EVENTS PLANNED FOR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

REPUBLIKA SRPSKA ZVORNIK - At 09:00, His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Porfirije will celebrate a Holy Liturgy and consecrate the Cathedral of Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God. Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik and Prime Minister Radovan Višković will also attend the ceremony. BANJALUKA - Speaker of the Republika Srpska National Assembly Nenad Stevandić will attend the celebration of Patron St.'s Day /Slava/ of the Starčevica local community - Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God: - at 11:30, a memorial service and the laying of wreaths at the memorial to the fallen soldiers, after which the Slava cake will be broken in the premises of the parish home of the Church of the Venerable Mother Paraskeva - Saint Petka. BIJELJINA - The Association of Veterans "Garda Panteri" and the Lopare Veterans' Organization will mark the 31st anniversary of the defense of Majevica on Panjik above Priboj and the death of 16 soldiers of the "Guard Panteri," among whom was the commander of the Guard, Colonel Branko Pantelić Panter: - at 13:00, a memorial service will be held for the fallen soldiers at the memorial. - at 14:00 wreath-laying. GRADIŠKA - Celebration of the city's Patron St.'s Day, the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God: - at 09:00, a Holy Liturgy will be celebrated in the Church of the Shroud of the Most Holy Mother of God - at 11:00 - a procession through the city - at 18:00 - a reception for guests at the "Taxi Bar" wedding salon EAST SARAJEVO - At 13:00, a meeting organized by the Republika Srpska Ministry of Health and Social Welfare where the Program for Rare Diseases in Srpska for the period from 2022 to 2024 and the activities undertaken in this area will be presented. Statements to the press are scheduled for 12:45. / Amphitheater of Hospital "Srbija"/ BIJELJINA - At 18:00, a solemn academy on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Faculty of Pedagogy and the presentation of the monograph "Source of Education - 30 Years of Work of the Faculty of Pedagogy." It is planned that the dean of the Faculty of Pedagogy in Bijeljina, Dalibor Stević, will address journalists before the start of the meeting at 17:50 /Cultural Center "Semberija"/ MILIĆI - The Republika Srpska Ministry of Transport and Communications, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Agency for Traffic Safety, the Automobile Association and the municipality of Milići are organizing activities on the plateau in front of the "Milutin Milanković" Secondary School Center and on Miners' Square on the occasion of European Mobility Week. Statements to the press at 11:00 at Miners' Square. BIJELJINA - At 11:00, as part of the European Mobility Week, a round table on organizing public urban passenger transport will be held, organized by the Association of Municipalities and Cities of Republika Srpska. Statements to the press are scheduled at the beginning of the event. /premises of the Association of Municipalities and Cities of Republika Srpska/ BiH SARAJEVO - At 12:00, a session of the House of Representatives of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly, where the Bill on Foreign Affairs of BiH, sponsored by the Council of Ministers, should be discussed in the first reading. After the regular session, an emergency session should be held, where proposals for measures and activities to improve the security of returnees in BiH will be considered. /VIDEO/ BANJALUKA - At 13:00, a meeting between the director of the BiH Indirect Taxation Authority /ITA/, Zoran Tegeltija, and the Chairperson of the BiH Council of Ministers, Borjana Krišto. Taking photos and filming at the beginning of the meeting. /ITA BiH headquarters building, press release/ SARAJEVO - At 09:30, a Holy Liturgy on the occasion of the Patron St.'s Day of the Cathedral of Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God. FEDERATION OF BiH SARAJEVO - At 12:00, a session of the FBiH Government. /a press release/ SERBIA BELGRADE/NOVI SAD - The second day of the "Days of Srpska in Serbia" event: - at 13:00, at the University of Arts in Belgrade, the screening of the final films of the students of the Academy of Arts of the University of Banjaluka, which was supported by the Audio-Visual Center of Republika Srpska. The screening will be attended by the Minister of Education and Culture of Republika Srpska Željka Stojičić /Bulevar umetnosti 20/; - At 15:30, Željka Stojičić will meet in Novi Sad with Vojvodina Provincial Secretary for Culture Dragan Milošević and Provincial Secretary for Higher Education and Scientific Research Zoran Milošević; - at 16:45 Stojičić will meet with Novi Sad Mayor Milan Đurić; - At 18:00, representatives of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Republika Srpska /ANURS/ will present the fourth and fifth volumes of the Encyclopedia of Republika Srpska to the Branch of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Novi Sad. The president of ANURS, Rajko Kuzmanović, and the secretary general of this institution, Drago Branković, will speak. - At 20:00, the Gradiška City Theater will perform the play "Miropomazani" in the Cultural Center of Novi Sad. KRAGUJEVAC - At 18:30, a delegation of the Republika Srpska Representative Office in Serbia and representatives of the "Small Things" cultural scene from Trebinje will talk with the assistant to the mayor of Kragujevac for culture and information, Ana Petrović. - at 20:00, in the Princely Serbian Theater, the cultural scene "Small Things" from Trebinje will perform the monodrama "Jefimija, Jelena Mrnjavčević." BELGRADE - At 12:00, a press conference on the persecution of Orthodox Christians in Ukraine, organized by the signatories of the Appeal of Serbian intellectuals for the protection of the holy places and believers of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Professors Slobodan Antonić, Zoran Kindjić and Miloš Ković and archpriest-stavrophor Darko Đogo will speak. /UNS Press Center/ WORLD NEW YORK - A session of the UN General Assembly which will be addressed by Serbia's President Aleksandar Vučić. 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