Mayor of Nis announces arrival of German factory, but not which one – Wave of layoffs

After it was announced that around 900 Benetton workers in Nis will lose their jobs, Mayor Dragoslav Pavlovic says that he spoke with representatives of several companies and that “there are strong assurances” that a certain number of workers will get a job with them. He also points out that the authorities in Nis are negotiating the arrival of “a large German factory,” but he does not reveal which one.

According to him, MAK International, Aster Textile and Philip Morris are some of the companies that have contacted the National Employment Service in recent months looking for workers, so there is a possibility that some of the people who will lose their jobs at Benetton will be employed there. He says he met with representatives of the NES, the minister of economy, and the Development Agency of Serbia.

Although more than 100 conductors at Nis Ekspres recently lost their jobs, the mayor says that the number of the unemployed in Nis is decreasing.

– In December 2023, we had about 17,600 unemployed people on the NES records, and in December 2024, 15,889 of them, which means that more than 1,600 people were employed during 2024. There is a trend of decreasing unemployment. It gives us hope that we will be able to solve these problems. Believe me, we will fight to carry this out in the right way – says Pavlovic.

Benetton knitting Serbia doo Niš

Benetton Srb doo Niš

Aster Tekstil Niš

Philip Morris operations a.d. Niš

Nacionalna služba za zapošljavanje Kragujevac

Makinternacional doo Niš

Razvojna agencija Srbije

Niš-Ekspres Niš

Naučno tehnološki park Niš d.o.o. Niš

Science Technology Park Niš

Milan Ranđelović

Dragoslav Pavlović

Benetton workers layoff

Business Economic Council of Niš