ELEVENTH BIRTHDAY OF “VESTI” NEWSPAPER

Belgrade, 15 December 2003 – HRH Crown Prince Alexander II congratulated the eleventh birthday of “Vesti” newspaper to the General Manager Mr. Dusan Vidakovic, editors, journalists and all employees of this daily paper.

“The birthday of “Vesti” newspaper gives me an opportunity to extend to you congratulations on behalf of my family and myself.

As the newspaper with the largest circulation in our Diaspora, “Vesti” has been bringing our people together for eleven years now, promoting the ideal of free and impartial media. This makes your decision to start the “Vesti” edition for the homeland even more important, for it will, I am convinced, improve the standards of contemporary Serbian media.

To all the journalists and employees of “Vesti”, I wish to continue their highly successful work in this important area of work.

Hoping that our cooperation will be successfully continued, I wish assure you that you can always count on my full support “ - said the Crown Prince in his letter of congratulations.