Serbia's Statehood Day

On this day in 1804, the Serbs, led by Djordje "Karadjordje" Petrovic, decided to start the First Uprising against occupying Ottoman Turks.

On the same day in 1835, the first constitution of the modern Serbian state was adopted in the town of Kragujevac.

President Aleksandar Vucic is this Friday presenting state decorations to deserving individuals and institutions.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic on Wednesday laid a wreath at the Monument to the Unknown Hero on Mt Avala near Belgrade to mark Serbia's Statehood Day.

Statehood Day marked in Serbia

BELGRADE -- Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic decorated a large number of domestic and foreign individuals and institutions on the occasion of Serbia's Statehood Day.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Marko Djuric, director of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija, said on Sunday that the current and all future governments of Serbia will stand by its people in the southern province and Serbian Statehood Day will be marked in Kosovo-Metohija.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic unveiled a memorial to Serbian scout Dragutin Matic also known as Hawk Eye on the occasion of Serbian Statehood Day on Sunday.

Nikolic unveiled the memorial in the House of the Serbian Army in central Belgrade with full state and military honors.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Mt. Avala on the occasion of February 15, Serbian Statehood Day.

Nikolic laid the wreath while the Serbian anthem was playing and singed the memorial book.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic decorated a large number of individuals and institutions from the country and abroad on the occasion of Serbia's Statehood Day on Sunday.

WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has extended best wishes to the government and people of Serbia on the occasion of the Serbian Statehood Day, noting that unlike in the nineties, the two countries now work together to strengthen democracy, human rights and rule of law.

BELGRADE - An exhibition titled "And This Stone of the Land of Serbia" (I ovaj kamen zemlje Srbije) opened at the Gallery of Frescoes in Belgrade in view of Serbia's Statehood Day celebrated on February 15.

BELGARDE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic held separate meetings with the ambassadors of Egypt and China, Menha Mahrous Bakhoum and Li Manchang on Thursday, reads a statement issued by the Serbian president's office.