CROWN PRINCE ALEXANDER AND CROWN PRINCESS KATHERINE VISIT KRAGUJEVAC AND ARANDJELOVAC

Delivery of the mammography machine and warm table for babies to Hospital in Arandjelovac

Kragujevac, 6 May 2010 – Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine visited Kragujevac today where they attended official celebration on the occasion of Day of Kragujevac. HRH Crown Prince Alexander II attended solemn ceremony at the City Hall of Kragujevac. City of Kragujevac is marking the May 6, the Saint George Day, in remembrance of Assembly session of 1818, when Kragujevac was declared the first Capital of the modern Serbian state.

The official celebration started at the City Hall, with the awarding ceremony for the most accomplished citizens of Kragujevac in the presence of H.E. Prof. Dr Slavica Djukic Dejanovic, Speaker of the Parliament of Serbia, H.E. Ms. Snezana Samardzic Markovic, Minister of youth and sports, H.E. Mr. Nebojsa Bradic, Minister of culture, H.E. Mr. Armando Varricchio, Italian Ambassador to Serbia, H.E. Mr. Stephen Wordsworth, Her Britannic Majesty’s Ambassador to Serbia, Mr. Veroljub Stevanovic, the Mayor of Kragujevac, representatives of the City Assembly and many distinguished guests.

After the ceremony, Their Royal Highnesses paid a visit to the University of Kragujevac and the University Career Centre. During this visit The Royal Couple was hosted by Prof. Dr Slobodan Arsenijevic, Rector of Kragujevac University who accompanied them while touring the Career Centre. Career Centre of the University of Kragujevac is one of four University Centres launched on the initiative of Crown Prince Alexander’s Foundation for Education. It was opened in 2007 to help students find better job opportunities, training, as well as assisting them in connecting with the business community.

Later on Their Royal Highnesses attended the opening of the exhibition “Identity” at the National Museum of Kragujevac.

In the afternoon, Their Royal Highnesses visited orphanage “Mladost” where they spent lovely time with children and gave them sweets and toys.

On Friday, May 7, Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine will attend the opening of Soko gym “Sokolana” in Kragujevac, the founding ceremony of Kingdom of Serbia Association in the Hotel “Kragujevac” and visit the General Hospital in Arandjelovac where they will deliver mammography machine and warm table for babies.