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Croatia announced on Wednesday that the final proposals for the motifs for future Croatian euro coins, which will replace today's national currency, the kuna, are the Croatian coat-of-arms, a geographical map of Croatia, the marten - the animal after which kuna was named, the Glagolitic script - the oldest known Slavic alphabet and the inventor Nikola Tesla who was born in central Croatia.

Almost three decades after a statue of scientist and inventor Nikola Tesla was blown up by Croatian nationalists during the war, a replica was installed in the town of Gospic in his native region.

A memorial service was held at St. Marko's Church in Belgrade Wednesday for the Serbs who were killed by the Croatian in Medak Pocket in Croatia 22 years ago.

On September 9, 1993, the Croatian armed forces attacked a number of Serb villages in the Gospic municipality under the Velebit mountain range.

Memorial service for Serbs killed in Croatia

BELGRADE -- A memorial service for Serbs killed in September 1993 by Croatian forces in the Medak Pocket (Medački Džep) area was held in Belgrade on Tuesday.

Dozens of people - members of the families of the victims and Serb refugees from Croatia - gathered for the service.

BELGRADE - The Coalition of Refugee Associations in Serbia conditionally supported the initiative by Croat MPs and the government to declare July 10 the day of Nikola Tesla and the day of science, technology and innovation in Croatia and to reinstall the damaged Tesla monument in Gospic.