Mauthausen

Minister walked out of Mauthausen ceremony over Kosovo flag

The flag of the non-existent state of Kosovo is an insult to all victims of the Second World War, Aleksandar Vulin has said.

Speaking on Monday, the Serbian minister of labor, social and veteran affairs explained his walkout over the weekend at the site of the Nazi death camp in Mauthausen, Austria, in this way:

Culture Minister Vulpescu: We must not allow repeat of Holocaust, WW II mistakes

The Culture Minister, Ionut Vulpescu, who has participated in the 70th memorial ceremony since the liberation of the Mauthausen (Austria) concentration camp, deems the repeat of the Holocaust and World War II's horrors should not be allowed to repeat.

Photo credit: (c) Grigore POPESCU / AGERPRES ARCHIVE

President Nikolic lays wreath at Reiferdorf cemetery

MAUTHAUSEN - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic, who is on a visit to Austria, on Friday laid a wreath at the military cemetery in Reiferdorf, where 8,000 Serbian WWI soldiers and internees are buried.

Nikolic laid the wreath at the memorial to Allied soldiers who lost their lives in the war and placed flowers at individual memorials to Serbian internees.