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ANNOUNCEMENT

Record attendance expected for pitching business ideas at the Royal Palace

Belgrade 30 April 2014 - Under the auspices of HRH Crown Prince Alexander’s Foundation for Education and Culture, Startup weekend is coming once again to Serbia on 9 May, after being hosted successfully in the Royal Palace last year. Whether you have a business idea or a skill that is necessary in building a successful startup, this event is certainly one that aspiring entrepreneurs, developers, marketers and financiers should not miss.

Crown Prince Alexander who spear headed this initiative and is excited about his attendance said: “Entrepreneurship is key to economic recovery and is the backbone of every economy. Serbs have entrepreneurial dreams and I want to help fulfill those dreams. I have hosted many events for startups and entrepreneurship over the years. I have also discussed with investors across the world the opportunities that exist here. Perception, talent and education is key to entrepreneurship and we are blessed in this country with these traits. Last year's startup weekend success shows that this will become a reality very quickly. Many people from last year continued after startup weekend with their venture. Some were funded, and some continued to pursue startup initiatives and all were delighted with the results. I think it is important not only for the Serbians to see what success they can have, but the world to see what great talent we have. There is much to be done though. We need more activities, events, education and mentorships to help develop the startup ecosystem. For example in technology, which is key, we need to further develop our technical education. I hope that others will join me in developing Serbia to be the top startup scene".

Last year at the first startup weekend, creative minds ranging from entrepreneurs to graphic designers gathered at The Royal Palace in Belgrade and worked intensively on taking their ideas and turning them into a business in only 54 hours. More than 100 participants worked on 14 different ideas with the help of 15 mentors from different areas of expertise and all this with the active participation of The Royal Family, who were present during the whole event and of course, were proudly listening to the final presentations at the end. One of the companies created at this event is Brides2Bride, that this year received a 90.000 EUR non-refundable grant from Innovation Fund to further develop their business.

Belgrade 2nd Startup Weekend is a perfect opportunity for meeting with potential partners who will help you to make your idea come to life, but also for already launched startups to improve themselves and to get some additional finances for their businesses.

The members of the Royal Council for Entrepreneurship, including SPEA and SEE ICT are supporting this event together with Crown Prince Alexander Foundation. Ernst & Young has recognized the importance of this event for the second year in a row and is a gold sponsor.

The winners will get tickets for Belgrade Venture Forum, FundraiseIT conference, a chance to pitch at Startit Fest, and free participation in Ceed programme as well as many other prizes.

For more information and applying please visit the official website – www.belgrade.startupweekend.org or contact edufond@dvor.rs.

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Royal Couple host Royal St George Strings ensemble concert at the White Palace

Belgrade, 30 April 2014 – Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine hosted this evening at the White Palace a concert of the Royal St George Strings ensemble that works under auspices of HRH Prince Philip, with Mr Stanko Mandic on violin, who was scholar of HRH Crown Prince Alexander’s Foundation for talents.

This extraordinary cultural event was very well attended, and among guests there were HE Mr Michael Kirby, ambassador of the United States of America with his wife, HE Mrs Julia Alice Patricia Feeney, ambassador of Australia, HE Dr Vera Jovanovska, ambassador of Macedonia, Mr. Dragomir Acovic and Dr Dusan Batakovic, members of the Privy Council, Mr Darko Spasic, Mr Predrag Markovic, Members of the Crown Council, Mr Vladimir Gajic, Dr Igor Geogrijev, Mr Milorad Savicevic, members of the Crown Cabinet, academician Dimitrije Stefanovic, Secretary General of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SASA), and many other distinguished guests.



The very interesting programme was performed



A. VIVALDI : CONCERTO GROSSO, d – moll

Allegro

Largo

Allegro



G.F. HÄNDEL : CONCERTO GROSSO, e – moll op.6 nr.3 HWV 321 Larghetto

Andante

Polonaise Allegro, ma non troppo



W.A. MOZART : VIOLIN CONCERTO, d – dur nr. 4 KV 218 Allegro

Andante cantabile

Rondeau: Allegro, ma non troppo



Organization of the concert was supported by HRH Crown Prince Alexander’s Foundation for culture and education and NATAN concert agency.

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HRH Crown Prince Alexander II at consecration of Military Chapel in Topcider

Belgrade, 5 May 2014 – His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander II attended this morning ceremony of consecration of Military Chapel in Topcider. His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia with clergy officiated the Holy Liturgy. His Majesty King Alexander I of Yugoslavia, grandfather of HRH Crown Prince Alexander has built this military compound in Topcider.

Ceremony was attended by deputy Chief of Staff of Army of Serbia Lt. Col. General Jovica Draganic, chief of training command Maj. General Djokica Petrovic, and chief of staff of Command for training brigadier General Stanko Vasiljevic.

After the Liturgy, His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia addressed the gathering and expressed his happiness that Crown Prince Alexander II was attending the vent, emphasizing that his ancestors were building this compound. Patriarch also stressed out historic symbolism and interconnections among the Crown, Church and the Army that protect birders of Serbia and our people, adding that when those symbols were joined our nation had achieved things to be proud of ever since.

After the procession and consecration of the Holy Cross, chief Military priest father Selimir Vagic addressed the guests and gave grammatas to people who helped rebuilding the church.

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Royal Couple in Oplenac on St. George Day

Belgrade, 6 May 2014 – Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine, accompanied by Mrs Betty Roumeliotis, sister of HRH Crown Princess Katherine attended today the Holy Liturgy at the St. George Church in Oplenac on the occasion of the Patron Saint Day of the St. George Church and HM King Peter I Foundation. The Holy Liturgy was officiated by His Grace Bishop Jovan of Sumadija with Father Tihon Archimandrite of Studenica Monastery and clergy. HRH Crown Prince Alexander II cut the Slava cake with Bishop Jovan.

The Miraculous Icon of the Mother of God the milk-bearing, by the blessings of His Holiness patriarch Irinej of Serbia, present to His Beatitude Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos, was displayed at the church during the ceremony. The Holy Icon was previously displayed in Hilandar Monastery at the Mt. Athos in Greece.

St. George Day is the mostly celebrated Patron Saint Day in Serbia. Great number of faithful gathered at the St George Church in Oplenac to celebrate this great feast with the Royal Couple. Their Royal Highnesses congratulated Patron Saint Day to Mr Dragan Reljic, manager of the Foundation and staff.

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Royal Couple host symposium on asthma at the White Palace

Belgrade, 7 May 2014 – Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine hosted today at the White Palace a symposium on the occasion of the World Asthma Day organized by AstraZeneca, a British-Swedish multinational biopharmaceutical company with Headquarters in London, United Kingdom.

His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander II welcomed the guests and emphasised: “Since my family and I returned to Serbia, thirteen years ago, we have invested a lot of effort to help our country’s health care system. The humanitarian Foundation of my wife especially excelled in that respect, strongly supporting expert training of our health care professionals. It is very important that they keep up to date with the latest advances in medicine and pharmacy, and to share information with their colleagues from around the world.”

At the symposium that gathered over 100 medical doctors and pharmacologists, the moderator was Prof. Dr Branislava Milenkovic, and key speakers were Dr Dejan Dimic, Dr Vesna Dopudja Pantic and Ass. Dr Vladimir Zugic.

AstraZeneca is the world's seventh-largest pharmaceutical company and has operations in over 100 countries. AstraZeneca has a portfolio of products for major disease areas including cancer, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, infection, neuroscience, respiratory and inflammation. AstraZeneca in Serbia is supporting a project of psycho-oncology counselling at the Clinic for Gynecology of Clinical Centre of Serbia, that has been supported by HRH Crown Princess Katherine Humanitarian Foundation.

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Royal Couple at Humanitarian Ball in Cvijeta Zuzoric Pavilion

Belgrade, 8 May 2014. - Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine attended this evening a humanitarian ball at the Pavilion Cvijeta Zuzoric in Belgrade held under auspices of Mrs Dragica Nikolic, First Lady of Serbia and organized by the Association of fine artists of Serbia for reconstruction of the Art Pavilion Cvijeta Zuzoric.

There were also present Mr Nedeljko Tenjovic, secretary general of Presidency of Serbia, Mr Bratislav Petkovic, Ms Jasmine Mitrovic Maric, Mr Jovan Cirilov, members of diplomatic corps and many others.

Art Pavilion Cvijeta Zuzoric was founded by the society of the same name in the 1920’s after the initiative of the famous Serbian writer Branislav Nusic. Their Majesties King Alexander I and Queen Maria, grandparents of HRH Crown Prince Alexander II were great supporters of the Pavilion and they bought many paintings and art works that were exhibited there over the years during traditional spring exhibitions for their Royal Palace and as gifts for many museums in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

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Royal Couple at the Reception at the Museum of Yugoslav History on the occasion of Europe Day

Belgrade, 8 May 2014 – Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine attended a reception on the occasion of Europe Day hosted by HE Mr Michael Davenport, Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia at the Museum of Yugoslav History today in Belgrade.

The ceremony was attended by HE Mr Tomislav Nikolic, president of Republic of Serbia, HE Mr Aleksandar Vucic, Prime Minister of Serbia, HE Mr Ivica Dacic, first deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, HE Mr Ivan Tasovac, minister of culture and information, HE Mr Nikola Selakovic, minister of justice, Prof. Dr Oliver Antic, advisor to President of Serbia, HE Ms Maja Gojkovic, Speaker of the Parliament, academician Dimitrije Stefanovic, secretary general of the Serbian Academy of sciences and arts (SASA), Lt. Col. General Ljubisa Dikovic, chief of staff of Army of Serbia, members of diplomatic corps, and many other distinguished guests.

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Royal Couple at exhibition opening “Light in the darkness of the Great War”

Belgrade, 10 May 2014 - Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine attended today the opening of the exhibition “Light in the darkness of the Great War”, the superb collection of impressionist paintings in Serbia, at the National Museum of Serbia.

Ms Bojana Boric – Breskovic welcomed the guests. HE Mr Ivan Tasovac, Minister of Culture and Information, officially opened the exhibition in the presence of HRH Princess Elizabeth, HE Ms Maja Gojkovic, Speaker of the Parliament, Mr Predrag Markovic, member of the Crown Council, representatives of Diplomatic Corps, representatives of cultural institutions and numerous guests.

“Light in the darkness of the Great War” is an exhibition organized by the National Museum of Serbia on the 170th anniversary of the Museum, and Centenary of the beginning of the Great War. The Anthological collection of paintings from the first two decades of 20th century presents superb pieces of Serbian Impressionism.

This exhibition is part of state programme marking the Centenary of the beginning of the Great War, and the paintings were collected from the National Museum, Contemporary Art Museum, Museum of the City of Belgrade, Memorial collection of Pavle Beljanski, Nadezda Petrovic Art Gallery and private collections.

Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine gladly recommend to all to visit this extraordinary exhibition.

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Second Belgrade Startup Weekend at the White Palace Ends

Belgrade, 11 May 2014 – His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander II officially proclaimed the Second Belgrade Startup Weekend completed this evening at the White Palace, and awarded the best teams.
The Second Belgrade Startup Weekend took place this weekend at the White Palace with the support of His Royal Highness Hereditary Prince Peter and under auspices of the Crown Prince Alexander’s Foundation for Culture and Education, gathering over 75 participants who worked with 15 mentors during 54 hours this weekend. It is very interesting that participants have met at this event for the first time, when they were grouped in teams and started working on their ideas. It was a perfect opportunity to meet potential investors, but also for already established startups to improve their business and find additional financing..
In the presence of HRH Crown Princess Katherine and Ms Alison Andrews, Prof. Dr Neda Bokan and Prof. Dr Ana Trbovic, members of the board of Crown Prince Alexander’s Foundation fo education and culture, HRH Crown Prince Alexander presented the best teams with awards and expressed his pleasure that the Royal Family hosted young people of Serbia who did their best to turn their dreams in concrete projects, for a second year in a row. In his speech, HRH Crown Prince Alexander II emphasized:
“I am very proud that this Startup Weekend took place at the White Palace, and that eleven projects were created in a very short period of time. We hope to have even more Startups in the future, because I sincerely believe what I have said at the opening on Friday – entrepreneurship is the back bone of every successful economy”.
His Royal Highness Hereditary Prince Peter emphasized that Serbia already proved to be very successful in Information Technology. He added that Serbia has innovative people with good ideas, but that they lack support to present their ideas to the market and to connect with partners to develop their business. “Therefore we want to show positive examples through my father’s Foundation for culture and education, and to present established models of fostering entrepreneurship among young people. Startup Weekend is the most highly esteemed event of its kind in the world, and has been held in over 100 countries all over the world so far. I am very happy and proud that my father’s Foundation for Culture and Education managed to put Serbia for a second year in a row on the startup map of the world“, added Hereditary Prince Peter.

Winners of the Second Belgrade Startup Weekend are:

Winner, team ‘BookMee’ with Ivan Hristic, Ines Delic, Strahinja Krstic, Igor Ciric i Eleonora Sergijevic. They created an application that would be loved by ladies because it will make possible for them to book a place in hairdresser’s or beauty salon in their city.

Second best, team ‘Kick buddy’ with Mirko Francuski, Nikola Isakov, Marko Djukovic and Nenad Nikolin. They designed an application to enable football lovers to easy find another team on Internet to compete with.

Number 3, ekipa ‘Epoharium’ with Marko Nikolic, Nemanja Milić, Dejan Vukmirovic, Milica Vasic, Jovanka Cvejic, Vlastimir Popovic and Sandra Tosic. They created a program to help primary and secondary school students learn history an easy way.

Winning teams received an invitation to participate in the Belgrade Enterpreneurship Forum, FundraiseIT conference, to make a presentation at StartIt Fest and participate for free at CEED educational programme “Grow to market”, they’ve got a ‘Lean Startup’ book published by Mate, and several other worthy prizes.
The organization of this event was supported by members of Royal Council for Entrepreneurship SPEA and SEE ICT, as well as Crown Prince Alexander’s Foundation for Culture and Education. Ernst & Young was a golden sponsor for the second year in a row.
The Royal Family would like to thank socially responsible companies that supported the organization of this important event that has been very important for Serbia and all our citizens: Ernst & Young, Coca Cola HBC, Knjaz Natura, Publisher house “Mate”, Butchery Nada, “Cvetkova pijaca” Belgrade, Chicken production Avramovic, Jarak, Butchery Nedeljkovic, Sasinci, Meat Industry Vindija, Lajkovac, Buthcery Jolic, New Belgrade, Don Don Belgrade, Granice doo Mladenovac, Remi doo, Jagodina, Piljan Komerc Doljevci, Rusmir doo, Mirijevo.

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Royal Couple decorated for strengthening relations between peoples of Russia and Serbia

Belgrade, 12 May 2014 – His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander II were decorated with the Order of St. Tsar Nicholas for strengthening the friendly relations between the peoples of Russia and Serbia, on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the Romanov Dynasty in Russia. Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Katherine received the Order for Merit.

The advisor to the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York), and the head of the Military Orthodox Mission Igor Smikov and the Representative of the Military Orthodox Mission in Slovenia Gela Valiev came to the Royal Palace today and brought with them the Miraculous Icon of St.Tsar Nicholas to present Their Royal Highnesses with these high decorations.

His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander II warmly thanked the distinguished guests for this recognition and stressed out that Serbia and Russia and their people have been together in difficult times in the past, and share deep cultural and historical bonds.

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ANNOUNCEMENT


Vidovdan Temple Model and Kosovo Cycle sculptures of Ivan Mestrovic at the White Palace for the Night of the Museums

Belgrade, 13 May 2014 – Royal Palace will again take part of this years’ Night of the Museums by presenting “Vidovdan Temple” model of world famous sculptor Ivan Mestrovic in cooperation with the National Museum of Krusevac and sculptures from his Kosovo Cycle, on Saturday, May 17, from 6 pm to 2 am at the White Palace in Dedinje Royal Compound (entrance from Baje Pivljanina Str).

Praised and criticized, exalted and blasphemed, Vidovdan temple by Ivan Mestrovic is one of the least known famous artistic and political projects in the history of Serbs and Serbia. It was created at the time of a revived and powerful national fervour, less than a quarter of a century since the kingdom was restored and encouraged Serbian state celebrated five hundred years since the epic battle of Kosovo. In 1911 Serbia decided to exhibit this project at the world exhibition in Rome. The enormous cost of such investments and the outbreak of the great war of the 20th century, which marked the entire recent history of Serbia, made the project unfeasible, and its impossibility made it almost mythical. In 1915, the temple’s model was sent from the Roman exhibition to London, then to New York and there, forgotten and pushed to the rear of interest in comparison to the news about the state of the fronts and the agony of the earlier world – it disappeared! In 1968, just like in a scene from the film “Raiders of the Lost Ark”, the model was found in a warehouse by the docks of New York. It was identified and sent to Belgrade. There it was professionally repaired and restored, and then, in silence, transferred to the Museum in Krusevac, where it has remained until today.

During Night of the Museums, sculptures of Ivan Mestrovic from his Kosovo Cycle that are part of the Royal Compound Art Collection will also be displayed: sculpture of Marko Kraljevic, sculpture of Petar Petrovic Njegos, sculpture Memory, small model of sphinx from the Kings Office, together with several posters. Professional Art Historians will guide the visitors.

His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander II and Royal Family cordially invite all to visit the White Palace during the Night of the Museums and get acquainted with some of the greatest works of our National art.

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Crown Prince Alexander II at “Cars and Karadjordjevic dynasty” book promotion

Belgrade, May 15, 2014 - His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander II accompanied by Mr. Dragomir Acović, Chairman of the Crown Council, attended the launch of the book “Cars and Karadjordjevic dynasty” by Miroslav Milutinovic. The book was symbolically presented at the building of the Archives of Yugoslavia, which was built as a foundation, at the initiative and with the financial support of His Majesty King Alexander I, the grandfather of HRH Crown Prince Alexander II.

At the promotion, beside its author those present were addressed by the director of the Archives of Yugoslavia Miladin Milosevic, the editor Peter Arbutina, Chairman of the Privy Council Dragomir Acović, and the president of the Association of Motorsports Historians Nebojsa Djordjevic.
The book deals with an important part of automobile history in Serbia from 1908 to 1941. Readers will find a number of interesting and little known facts about the most popular cars of that era, which thanks to some members of the Karadjordjevic dynasty could be found on our streets. The author of the book, carefully researched the history of motoring, the book highlights an interesting part of the national past, closely related to the Royal Family, and the development of technological revolution in Serbia. In the book we learn which car was used by each member of the dynasty, as well as accurate information about the characteristics of each vehicle. The richly illustrated monograph were made even more interesting by quoting information about the prices of cars, fuel costs, maintenance and supply of spare parts, as well as the traffic regulations of the time.
The fact is that the members of the Karadjordjevic dynasty were driving the most representative and most reliable cars of the time. Also, the choice of cars reveals the taste and needs of the Royal family in the first half of the 20th century. On the other hand, the dynasty’s relation to cars influenced the development of the automobile culture in the country, says Miroslav Milutinovic. The advent of cars in Serbia was not at all that delayed in comparison to other European countries. In addition to the exclusivity of the material presented in the book, it is important to note it is well supported facts, which are the result of the author’s dedicated research. This is evidenced by the abundance of data and a broad background documentation containing quotes from hundreds of sources.
HRH Crown Prince Alexander II warmly recommends to the citizens of Serbia to read this interesting book.

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Royal Family expresses concern on the difficult situation citizens face after heavy rain and flooding

Belgrade, 16 May 2014 – His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander II expressed deep concern on his behalf and on the behalf of the Royal Family regarding the very difficult situation for the citizens of Serbia and Republika Srpska due to heavy rain and flooding over the previous days. On behalf of his family, the Crown Prince expressed deepest condolences to the families of victims, who lost their loved ones in the floods.

His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander II has emphasized:

“I am very concerned with grave situation our citizens are in. I publicly appeal to all our citizens to behave responsibly and to follow instructions issued by the authorities, because lives are most important, and we can make up all material losses eventually by joint efforts and hard work. I hope that during these times of great crisis, caused by the elements, the International community will act with responsibility and good will in providing necessary help and assistance. My family and I will do everything we can to help the citizens of Serbia and Republika Srpska during these difficult times.”

TRH Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine, in cooperation with the Sector for Emergency Situations, have sent food to the Municipality of Obrenovac

HRH Crown Prince Alexander II appealed to all the members and supporters the Kingdom of Serbia Association, which works under his patronage, to contact local Sectors for emergency situations and committees for protection against flood throughout the country, and offer their help where it is the most needed to all citizens in distress.
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Appeal for urgent help

Belgrade, May 16,2014 - Lifeline Humanitarian Organization under the patronage of HRH Crown Princess Katherine joined the campaign to help Serbian areas affected by the floods. The Lifeline office in Toronto raised €15,000 (Euros), and the office in Chicago US$ 4,000. HRH Crown Princess Katherine issued an appeal to all people of good will in our Diaspora to help financially Serbian citizens affected by this catastrophic natural disaster.


His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander II expressed great concern about the difficult situation in which the citizens of our country are: “I appeal to all our citizens to behave responsibly and to follow instructions issued by the authorities, because lives are most important, and we can make up all material losses eventually by joint efforts and hard work. I hope that during this time of great crisis, caused by the elements, the International community will act with responsibility and good will in providing necessary help and assistance. My family and I will do everything we can to help citizens of Serbia and Republika Srpska during these difficult times.”

TRH Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine, in cooperation with the Sector for Emergency Situations, have sent food to the Municipality of Obrenovac

HRH Crown Prince Alexander II appealed to all the members and supporters the Kingdom of Serbia Association, which works under his patronage, to contact local Sectors for emergency situations and committees for protection against flood throughout the country, and offer their help where it is the most needed to all citizens in distress.

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Royal Couple bring help to Topola and visit the family of the deceased firefighter Dejan Lazarevic

Belgrade, 17 May 2014 – Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine brought help to Topola and neighboring villages today, one of heaviest hit areas by flood in Serbia, and paid respect to the deceased firefighter Dejan Lazarevic at his family home and extended condolences to his wife and children.

After arriving in Topola, TRH Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine met with Mr Dragan Jovanovic, the Mayor of Topola and members of emergency committee in this city, who briefed them about the very difficult situation in this municipality.

HRH Crown Prince Alexander II was deeply concerned by the range of devastation he witnessed on his way to Topola, and expressed his worries talking to Mayor of Topola and citizens: “On behalf of my family, I extend our deepest condolences to the families of victims who lost their lives in the floods. My family and I will make sure that in this difficult situation we help all citizens of Serbia. I appealed to all members and supporters of the Kingdom of Serbia Association, which is working under my patronage. I asked them put themselves at the disposal of the Department of Emergency Situations and provide maximum support and assistance to the citizens in distress. We have to work together to overcome the difficulties that have overwhelmed many of our citizens. Please follow the instructions and orders of the authorities in charge, because your lives are most important, and each material loss we can compensate by joint effort and work”, said the Crown Prince.

Their Royal Highnesses together with Mayor Dragan Jovanovic visited then a village of Natalinci where 30 houses were flooded and brought wardrobe for children there.

They visited the Family of the late fire-fighter, Dejan Lazarevic and extended their condolences to his widow and son and daughter.

Their Royal Highnesses also went to the village of Blaznava where the bridge over the Jasenica River collapsed. The Royal Couple met with villagers and encouraged them to follow instruction of authorities and keep themselves and their families out of harm, because the most important thing at the moment is to save lives and show solidarity to those less fortunate.

After that Their Royal Highnesses visited the Monastery Nikolje which was completely cut off after the floods, but today the road has been re-opened.

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Sympathizing with all the victims of the flood, Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine appeal to all people of good will in our Diaspora to send financial aid to the affected areas. Everybody wanting to help, can turn to Lifeline charity, which is under the patronage of HRH Princess Katherine:
Fond Nj.K.V. Princeza Katarina Kraljevski Dvor
11040 Beograd, SrbijaTel: + 381 11 306 40 90
Fax: + 381 11 306 40 95
E-mail: help@pkfond.rs
Web: www.pkfond.rs
UK London
Lifeline Humanitarian Organization
74 Gloucester Place
London W1U 6HHTel: + 44 20 7493 3715
Fax: + 44 20 7495 1789
E-mail: lifelineuk@pkfond.rs
Web: www.lifelineaid.org
USA New York
Lifeline New York
845 Third Avenue, floor 14
New York, NY 10022Tel: + 1 212 867 5050
Fax: + 1 212 867 5055
E-mail: info@lifelineny.org
Web: www.lifelineny.org
USA Chicago
Lifeline Humanitarian Organization
155 N. Michigan Ave. # 409
Chicago, IL 60601Tel: + 1 312 228 0600
Fax: + 1 312 228 0602
E-mail: lifelineIL@pkfond.rs
Web: www.lifelinechicago.org
Canada Toronto
Lifeline Humanitarian Organization
Toronto Dominion Centre
P.O. Box 4
901-95 Wellington St West
Toronto, ON M5J 2N7, CanadaTel: + 1 416 233 0190
Fax: + 1 416 233 5717
E-mail: lifelineca@pkfond.rs
Web: www.lifeline-canada.org
Greece Athens
Lifeline Hellas Humanitarian Organization
131 Notara Str. 1st floor
185 36 Piraeus, GreeceTel: + 30 210 982 8002
Fax: + 30 210 982 8503
E-mail: lifelinegr@pkfond.rs
Web: www.lifelinegr.org

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Have the powers the be in Serbia.....that seen to be in control of everything set up a PAYPAL facility to ease financial payment.....

Are there alternative financial payment methods? Where your hard earn monies, are not partially eaten by the banks and general spongers along the route. That assistance actually reaches the people that need it, and that its not entrusted to people, who are incapable of spending it effectively and wisely, of which there are countless examples!