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BALKAN REPORT
15 December 2000, Volume 4, Number 88
Quotations Of The Week.
"I go around the country and I find a lot of warmth for the monarchy,
a lot of interest. Monarchy is a very fine solution.... I'm neutral, I
can provide unity and continuity." -- Serbian Crown Prince Aleksandar Karadjordjevic,
quoted by AP in Belgrade on 13 December (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 13 December
2000).
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13 DECEMBER 2000
HEIR TO SERBIAN THRONE MOVES BACK HOME
Crown Prince Aleksandar Karadjordjevic said in Belgrade on 13 December
that he has moved permanently to Serbia from the U.K., where he was born
and raised. He added: "I really wanted to come home and live here. I have
been a refuge for 55 years," AP reported. Aleksandar said that his "role
is to respect the government...to help create new jobs for the people,
and to attract foreign investments." Later the same day, he and his family
are slated to host Serbian Orthodox Patriarch Pavle and other dignitaries
for a celebration marking the feast day of a saint closely linked to the
Karadjordjevic family, "Danas" reported. Aleksandar is the first claimant
to a Balkan throne to permanently move back to his family's country of
origin since the fall of communism. PM
Yugoslavia's Princess Katarina Hands Out Candy to
Children
12 December 2000
Yugoslavia's Princess Katarina hands out candy to children at an orphanage
for mentally handicapped children in Kulina village, 190 kilometres, 118
miles southwest of Belgrade, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2000. Earlier this month,
Katarina returned to Serbia with her husband Crown Prince Aleksandar Karadjordjevic,
with hopes of permanently settling down from exile after the pro-democracy
changes in the country. Photo by Kostadin Kamenov YUGOSLAVIA OUT (AP)
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