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Interesting photos: Prince Peter and his great-grandfather Prince Peter (later HM King Peter I)

Do you also think that Prince Peter in this picture is very reminiscent of his famous ancestor?

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Kingdom of Serbia Association laid a wreath on behalf of the Crown Prince in Zeitenlik

Belgrade, July 23, 2014 - Members of the Association of the Kingdom of Serbia, which is under the patronage of HRH Crown Prince Alexander II visited Thessaloniki, and at the Serbian military cemetery paid respect to our World War I heroes.
Members of the Association laid a wreath on behalf of HRH Crown Prince Alexander II at Zeitenlik and delivered His Royal Highness’s gift to Mr. Djordje Mihajlovic, the longtime keeper of the place of eternal rest of our heroes. “Please accept this small token of appreciation and gratitude for over half a century in keeping the Serbian military cemetery in Zeitenlik, a copy of the memoirs of my father, HM King Peter II. With deepest respect and gratitude, please accept my best wishes”- said the Crown Prince in a letter sent to Mr. Djordje Mihajlovic.

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from left to right:
Tsar Simeon II of the Bulgarians, Crown Prince Aleksandar Karađorđević of Serbia, King Mihai of Romania, and King Konstantínos B' of Greece

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Memorial service 197th Anniversary of death of Supreme leader Karadjordje

Belgrade, 25 July 2014 – His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander II delegated Mr Predrag Markovic, member of the Crown Council, to attend a memorial service for Supreme Leader Karadjordje, the commander of the First Serbian Uprising (1804), founder of modern Serbia and the Karadjordjevic Dynasty and to lay a wreath at Karadjordje’s tomb at the St. George Church in Oplenac today.

Holy Liturgy was served by the clergy of Oplenac vicarage at the St. George Church at Oplenac, where the members of the Dynasty are buried, and after that a wreath laying ceremony took place at Karadjordje’s tomb, with full state and military honours.

The wreath was laid by Mr Predrag Markovic on behalf of Karadjordje's descendant Crown Prince Alexander II, Mr. Dragan Popovic, State Secretary at the Ministry of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs on behalf of the Government of Serbia, representatives of Ministry of Defence and Army of Serbia, the Foundation of King Peter I in Topola and members of the Association for preserving tradition of wars of liberation, and other admirers of Karadjordje.

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HRH Prince Alexander patron of American football club “Royal Crowns” from Kraljevo

Belgrade, July 26, 2014 - His Royal Highness Prince Alexander is pleased to announce that as of today, American football club “Royal Crowns” from Kraljevo will be under his patronage.

In his letter to Mr. Srdjan Cosic, the chairman of the club, Prince Alexander said: “I was very glad to receive the request to be the patron of the American football club ‘Royal Crowns’. It is with great pleasure that I accept the patronage of this outstanding club, which cherishes the traditional friendship between Serbian and American people. Please accept my best regards and convey them to all members of the American Football Club “Roya lCrown”, as well as wishes for success in your work”.

A group of enthusiasts and fans of American football founded the club on October 7, 2004 in Kraljevo. Since then, the club has grown into one of the most respected clubs in Serbia and the region, achieving impressive results in sports, excellent cooperation at international level and a strong commitment to the field of humanitarian and community service in the local community. This sports club proudly bears the name of “Royal Crowns” from its founding to the present, and this name was chosen in an effort to preserve and promote the tradition of the Serbian people, and promotion of constitutional monarchy as the form of government, as well as of the Serbian Royal Family Karadjordjevic.

His Royal Highness Prince Alexander was born in Fairfax Virginia 15 January 1982. He is the fraternal twin of Prince Philip and he is third in line to the Throne after his elder brothers Hereditary Prince Peter and Prince Philip. He is the son of HRH Crown Prince Alexander II and HIRH Princess Maria da Gloria of Orleans Bragança. Prince Alexander is the grandson of the HM King Peter II and HM Queen Alexandra His Godparents are HM the Queen of Spain, HM King Constantine of the Hellenes, and HRH the Duchess of Calabria. Extensive biography of HRH Prince Alexander can be found on the website www.royalfamily.rs

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CROWN PRINCE ALEXANDER CONGRATULATES RAMADAN BAYRAMI TO THE ISLAMIC COMMUNITY

Belgrade, 27 July 2014 - His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander II extended his wishes for a happy Ramadan Bayrami to Muamer ef. Zukorlic, Chief Mufti of the Islamic Community in Serbia, Mufti Muhamed ef. Jusufspahic, Mufti of Serbia and Imam of Belgrade, Grand Mufti Adem ef. Zilkic, reis-ul-ulema of Serbia, Mr. Mustafa ef. Jusufspahic, the Imam of Nis, Reis-ul-ulema emeritus Hadzi-Hamdija ef. Jusufspahic, as well as to the members of the Islamic community and the faithful in Serbia and Edhem ef. Camdzic, Mufti of Banja Luka.

“Please accept my heartfelt congratulations on the occasion of the great holiday Ramadan Bayrami, with my best wishes for you to spend this day in peace and happiness with your loved ones. May all of us be reminded on this great holiday that we carry within us the love for God and that days to come be fulfilled with peace and happiness, understanding and mutual respect and tolerance”, the Crown Prince emphasized.

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"Remembering General Mihailovich" by King Peter II

A KING’S HERITAGE, CHAPTER XIV:

“Mihailović was sentenced to death in June [July] 1946 and executed on July 17. The whole democratic and free world was loud in con­demnation of this act as the greatest political murder in history. But the leaders of the Allies seemed to have forgotten their friend and ally, the first man in occupied Europe to raise an army and fight against odds such as had never been known before. It is only today, nine years after his betrayal, and after experiencing the terrors and brutality of the Communist system in the wars in Korea and Indo-China, that it is realised how great a wrong was done to the magnificent fighter who had to defend himself against his second enemy before his first was properly defeated. Today his second enemy is the enemy of us all.”



Alexander Karadjordjevic

on Facebook.

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Eternal peace for the heroes who gave their lives and shed blood to save the Homeland their descendants!
Long live Serbia!

HRH ALEXANDER KARADJORDJEVIC - FACEBOOK

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Karadjordje Museum in Radovanjski lug near Velika Plana opens

Belgrade, 28 July 2014 – A Museum about Karadjordje, the supreme leader of the First Serbian Uprising and founder of Karadjordjevic Dynasty was opened during the weekend in Radovanjski lug near Velika Plana.

There were present His Grace Bishop Ignjatije of Branicevo who gave his blessings to the project, Mr Predrag Markovic and Mr Darko Spasic, members of the Crown Council, who were present on behalf of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander II, descendent of Karadjordje, Mr Dejan Sulkic, Mayor of Velika Plana, Father Radovan Popovic, who started and ran a project, great number of donors and several hundred citizens.

Mr Predrag Markovic read a letter from His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander II: “I was very happy to hear that Museum about Karadjordje is opening in Radovanjski lug. I was not able to attend personally, so please extend my best wishes to His Grace Bishop Ignjatije, the faithful and honourable citizens of Radovanjski lug, representatives of local and state authorities, and all those who made it possible that this Museum opens. In this place Serbia was killed, but here the death was defeated as well! Karadjordje died for a moment, but continues to live in eternity and Serbia escaped death and went on to fight. We live for God and through God, we last through memory and the love of our descendants, and our future lays in our capability to remember and our virtue to be grateful”.

One part of the Karadjordje Museum is devoted to centenary of the Great War, with an exhibition of Military uniforms and weapons from that time.

There is also a big cannon from the First Serbian Uprising, a collection of guns, documents, as well as a portrait of Karadjordje size 210 x 110cm, made by the famous painter Paja Jovanovic. Karadjordje is portrayed drawing a silver sabre, dressed in black national costume, with red ribbon across his chest. Visitors claim that his eyes follow them wherever they move in front of the painting.

The Memorial Complex Radovanjski lug covers an area of 46 hectares (113 acres). The first burial place of Karadjordje was located there, together with church of St. Archangel Gabriel, summer stage and entrance gate to Radovanjski lug. It is located 8.5 km from Velika Plana and 3.5 km from Pokajnica Monastery.

Supreme leader Djordje Petrovic – Karadjordje will be remembered in Serbian history not only as the leader of the First Serbian Uprising (1804 – 1813), but for his tragic death as well and the fact that his remains were buried four times. In 1817 Karadjordje came back to Serbia secretly after three years in exile. He found shelter in the village of Radovanje, upon invitation of his best man Vujica Vulevic. Karadjordje couldn’t dream of that his best man was a part of conspiracy orchestrated by Milos Obrenovic, who was afraid that Karadjordje came back to take power from him. In the early morning of July 26, on St. Archangel Gabriel Day, conspirators axed Karadjordje in sleep. His head was sent to a Sultan in Istanbul, while his body was buried in Radovanjski lug, under the oak, with a cross carved. Later on Karadjordje’s body was exhumed several times and finally it was laid to rest in peace at Royal Mausoleum in St. George Church in Oplenac.

King Alexander I, great grandson of Karadjordje, built the memorial Church of St. Archangel Gabriel in in 1930. It was a replica of the church in Oplenac.


The museum was opened thanks to great personal efforts and enthusiasm of father Radovan Popovic, people of Radovanjski lug who volunteered in construction works, and companies and Gosa montaza ad Velika Plana, Asa ibelik Velika Plana, Donic doo, Mlekara Plana, Prva mesna zajednica velika plans Republic Institute for Protection of Cultural Heritage, Canzona doo, Bozinovic and Petkovic families, Radovanovic and Radic wineries, private collector Mr Darko Gajic from Veliko Orasje. Central manifestation of marking of 200th anniversary of death of Karadjordje will be organized in Radovanjski lug in 2017.
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander II invites all citizens to come to visit this Memorial Complex of extraordinary importance for our people and our state.

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July 29: Today in Royal History

July 29, 1672 – Birth of Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond and 1st Duke of Lennox, 1er Duc d’ Aubigny, illegitimate son of King Charles II of England and Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth
Wikipedia: Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond and Lennox

July 29, 1900 – Assassination of King Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Gaetano Bresci at Monza, Italy; buried in the Pantheon in Rome, Italy
Wikipedia: Umberto I of Italy

July 29, 1981 – Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, England

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Serbian Royal Dates

January
January 10 1933 – Birth of Princess Christina Margarethe of Hesse, 1st wife of Prince Andrew
January 15 1982 – Birth of Prince Philip, son of Crown Prince Alexander II (twin)
January 15 1982 – Birth of Prince Alexander, son of Crown Prince Alexander II (twin)
January 15 2013 – Death of Princess Margarita of Baden, 1st wife of Prince Tomislav
January 19 1928 – Birth of Prince Tomislav, son of King Alexander I
January 21 1961 – Marriage(1) of Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia and Howard Oxenberg
January 22 2013 – King Peter II’s body returned to Serbia for reburial
January 30 1993 – Death of Queen Alexandra, wife of King Peter II

February
February 04 1960 – Birth of Prince Christopher, son of Prince Andrew
February 05 1980 – Birth of Hereditary Prince Peter, son of Crown Prince Alexander II
February 11 1901 – Death of King Milan I (Obrenović)
February 12 1955 – Marriage(1) of Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia and Princess Maria Pia of Savoy
February 15 1813 – Birth of Persida Nenadović, wife of Prince Alexander I Karađorđević
February 19 1919 – Death of Júlia Hunyady de Kéthely, wife of Prince Mihailo Obrenović III
February 19 1985 – Divorce of Crown Prince Alexander II and Maria da Glória of Orléans-Braganza
February 28 1987 – Marriage(3) of Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia and Manual Ulloa Elías

March
March 06 1882 – Principality of Serbia elevated to Kingdom of Serbia
March 06 1882 – Prince Milan Obrenović IV becomes King Milan I
March 06 1889 – Abdication of King Milan I (Obrenović)
March 06 1889 – Accession of King Alexander I (Obrenović)
March 11 1964 – Birth of Prince Karl, son of Prince Andrew
March 12 1963 – Birth of Prince Sergius of Yugoslavia, son of Prince Alexander (twin)
March 12 1963 – Birth of Princess Helene of Yugoslavia, daughter of Prince Alexander (twin)
March 15 1958 – Birth of Prince Nikolas, son of Prince Tomislav
March 16 1890 – Birth and Death of Prince Andrew, son of King Peter I
March 16 1890 – Death of Princess Zorka, wife of future King Peter I
March 18 1780 – Birth of Prince Miloš Obrenović I
March 20 1944 – Marriage of King Peter II and Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark
March 25 1921 – Birth of Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, wife of King Peter II
March 27 1909 – Crown Prince George (son of King Peter I) renounces his claim to the throne
March 27 1941 – End of Regency led by Prince Paul of Yugoslavia
March 29 1873 – Death of Persida Nenadović, wife of Prince Alexander I Karađorđević
March 30 1974 – Marriage(3) of Prince Andrew and Eva Maria Andjelkovich

April
April 07 1936 – Birth of Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, daughter of Prince Paul
April 12 1954 – Death of Prince Nikola of Yugoslavia, son of Prince Paul
April 16 1859 – Birth of Prince Arsen of Yugoslavia, son of Prince Alexander I Karađorđević
April 21 1965 – Birth of Prince Dimitri, son of Prince Andrew
April 27 1893 – Birth of Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, son of Prince Arsen
April 28 1886 – Birth of Princess Milena, daughter of King Peter I

May
May 03 1885 – Death of Prince Alexander I Karađorđević
May 07 1990 – Death of Prince Andrew, son of King Alexander I
May 08 1941 – Death of Queen Natalija, née Natalie Keşco, wife of King Milan I (Obrenović)
May 14 1994 – Death of Prince Christopher, son of Prince Andrew
May 15 1859 – Birth of Natalie Keşco, wife of King Milan I (Obrenović)
May 25 1984 – Birth of Prince George, son of Prince Tomislav
May 26 2013 – Reburial, in Serbia, of King Peter II and Queen Alexandra

June
June 01 1830 – Marriage of Prince Alexander I Karađorđević and Persida Nenadović
June 07 1957 – Marriage(1) of Prince Tomislav (son of Alexander I) and Margarita of Baden
June 08 1922 – Marriage of King Alexander I and Princess Maria of Romania
June 10 1868 – Death of Prince Mihailo Obrenović III
June 10 1868 – Accession of Prince Milan Obrenović IV
June 11 1903 – Death of King Alexander I (Obrenović)
June 11 1903 – Death of Queen Draga, née Draga Mašin, wife of King Alexander I (Obrenović)
June 11 1903 – Birth of Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark, wife of Prince Paul of Yugoslavia
June 13 1839 – Abdication of Prince Miloš Obrenović I (1st reign)
June 13 1839 – Accession of Prince Milan Obrenović II
June 18 1958 – Birth of Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia, son of Prince Alexander (twin)
June 18 1958 – Birth of Prince Michael of Yugoslavia, son of Prince Alexander (twin)
June 22 1949 – Birth of Linda Bonney, 2nd wife of Prince Tomislav
June 24 1914 – future King Alexander I becomes Regent for his father
June 28 1928 – Birth of Prince Andrew, son of King Alexander I
June 29 1844 – Birth of King Peter I
June 29 1928 – Birth of Prince Nikola of Yugoslavia, son of Prince Paul

July
July 01 1972 – Marriage(1) of Crown Prince Alexander II and Maria da Glória of Orléans-Braganza
July 08 1839 – Death of Prince Milan Obrenović II
July 08 1839 – Accession of Prince Mihailo Obrenović III (1st reign)
July 10 1972 – Divorce of Prince Andrew and Princess Kira of Leiningen
July 12 2000 – Death of Prince Tomislav, son of King Alexander I
July 14 1932 – Birth of Princess Margarita of Baden, 1st wife of Prince Tomislav
July 17 1945 – Birth of Crown Prince Alexander II, son of King Peter II
July 18 1930 – Birth of Princess Kira of Leiningen, 2nd wife of Prince Andrew
July 18 1957 – Birth of Princess Tatiana, daughter of Prince Andrew

August
August 01 1853 – Marriage of Prince Mihailo Obrenović III and Countess Júlia Hunyady de Kéthely
August 01 1883 – Marriage of King Peter I and Princess Ljubica (Zorka) of Montenegro
August 01 1956 – Marriage of Prince Andrew and Princess Christina Margarethe of Hesse
August 05 1900 – Marriage of King Alexander (Obrenović) and Draga Mašin
August 13 1924 – Birth of Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, son of Prince Paul
August 14 1876 – Birth of King Alexander I (Obrenović), son of King Milan I
August 16 1921 – Death of King Peter I
August 16 1921 – Accession of King Alexander I (Karađorđević)
August 21 1911 – Marriage of Princess Helen and Grand Duke John Constantinovich of Russia
August 22 1854 – Birth of King Milan I (Obrenović)
August 26 1831 – Birth of Countess Júlia Hunyady de Kéthely, wife of Prince Mihailo Obrenović III
August 26 1926 – Birth of Eva Maria Andjelkovich, 3rd wife of Prince Andrew
August 30 1992 – Marriage of Prince Nikolas (son of Prince Tomislav) and Ljiljana Licanin
August 31 1993 – Birth of Princes Marija, daughter of Prince Nikolas

September
September 06 1923 – Birth of King Peter II
September 08 1887 – Birth of Crown Prince George, son of King Peter I
September 14 1842 – Prince Mihailo Obrenović III deposed (1st reign)
September 14 1842 – Accession of Prince Alexander I Karađorđević
September 14 1976 – Death of Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, son of Prince Arsen
September 16 1823 – Birth of Prince Mihailo Obrenović III
September 18 1963 – Marriage(2) of Prince Andrew (son of Alexander I) and Kira of Leiningen
September 20 1985 – Marriage(2) of Crown Prince Alexander II and Katherine Clairy Batis
September 23 1969 – Marriage(2) of Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia and Neil Balfour
September 24 2005 – Death of Princess Kira of Leiningen, 2nd wife of Prince Andrew
September 25 1977 – Birth of Prince Dushan of Yugoslavia, son of Prince Alexander
September 26 1860 – Death of Prince Miloš Obrenović I
September 26 1860 – Accession – Prince Mihailo Obrenović III (2nd reign)

October
October 03 1929 – Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes renamed Kingdom of Yugoslavia
October 09 1934 – Death of King Alexander I (Karađorđević)
October 09 1934 – Accession of King Peter II (under a Regency until 1941)
October 09 1934 – Prince Paul of Yugoslavia became Regent
October 11 1806 – Birth of Prince Alexander I Karađorđević
October 16 1962 – Death of Grand Duchess Elena Petrovna of Russia (daughter of King Peter I)
October 16 1982 – Marriage(2) of Prince Tomislav (son of Alexander I) and Linda Bonney
October 16 1997 – Death of Princess Olga of Greece/Denmark, wife of Prince Paul of Yugoslavia
October 17 1875 – Marriage of King Milan I (Obrenović) and Natalie Keşco
October 17 1972 – Death of Prince George, son of King Peter I
October 18 1961 – Birth of Princess Lavinia, daughter of Prince Andrew
October 19 1938 – Death of Prince Arsen of Yugoslavia, son of Prince Alexander I Karađorđević
October 21 1819 – Birth of Prince Milan Obrenović II
October 22 1923 – Marriage of Prince Paul of Yugoslavia and Princess Olga of Greece/Denmark

November
November 02 1973 – Marriage(2) of Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia and Barbara of Liechtenstein
November 03 1970 – Death of King Peter II
November 04 1884 – Birth of Princess Helen, daughter of King Peter I
November 06 1817 – Prince Miloš Obrenović I becomes first Prince of Serbia
November 13 1943 – Birth of Katherine Clairy Batis, 2nd wife of Crown Prince Alexander II
November 22 2011 – Death of Princess Christina Margarethe of Hesse, 1st wife of Prince Andrew
November 28 1959 – Birth of Princess Katarina, daughter of Prince Tomislav
November 29 1945 – King Peter II deposed; monarchy abolished

December
December 01 1918 – Kingdom of Serbia renamed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
December 12 1957 – Birth of Ljiljana Licanin, wife of Prince Nikolas (son of Prince Tomislav)
December 13 1946 – Birth of Maria da Glória of Orléans-Braganza, 1st wife of Crown Prince Alexander II
December 15 1985 – Birth of Prince Michael, son of Prince Tomislav
December 16 1888 – Birth of King Alexander I (Karađorđević)
December 21 1887 – Death of Princess Milena, daughter of King Peter I
December 23 1858 – Abdication of Prince Alexander I Karađorđević
December 23 1858 – Accession of Prince Miloš Obrenović I (2nd reign)
December 23 1864 – Birth of Princess Ljubica (Zorka) of Montenegro, wife of future King Peter I

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July 30: Today in Royal History

July 30, 1912 – Death of Emperor Meiji of Japan; buried in the Fushimi Momoyama Ryo (Graveyard) in Kyoto, Japan; his soul enshrined in Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, Japan

July 30, 1967 – Wedding of Prince Hans Adam II of Liechtenstein and Countess Marie Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau at the Cathedral of St. Florin in Vaduz, Liechtenstein

July 30, 1988 – Wedding of James Ogilvy, son of Princess Alexandra of Kent, and Julia Rawlinson at St. Mary the Virgin in Saffron Waldon, Essex, England

July 30, 2011 – Wedding of Zara Phillips, daughter of Anne, Princess Royal, and Mike Tindall at the Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland

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July 31: Today in Royal History

July 31, 1942 – Death of Maria Ana of Portugal, wife of Grand Duke Guillaume IV of Luxembourg, in exile during World War II in New York City; buried at the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Luxembourg (after the war)

July 31, 1993 – Death of Baudouin I, King of the Belgians in the Villa Astrida in Motril, Spain; buried at the Church of Our Lady in Laeken, Brussels, Belgium

July 31, 2004 – Wedding of Lady Davina Windsor, daughter of HRH The Duke of Gloucester, and Gary Lewis, at Kensington Palace, London

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Princess Katherine Foundation provides humanitarian aid for people in Obrenovac and Poljane

Belgrade, 31 July 2014 – Princess Katherine Foundation sent home appliances for 16 families in Obrenovac and 70 families in village of Poljane near Obrenovac. This humanitarian aid was donated thanks to the activities organised by Lifeline New York and Lifeline Chicago Humanitarian organisations, that work under auspices of HRH Crown Princess Katherine.
On behalf of Lifeline New York, Mrs Danijela Bosnjak Cerikovic, member of the Board, will attend the delivery, while Lifeline Chicago will be represented by members of the Board Mr Zoran Gusic, Mrs Mira Gusic and Mrs Gordana Barac.
Delivery will take place at Obrenovac Fire station on 11 am, where families of 16 members of Obrenovac Fire department will receive refrigerators, stoves, washing machines, irons. After that, representatives of lifeline Organizations New York and Chicago, together with representatives of HRH Crown Princess Katherine Foundation will go to village of Poljane, that was completely flooded during floods last May. They will deliver personal hygiene items, disinfectants, bed linen, pillows, blankets, towels, clothes, baby hygiene.
This is another in series of activities of Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine who continue helping families in areas affected by disastrous floods in May, who are still in very grave situation.

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Crown Prince Alexander II Foundation for Education and French Embassy in Serbia sign convention on opportunities for students to study in France

Belgrade, July 31, 2014. - Mr. Dusan Babac, director of the HRH Crown Prince Alexander II Foundation for Education and HE Mr. Francois Xavier Deniau, French Ambassador to Serbia signed today at the French Embassy the Convention on cooperation between the French Embassy in Serbia and the HRH Crown Prince Alexander II Foundation for Education, in order to expand the possibilities of studying in France to students from Serbia.
The signed Convention with the Foundation predicts that the Embassy of France, among the Foundation candidates for the scholarship, select according to certain criteria (success in studies, master level in the field of exact, natural and engineering professions, as well as in law and political science) those students who will receive an additional scholarship from the French government that covers the cost of compulsory insurance in France and gives the status of a French government grant that allows the use of other various benefits during the study.
This new program of co-financed scholarships joins the existing scholarship programmes of the French Embassy in Serbia, thanks to which more than 50 students from Serbia in 2014/15 will study as grantees of the French government in France. Mobility of the Serbian students who belong to the priorities of the French Embassy in Serbia, allows Serbia to rely on the Francophone elite in its path towards the European Union.
The main objective of the HRH Crown Prince Alexander II Foundation for Education is to enable to the best students of Serbian universities to continue their education at prestigious foreign institutions of higher education, in order to use acquired knowledge upon the return to the homeland in the best interest of the country. In order to achieve the objectives, the Foundation primarily works on connecting Serbian higher education institutions with prominent European and American institutions initiating and creating a platform for long-term cooperation. In this way, the Foundation strives to open the door to the world to young academics from Serbia.

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Princess Katherine Foundation provides humanitarian aid for people in Obrenovac and Poljane

Belgrade, 1 August 2014 – Princess Katherine Foundation sent home appliances for 16 families in Obrenovac and 70 families in village of Poljane near Obrenovac. This humanitarian aid was donated thanks to the activities organised by Lifeline New York and Lifeline Chicago Humanitarian organisations, that work under auspices of HRH Crown Princess Katherine.

On behalf of Lifeline New York, Mrs Danijela Bosnjak Cerikovic, member of the Board, attended the delivery, while Lifeline Chicago was represented by members of the Board Mr Zoran Gusic, Mrs Mira Gusic and Mrs Gordana Barac.

Delivery took place at Obrenovac Fire station where families of 16 members of Obrenovac Fire department received refrigerators, stoves, washing machines, irons. After that, representatives of Lifeline Organizations New York and Chicago, together with representatives of HRH Crown Princess Katherine Foundation went to village of Poljane, that was completely flooded during floods last May. They delivered personal hygiene items, disinfectants, bed linen, pillows, blankets, towels, clothes, baby hygiene.

This was another in series of activities of Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine who continue helping families in areas affected by disastrous floods in May, who are still in very grave situation.