HRH CROWN PRINCE ALEXANDER ATTENDS 150TH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE SERBIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Belgrade, 13TH March 2007 – HRH Crown Prince Alexander II attended today the ceremony in honour of the 150th Anniversary of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce in the ceremonial hall of their headquarters at Resavska Street.

The commemoration was ceremonially opened by Mr. Slobodan Milosavljevic, President of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce, who said: “A long time ago, on 28th February 1857 the Serbian Prince Alexander Karadjordjevic founded the Trade Council in Belgrade. For that time, as well as for today, it was an extraordinary legal enactment which set the foundation for the Chamber of Commerce in Serbia and regulated the legal status of trade, industrial and handicraft chambers.”

In his speech HRH Crown Prince Alexander II mentioned: “I am proud that my great great grandfather founded the Serbian Chamber, an important national institution. I am also very proud because this institution today is organized like those in Western Europe, and that every year they are opening new representative offices worldwide. The fact that the chamber has endured continuously for a century and a half, regardless of many difficult periods, confirms its importance and necessity, as well as the foresight of its founders”.

In the further program, the speakers were: Prof. Dr. Mirko Vasiljevic, Dean of Faculty of Law, and Mr. Radivoje Jeftic, General Secretary of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce. The ceremony was attended by 250 guests, amongst who were Mr. Zoran Drakulic, President of YU Point, Mr. Miodrag Babic, Director of Hemofarm, Mr. Drasko Petrovic, General Manager of Telekom, Mr. Dragan Tomic, President of Simpo, Mr. Srdjan Janicijevic, General Manager of Politika, Mrs. Ivana Veselinovic, Vice President of Delta Holding, many other general managers of Serbian companies, former Presidents of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce and numerous businessmen.