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The Government of the Republic of Serbia

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Additional state aid for Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija in amount of €28 million

Raska, 13 April 2023

President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic said today, at the beginning of a meeting with representatives of Serbs from Kosovo and Metohija in Raska, in which the Prime Minister and members of the government also participated, that additional aid has been allocated for Serbs in the province in the amount of €28 million, which will be available to them immediately.

Vucic presented several measures, the first of which is an increase in temporary compensation in the total amount of €6,607,000, and the second is the economic empowerment of unemployed persons through cultural institutions, youth offices, for which a total of €5,606,000 has been allocated.

We have persons with higher education who will receive amounts of RSD 45,000 and RSD 80,000, Vucic said, and he singled out as the third measure the improvement of the work of health institutions, where 50 new doctors and 50 nurses will be employed, for which about €2 million is planned.

According to him, point four is an incentive for young married couples with RSD 50,000 for the first-born child.

We do not have a low birth rate in Kosovo and Metohija, and with this we are additionally strengthening and encouraging the birth of children, the President explained and added that the fifth measure is investing in the development of economic activity and female entrepreneurship and family business through the purchase of machines, equipment and working capital.

Support for new and existing entrepreneurs, as well as micro and small businesses, which are registered in the Business Registers Agency, and especially for women's entrepreneurship, whose founder and legal representative is a woman, comes from the budget of the Ministry of Economy, in the total amount of €1.282 million, he said.

He specified that the minimum amounts of subsidies within this measure are from RSD 100,000 to RSD 600,000, which can be of great importance for small companies.

According to him, the sixth measure is aimed at the development of agricultural activity, through the purchase of equipment, machines, seedlings, livestock, bees and beekeeping equipment, in which RSD 200 million, or RSD 1.709 million, will be invested.

In addition, we will allocate a total of €2.56 million for the removal of the consequences caused by heavy rainfall due to the overflow of torrential and other watercourses, and €6.83 million for the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation and rehabilitation of roads, streets and road facilities. We will also build swimming pools in Gornje Kusce, which will cost €1.025 million, Vucic said.

The President explained that the €28 million have been set aside in addition to everything that has been set aside and allocated for Kosovo and Metohija so far.