Statehood Day

BELGRADE - Congratulating Serbians on Statehood Day, Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said on Thursday only an economically strong and stable Serbia, governed by people who truly loved their country, could persevere in solving issues of state and national interest.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic congratulated Serbians on Statehood Day - February 15 - on Thursday.

"Happy Statehood Day! Long live Serbia!" Vucic wrote in a post on his avucic Instagram profile.

As the media reported, the students could be on vacation from February 12 to 16. They would return to the benches on February 19.
The Ministry of Education has not sent any request to school principals, which refers to the statement regarding the extension of the Sretenje vacation for the whole next week, nor has such an initiative reached the Ministry of Education so far.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said on Wednesday Statehood Day events celebrated the day when, 188 years ago, Serbia had adopted one of the most liberal constitutions in Europe at the time.

BELGRADE - Serbia celebrates its Statehood Day with pride, Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic said in a congratulatory message to Serbian citizens on Wednesday.

KRAGUJEVAC - When the state and its foundations are in jeopardy amid a difficult global situation, the most important thing is that we are together and united in our desire to protect the state, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday.

The Committee for Nurturing the Traditions of the Liberation Wars of Serbia of the Government of Serbia announced that today at 4 p.m., on the occasion of marking the Statehood Day of the Republic of Serbia, a gun salute will be fired from the Sava terrace of the Kalemegdan Fortress, in line with the order issued by the President of the Republic and Supreme Commander of the Serbian Armed Forces

Due to the Statehood Day, which is celebrated on Sretenje, students already have two non-working days on February 15 and 16. Since it is Tuesday and Wednesday, the school calendar previously planned to add Monday, February 14, and now, probably, the vacation will be extended to Thursday and Friday, according to Novosti.

Ljubljana – Organisers of weekly anti-government protests staged an alternative celebration of Statehood Day on Friday. The crowd filled Prešeren Square as speakers criticised political elites.

Ljubljana – The celebrations of the 30 years of Slovenia’s sovereignty and independence will culminate with the main national ceremony on Statehood Day on Friday, 25 June, in memory of the day in 1991 when the Slovenian parliament passed several key documents for the country to leave the former Yugoslavia and become fully independent.