STUDENTS AT THE ROYAL PALACE

Belgrade, November 20, 2005. – Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine met today at the Royal Palace with a group of 47 electrical engineers, members of the Electrical Engineering Students’ European Association (EESTEC) and the international Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

On behalf of the guests from Spain, Greece, Croatia, Bosnia and Herezegovina and other countries, the group leader, Mr. Aleksandar Petrovic, presented Crown Prince Alexander II with a letter of gratitude for Their Royal Highnesses’ help to the education in Serbia and Montenegro.

“My wife and I are trying hard to help the education in our country. Amongst other things, we traditionally, once a year, award the top high school students from across the country so that they know that their success has been noticed and appreciated,” Crown Prince Alexander II told the students.

“We are particularly happy that you come from different countries because we respect people of all ethnic and religious groups,” he added.

HRH Crown Princess Katherine told the students about concrete projects. “We will have established job centres at the universities where all information will be available to both future employees and employers.”

The visiting students then toured both palaces at the Royal Compound.