CROWN PRINCE ALEXANDER AND CROWN PRINCESS KATHERINE ATTEND THE FRENCH AWARDING OF CHEVALIER DANS L’ORDRE DES PALMES ACADEMIQUES

Belgrade, 12 May 2010 – Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine attended today the awarding of the Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Academiques at the Residence of the French Ambassador to Serbia.

H.E. Mr. Jean-François Terral, presented awards to the laureates. The ceremony was attended by members of diplomatic corps, representatives of the public and cultural life of Belgrade and Serbia and families of the laureates.

Seven very distinguished university professors and scientists from Serbia were nominated this year for this prestigious award by H.E. Mr. Luc Chatel, the French Minister of Education, for their achievements in promoting Serbian – French cooperation in different fields of education and science: Prof. Dr Nevena Secen, Professor at the Medical Faculty of Novi Sad and a member of the Royal Medical Board of the Crown Princess Katherine Foundation, Prof. Dr Ivana Vujic, Professor at the Belgrade Faculty for Dramatic Art, Prof. Dr Mihajlo Crnobrnja, Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Finances and Administration (FEFA) in Belgrade, Prof. Dr Miroslav Milicevic, Professor at Belgrade Medical Faculty, Doc. Dr Vesna Cakeljic, from the Faculty of Organizational Sciences in Belgrade, Ms. Mila Popovic – Zivancevic, director of the Central Institute for Conservation in Belgrade and Dr Miroslav Jeremic, from the Institute of Archaeology of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SASA).