DINNER IN HONOUR OF OUR MEDIA

This evening The White Palace hosted the owners, directors and editors-in- chief of the Serbian media

Belgrade, 25 May 2005.- Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine organized a buffet dinner at The White Palace in honour of our media which was attended by the owners, directors and editors in chief of the news agencies, radio and television stations from Belgrade and of the regional stations, printed media, public relations agencies, as well as Mr Dragan Kojadinovic, Minister of Culture of the Republic of Serbia and members of The Advisory Bodies of The Crown.

The present were addressed by HRH Crown Prince Alexander II, who on behalf of his wife, and on his own behalf, expressed his great gratitude to all those responsible for the fact that the public was informed in time about everything that they were doing and performing for the people.

“You, esteemed representatives of the media, are the ones who developed the democratic processes in Serbia by your independence”-pointed out The Crown Prince and added:

“I believe that it is very hard for you to recall the difficult moments and unsolved murders of your colleagues, Slavko Curuvija, Dada Vujasinovic, Milan Pantic, Dusko Jovanovic, and others, as well as the tragic deaths of your colleagues from Radio Television Serbia during the bombing. However, let us pay our respects to them because they were fighting for the right to inform, and let us persist in this effort, with which together, we will create a better civil democratic society”.