The Day of Serbian Unity, Freedom and National Flag \u2013 15 September was marked throughout the Republic of Srpska and Serbia, marking also the 103rd anniversary of the breakthrough of the Salonika Front in the First World War.<\/p>\n
The Serb member of BiH Presidency, Milorad Dodik, stated that the Day of Serbian Unity, Freedom and National Flag was not only a holiday of the Republic of Srpska and Serbia, but of all Serbs, wherever they lived. Also, at the central event in Belgrade, he pointed out that: \u2018We in the Republic of Srpska are looking at Serbia, and we love her. We have our Republic, but our state is also Serbia.\u2019<\/p>\n
At the solemn celebration of this all-Serbian holiday in Belgrade, the President of Srpska, \u017del\u0458ka Cvijanovi\u0107, wished a happy holiday before the gathered mass of people, saying: \u2018I wish all our people in the Republic of Srpska, Serbia, the region and the whole world a happy Day of Serbian Unity, Freedom and National Flag.\u2019 The day of Serbian Unity, Freedom and National Flag is a great holiday that should show that the Serbian people need unity \u2013 noted the President.<\/p>\n
The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107, addressed the crowd of several thousand people on Sava Square in Belgrade, sending a very strong message: \u2018They say \u2013 you invented a holiday. We invented the breakthrough of the Salonika front, if that is so, we also invented Stefan Nemanja. We did not! It was Stefan Nemanja who invented us. They expect us to justify ourselves to them and to apologize to them tonight and to say \u2013 please excuse us for having our flag. We will never apologize for the Serbian tricolor again, we will carry it with pride, we will carry it all over the world.\u2019<\/p>\n
The day the Salonika front breakthrough started was chosen as a national holiday because it is a great day in national history. It was chosen as a general Serbian holiday that will not only be related to the Republic of Srpska and Serbia, but also to all Serbs in the territory of the former Yugoslavia and abroad. The event was attended by several thousand people.<\/p>\n
Source: RTRS<\/p>\n
Photo: instagram.com<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Day of Serbian Unity, Freedom and National Flag \u2013 15 September was marked throughout the Republic of Srpska and Serbia, marking also the 103rd anniversary of the breakthrough of the Salonika Front in the First World War.\nThe Serb member of BiH Presidency, Milorad Dodik, stated that the Day of Serbian Unity, Freedom and National Flag was not only a holiday of the Republic of Srpska and Serbia, but of all Serbs, wherever they lived. Also, at the central event in Belgrade, he pointed out that: \u2018We in the Republic of Srpska are looking at Serbia, and we love her. We have our Republic, but our state is also Serbia.\u2019\nAt the solemn celebration of this all-Serbian holiday in Belgrade, the President of Srpska, \u017del\u0458ka Cvijanovi\u0107, wished a happy holiday before the gathered mass of people, saying: \u2018I wish all our people in the Republic of Srpska, Serbia, the region and the whole world a happy Day of Serbian Unity, Freedom and National Flag.\u2019 The day of Serbian Unity, Freedom and National Flag is a great holiday that should show that the Serbian people need unity \u2013 noted the President.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3242,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,77],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vijesti-dijaspora","category-vijesti-republika-srpska"],"yoast_head":"\n