretical-critical volume of this documentary material. This extraordinary cultural undertaking was officially started in February 2015, by signing a protocol on the publication of Branko Miljkovic’s Collected Works, between the City of Nis, the Faculty of Philosophy, the National Museum, the National Library and the Nis Cultural Center, as an executive publisher.

November 8^th

The Urban Planners’ Exhibition is  a  traditional  annual  manifestation  held by the Serbian town planners  association,  which  is  the  review  of the most significant, current accomplishments in the area of spatial and urban planning, urban design and their realizations. Entire or partial setup of the Exhibition will be presented in  other cities in Serbia and abroad after premier exposition in Belgrade. Nis City Mayor Darko Bulatovic welcomed the participants of the 26^th Urban Planners’ Exhibition. “I sincerely believe that, in the future, as a team of scientists and associates, willing and able, together with the best experts and with full IT support, you will perform all the tasks from the domain of spatial planning, urban planning, but also environmental protection as an inseparable part of modern urban activities and thus continue the tradition of your predecessors who have shown through their work that the City of Nis has top experts in this area, “said the Mayor Bulatovic at the opening ceremony.

November 6^th

This year’s City of Nis Youth Day was marked in a spectacular way, with the first concert by Dejan Petrović in Nis. 10,000 young people enjoyed the music of this great artist and his band Big Band.  The stage was set on the unusual location on the River Nisava. “Young people are the most important resource of Nis and the city administration seeks to show how important it is that young people stay here, in Nis, by creating adequate conditions for work, improvement, advancement and beautiful life. One of the segments of decent life is access to various manifestations, cultural, sports, such as this concert is“    as Nis City Council Member for Youth and Sports Branislav Kacar said.  According to Nis City Council Member Branislav Kacarthis is only the first in a series of cultural events that the city will organize.

Here you can watch a video from the spectacular concert of Dejan Petrović in Nis