Vucic Opens Plum Fair in Osecina, Heads to Ljubovija
President Vucic opened the 21st Plum Fair in Osecina and continued a one-day tour of the Macva district, with stops in Ljubovija, Mali Zvornik and Loznica.
President Aleksandar Vucic opened the 21st Plum Fair in Osecina on August 28, launching a one-day tour of the Macva district that includes ten stops, from local businesses to the reconstruction of two elementary schools. The visit was announced in advance, with the program released by the President’s Office for Cooperation with the Media.
This is the second district Vucic has toured in a short string of visits to Serbia’s interior. Earlier this week he announced the opening of a park in Krusevac on October 14, as part of a tour of the Rasina district. Now it is western Serbia’s turn, with a different set of topics and a different set of people to meet.
What’s on the Agenda
The tour began at 1:00 PM at the Plum Fair in Osecina, then continued in the following order:
- 1:45 PM: visit to the company Krusik-Plastika a.d. in Osecina
- 3:00 PM: meeting with residents of Ljubovija
- 3:50 PM: visit to a farm and the company STR Ada in Voljevci, in the Velika Reka local community, Mali Zvornik municipality
- 4:40 PM: inspection of reconstruction work at the Braca Ribar Elementary School in Donja Borina, Mali Zvornik municipality
- 5:30 PM: inspection of reconstruction work at the Anta Bogicevic Elementary School in Loznica
- 6:10 PM: visit to the Maric family household in Lipnicki Sor, near Loznica, closing out the tour
Krusik-Plastika, the second stop on the schedule, was founded in 1975 as a production unit of the Valjevo-based Krusik plant. The company makes tanks, sewer pipes, wastewater treatment equipment, packaging and technical components for the automotive, electrical and defense industries.
A Three-Day Fair
The Plum Fair in Osecina was launched in 2006, making this year’s event the 21st edition. This year’s fair runs for three days, from August 28 to 30, organized by the Osecina municipality together with the Podgorina Tourist Organization.
At the opening, Vucic spoke about 1.5 million euros in investment in local roads and about support for the food industry in this part of Serbia, where plum growing and fruit farming account for the largest share of the local economy.
The last item on the schedule, the visit to the Maric family in Lipnicki Sor, brings to a close a tour that began five hours earlier on the other side of the district, among the fair stalls in Osecina.
