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Vucevic: Assassination of King Alexander I was first shot of WWII
OPLENAC - The terrorist assassination of King Alexander I Karadjordjevic of Yugoslavia (1888-1934) was an event that made history as his death was essentially the first shot of WWII, Serbian PM Milos Vucevic said at the main state ceremony at Oplenac, central Serbia, that commemorated the 90th anniversary of the assassination.
Serbian, Republika Srpska officials lay wreaths at Karadjordje's sarcophagus
OPLENAC - Serbian Deputy PM and Defence Minister Milos Vucevic, Republika Srpska PM Radovan Viskovic and Serbian Minister of Labour, Employment and Veteran and Social Affairs Nikola Selakovic laid wreaths at Karadjordje's sarcophagus in the Church of St George at Oplenac, central Serbia, on Thursday on occasion of Serbia's Statehood Day.
Gojkovic: Election date depends on potential parliamentary polls
OPLENAC - The date of the upcoming presidential elections will be announced after a decision has been made on whether there will also be early parliamentary polls, Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic said Wednesday.
Serbia's Prime Minister Ivica Dacic laid a wreath on Sunday
OPLENAC - Serbia's Prime Minister Ivica Dacic laid a wreath on Sunday at the tomb of the leader of the First Serbian Uprising Karadjordje Petrovic at the Church of St George in Oplenac and said that now was not the time to experiment with stathood, but to by united.
"That is why it is important to have political and economic unity in the country," he told reporters.