House of Flowers

People gathered in the Serbian capital Belgrade and the Croatian village of Kumrovec to mark the Socialist-era 'Youth Day', when showpiece events used to be held all across the former Yugoslavia and its leader Josip Broz Tito's birthday was also celebrated.

Across the territory that was once ruled as a unitary state by Josip Broz Tito, small groups of people who still maintain affection for the Yugoslav Communist ruler gathered on Tuesday to mark the 41st anniversary of his death.

Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito used many residences and holiday homes during the long period of his rule from 1944 until his death in 1980.

Thirty-six years after Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito died, several thousand of his admirers paid tribute to him in Belgrade and remembered what they believe were better times.

Locals in the western Serbian town of Uzice are confident that - more than two decades after it was removed - a statue of former Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito, will be returned to where it once stood.

Hundreds of people gathered at the Belgrade mausoleum known as the House of Flowers on Monday to pay their respects to Yugoslavia's late president, Josip Broz Tito, who died on May 4, 1980.

Tito's admirers are mainly elderly people who visit his mausoleum every year to lay flowers in tribute to their beloved leader.

BELGRADE - Every weekend, visitors to the Museum of Yugoslav History (MIJ) in Belgrade can get a guided tour of the museum and hear interesting stories by the curator about the building complex that was built during the communist Yugoslavia.

The expert and entertaining tour of the MIJ complex given in English is beginning at 11 a.m. and the tour in Serbian start at noon.