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OPLENAC - Serbian Deputy PM and Defence Minister Milos Vucevic, Republika Srpska PM Radovan Viskovic and Serbian Minister of Labour, Employment and Veteran and Social Affairs Nikola Selakovic laid wreaths at Karadjordje's sarcophagus in the Church of St George at Oplenac, central Serbia, on Thursday on occasion of Serbia's Statehood Day.

As Serbia prepares for a four-day break, with weekends extending Serbia's national holiday, the bustling streets of Belgrade buzz with anticipation for holiday getaways, according to the Belgrade newspaper Danas.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said on Wednesday Statehood Day events celebrated the day when, 188 years ago, Serbia had adopted one of the most liberal constitutions in Europe at the time.

TOPOLA - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic and Republika Srpska PM Radovan Viskovic attended on Wednesday a memorial service held at Oplenac, central Serbia, as part of Statehood Day events.

The Committee for Nurturing the Traditions of the Liberation Wars of Serbia of the Government of Serbia announced that today at 4 p.m., on the occasion of marking the Statehood Day of the Republic of Serbia, a gun salute will be fired from the Sava terrace of the Kalemegdan Fortress, in line with the order issued by the President of the Republic and Supreme Commander of the Serbian Armed Forces

Descendants of the former Yugoslav royals want to be given back castles and a house in Montenegro, but also property in Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Macedonia, according to a document that BIRN has obtained from the Karadjordjevic family's office.