HRH CROWN PRINCESS KATHERINE AT OPENING OF NEW EUROBANK EFG CENTRE AND “COINS AND BANKNOTES THROUGH THE ROYAL AGES OF SERBIA” EXHIBITION

Belgrade, 14 October 2009 – Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Katherine was this evening at the opening of the new Eurobank EFG Centre, and accompanying exhibition “Coins and Banknotes through the Royal Ages of Serbia”, organized under auspices of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander II. The red ribbon at the opening of new Eurobank EFG Centre was jointly cut by Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Katherine, Mr. Radovan Jelasic, Governor of National Bank of Serbia, Mr. Nicholas Nanopoulos, CEO of Eurobank EFG Ergasias SA and Mr. Philippos Karamanolis, President of Executive Board of Eurobank EFG Serbia.

The guests were also welcomed by Mr. Giorgio Pradelli, General Manager of International Division of EFG Group. Among distinguished guests from Serbia and Greece, there were H.E. Mr. Demosthenes Stoidis, Ambassador of Greece to Serbia, representatives of Serbian Government and business community.

Speaking about the exhibited coins and banknotes of the Serbian Royal Heritage, HRH Crown Princess Katherine emphasized: “If you watch carefully those coins and banknotes they will tell you a story, a story about the struggle of Serbia to become a modern European country. And you will see that this struggle was not in vain”.

The exhibition “Coins and Banknotes through the Royal Ages of Serbia” will be open for visitors during next eight days in Eurobank EFG Centre in Belgrade, in Vuka Karadzica Street, and it encompasses five periods in Serbian monetary history - Money in the time of Obrenovic Dynasty, Money in time of Karadjordjevic Dynasty, Money in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenians, Money in Kingdom of Yugoslavia and Money in time of the King’s Government in Exile.