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Jubilee 25th St Sava Ball on 18 January in Vienna

Following the great success of the St Sava Ball premiere, which took place in the ceremonial chambers of the Hofburg Palace for the first time in its long tradition at the beginning of this year, the jubilee 25th edition of the ball will also be held there on 18 January 2024, in the presence of numerous participants and an even larger number of visitors, the organizers announced. This important event’s organizers from the Serbian

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Returnees 2023 – Meeting and Networking

On 11 November, two Returnees 2023 conferences were held in Novi Sad, through projects implemented by the Citizens’ Association Povratnici (returnees) 2022 from Futog. One of the activities was the organization of conferences, which brought together returnees from the diaspora, representatives of the diaspora, religious organizations, cultural organizations, citizens’ associations dealing with diaspora and motherland matters, and other public

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Preservation of Serbian Identity, Language, Culture and Tradition throughout Austria

The Festival of Children’s Folklore Ensembles of Austria was held in front of several thousand people in Vienna last weekend. Children’s, youth and mixed ensembles with over 750 participants performed in the competition and non-competition part of the program. Eleven cultural, artistic and educational societies from Austria were present. The ceremonial opening of the event was attended by the Minister without portfolio in charge of coordinating activities

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Gouillon: Diaspora Is Not Remittance Statistics, but Real People that Serbia Cares About

The Director of the Directorate for Cooperation with the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region, Arnaud Gouillon, spoke in Vienna at the Austrian Children’s Folklore Ensembles Festival telling the Serbs in this country that the motherland cared for them and did not reduce them to statistics on remittances. ‘The diaspora consists of real families, children for whom we want to fight so

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Grozdić: We Want to Ensure Use of Serbian Language and Cyrillic Alphabet

After a meeting with the extended program committee of the Vuk Karadžić Scientific, Educational and Cultural Centre in Tršić, the State Secretary at the Serbian Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation, Vukašin Grozdić, said that the Ministry wanted to ensure future use of the Serbian language and Cyrillic alphabet. – We want to ensure that the Serbian language and Cyrillic alphabet will be in

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Exhibition by Serbian Artists in Vienna

We invite you to visit the Steiner Gallery in Vienna on Thursday, 16 November, where the works of contemporary Serbian artists are exhibited. The exhibition entitled Resonance Serbian Contemporary Echo is organized in cooperation with the Serbian Sanjaj Gallery and with the support of the Republic of Srpska Representation in Austria. On Thursday, from 19:00 to 22:00hrs, the visitors will

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Meeting Held in Trieste about Development of National Diaspora Cooperation Strategy

Development of a national strategy on cooperation with the diaspora is one of the strategic goals of the minister without portfolio Đorđe Milićević, who is in charge of coordinating activities and measures in the field of relations between the Republic of Serbia and the diaspora. ‘Already some months ago, the Minister started a series of working meetings, online and in person, with representatives of the Serbian diaspora (Serbian Orthodox church municipalities and their priests, Serbian federations

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‘Diaspora Must be United in Preserving Serbian Identity, Culture and Tradition’

The president of the Austrian Association of Serbian Folklore (ASSF), Aleksandar Stanković, as a representative of the organization gathering the largest number of folklore societies in Austria and a member of the board of directors of the Association of Serbian Diaspora Folklore (ASDF), attended the extraordinary electoral assembly of this organization where the new president was elected. The Serbian diaspora folklore association is an organization that gathers folklore societies members of the federations

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Bridges to Homeland: Journalists from Diaspora, Region and Serbia Connected at Unique Media Camp

During the period from 9 to 12 November, journalists from the diaspora, the region and Serbia gathered at the Bridges to Homeland media camp, organized by the office of the Minister without portfolio for the coordination of activities and measures in the field of relations between the Republic of Serbia and the diaspora. The camp was held at Srebrno Jezero and in Belgrade. The purpose of this event was

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International Folklore Festival in Vienna

The International Folklore Festival is held in Vienna, with participating children’s and youth folklore groups, instrumental groups and choirs from a dozen countries, including participants from the Republic of Srpska and Serbia. The opening of the event was also attended by the Head of the Representative Office, Mladen Filipović, who greeted the participants on this occasion. The International Folklore Festival, organized by the Folklore Festival

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