There will be as many as 12 films and four series at the Leskovac International Festival of Film Directing - the continuation of this festival's journey to bring films from the area of Yugoslavia closer to the audience.
The monument to King Milan and the reconstruction of the Museum of Textiles in Leskovac are the first projects whose implementation began within the Capital of Culture of Serbia. The monument will cost about 55 million dinars, and the Museum about 624 thousand euros
In the General Hospital in Leskovac, 15 children were admitted for hospital treatment due to salmonella poisoning after consuming pasta in a local fast food restaurant.
The year in which Leskovac is the National Capital of Culture began with a cultural and artistic program of 820.000 dinars, and a table tennis tournament
The city of Zrenjanin has not officially published the list of planned and unrealized projects during the just ended year of the Capital of Culture. The list is not short at all
A young man was killed in a hookah bar in Leskovac. The police arrested the suspect for the murder
Earlier than usual, the Year of Culture began in Leskovac with the opening of an exhibition that has been in existence since 2024, without the media and atmosphere that befits such an event. It was a directive from the Ministry of Culture
The company "Jura" requests an extension of paid leave for workers due to a drop in orders and announces up to 45 layoffs. The trade unions insist on a dialogue on overtime work and warn that the crisis in "Jura" is part of a wider wave of departure of foreign investors from Serbia
The layoffs in Jura are just the beginning, the trade unions warn, and state that thousands of jobs in the auto industry are in doubt
Part of the Jura workers in Leskovac will lose their jobs, and some will go on paid leave, the company announced
Because of the Capital of Culture project, this year Leskovac will invest the most in its culture so far, and the Ministry of Culture has provided completely new funds, from which a monument to King Milan will be erected
"The workers themselves know that the factory wants to reduce the number of workers because the orders have also been reduced, so they themselves applied for the termination of the contract," explained the Independent Union of Metalworkers "Aptiva" in Leskovac
The 18th "Little Joachim" was completed, although until recently it seemed that it would not be held this year. Children, the audience of the National Theater in Leskovac, were most happy about the happy ending
Nine people, including five children, were evacuated on Thursday, November 19, from flooded households in the Vranje area, after heavy rainfall raised the level of South Morava and led to flooding in southern Serbia
Leskovac will be the first city in Serbia to receive a monument to King Milan, announced the Minister of Culture Nikola Selaković. The people of Leskov believe that they should have been asked, and they have their own proposals
Prime Minister Đuro Macut held a Government session in Leskovac to attend the promotion of the Capital of Culture 2026 project, in which the main item is the repurposing of the Army House, for which funds from the European Bank were invested last year
Fifty kilometers from Leskovac, where the football stadium "Dubočica" was built for about 26 million euros, the elementary school in Merošina is leaking, has no heating or water
Judging by the program, the guests, the number of premieres, the Leskovac international festival of film direction LIFFE is much more reminiscent of the Cannes festival than NAFFIT of the Ministry of Culture, which was advertised as Cannes on Zlatibor
Tomorrow (October 11), the Serbian national team will face the most important match in the qualification for the World Cup 2026 against Albania. Tickets for the match have not been released, security measures are at a high level, and the Albanians claim that this is the weakest Serbia ever
The Pride caravan passed through Niš and Leskovac and continues towards Kruševac, Kragujevac, Užice, Čačak. It is followed by indignation, threats and the smell of incense
The company "Mint" opens new plants in Leskovac, Ćuprija and Inđija. They will invest almost two billion euros in this, but for now it is not known whether and how much incentives they will receive from the state. By the way, it is the absolute champion in state subsidies in the first quarter of 2025.
"Those police officers who do not want to protect order and law will be replaced," said the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić.
The autopsy of a seven-year-old boy from Leskovac, who died at the University Medical Center Nis, showed that the cause of death was severe inflammation of the heart muscle, said Health Minister Zlatibor Lončar. Although an investigation has been launched into the actions of the doctor, the child's family and the gathered citizens raise doubts about the course of treatment and the responsibility of the medical staff
The death of the boy from Leskovac, who was previously examined at the Children's Dispensary and returned home, opened a series of questions about the quality of health care. "What is problematic is the claim that the boy's parents had already taken him to the Children's Dispensary, that he was examined and returned home, and that he died not long after," Ljiljana Stojanović, editor of the "JUGpress" agency, told "Vreme".
The police arrested the former mayor's assistant and several presidents of local communities in Leskovac on suspicion of serious financial malfeasance
The office of the mayor of Leskovac, Goran Cvetanović, announced that today's statements on the Jugpress portal that Cvetanović bought five acres of city land for 73.690 dinars are not true, but that he bought only 14 square meters for that amount.
Benetton's announcement that it is closing its plant in Niš means that more than 900 people in that city will lose their jobs. Other factories in the south of Serbia, such as Johnson Electric, Jure and Aptiva, have problems that could lead to an additional increase in unemployment. What should the state do so that workers stop being cheap and replaceable labor force
