{"id":3973,"date":"2017-06-12T08:01:56","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T07:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/news\/our-national-day-was-held-in-the-presence-of-the-president-of-parliament-maja-gojkovic\/"},"modified":"2017-06-12T08:01:56","modified_gmt":"2017-06-12T07:01:56","slug":"our-national-day-was-held-in-the-presence-of-the-president-of-parliament-maja-gojkovic","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/serbiaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/news\/our-national-day-was-held-in-the-presence-of-the-president-of-parliament-maja-gojkovic\/","title":{"rendered":"Our National Day, in the presence of the President of Parliament, between the sublime music of the Opera Tosca by Puccini and the generous solidarity from the Principality of Monaco"},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-3973","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"hidden_news":"no","evidence":"no","focus_on":"no","breaking":"no","news_cover":false,"news_video":"","sub_title":"","news_content":"<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Belgrade, June 24th<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orderofmalta.org.rs\/?attachment_id=4398\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4398\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-4398\" title=\"Mrs. President of the Parliament, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: thank you so much for your presence, which honors us, for the auspicious day of our Saint patron, St. John the Baptist, National Day of the Sovereign Order of Malta. I have the privilege to extend to the civil and religious authorities, and to all of our Serbian friends, the greetings and best wishes of His Royal Highness Prince and Grand Master of our Sovereign Order, Fra Matthew Festing. Everyone is already familiar with the humanitarian and social commitment which has been the mission of the Order of Malta for over 900 years, today present in 120 countries around the world. I warmly thank the Serbian national and local institutions for their, always friendly and fruitful, cooperation which characterizes our excellent bilateral relations, always inspired by our common values \u200b\u200bthat unite us. I am particularly pleased to inform you that, especially thanks to the Charity-dinner held last Friday 19th in the Principality of Monaco, we are able to offer to our project &quot;Make a WISH&quot; - designed to meet as many wishes as possible expressed by boys and girls who have written us from the areas of Serbia severely affected by the 2014 floods \u2013 one-hundred-thousand Euros worth of WISHES. Long live the friendship between the Republic of Serbia and the Sovereign Order of Malta! Thank you all!\" src=\"https:\/\/orderofmalta.org.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_52991-766x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"766\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a>This year&#8217;s National Day of St. John the Baptist, traditionally organized by the Embassy of the Sovereign Order of Malta in Belgrade, was honored by the participation of the President of Parliament, Maja Gojkovi\u0107.<br \/>\nAt the picturesque setting of the National Theatre, in the presence of 550 people and more from institutional, religious, diplomatic and cultural backgrounds, Ambassador Alberto di Luca has addressed his greetings on behalf of the Grand Master of the Sovereign Order, Fra &#8216;Matthew Festing, emphasizing the excellent relations between the Order of Malta and Serbia and the continuous successful development of bilateral cooperation.<br \/>\nThe Ambassador di Luca has also focused on the important project &#8220;Make a WISH&#8221;, dedicated to girls and boys affected by the floods of May 2014, highlighting the importance of collaboration with other countries, in particular with the Principality of Monaco where, on June 19th, was held a charity fund raising dinner which has achieved the amount of \u20ac 100,000 worth of possibly realizable WISHES expressed by the children in their letters to the Embassy of the Order in Belgrade.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/orderofmalta.org.rs\/?attachment_id=4411\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4411\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4411\" title=\"The stage at the National Theatre in Belgrade: Puccini's Tosca\" src=\"https:\/\/orderofmalta.org.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_53701-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>The baritone Carlo Guelfi and soprano Micaela Carosi have then charmed the large audience \u2013 that stood in ovation for several minutes- with their masterful interpretation of &#8220;Tosca&#8221; by Giacomo Puccini, under the musical leadership of Maestro Dejan Savic.<br \/>\nA great success for this splendid Opera, special one time performance, that has been proposed to lovers of classical music in Serbia by the Embassy of the Sovereign Order of Malta on the occasion of its National Day.<br \/>\nAt the end of the Opera, in the foyer, the guests toasted to the friendship between Serbia and the Order of Malta and to the success of many initiatives that the Embassy in Belgrade organized over the past year: from the supply of large quantities of food and clothing to important medical equipment donated to the Hospital KBC Zvezdara; from the new edition of &#8220;A hot meal on a cold winter&#8221; to the project &#8220;Make a WISH to the Sovereign Order of Malta&#8221;, attracting so much interest and support in the country.<br \/>\nAlongside the President of Parliament, Maja Gojkovic, were also present many MPs, including the Chairman of the Group of friendship between Serbia and the Order of Malta, and Vice President of Parliament, Hon. Vladimir Marinkovic.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/orderofmalta.org.rs\/?attachment_id=4399\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4399\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4399\" title=\"The arrival at the theater of H.E. Msgr. the Apostolic Nuncio Orlando Antonini greeted by Ambassador di Luca\" src=\"https:\/\/orderofmalta.org.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_52741-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>Together with the Apostolic Nuncio representing the Holy See, H.E. Msgr. Orlando Antonini, were present many Ambassadors and diplomats accredited to Belgrade: H.E. the Ambassador of Albania, Ilir Bocka; H.E. the Ambassador of Australia, Julia Alice Patricia FEENEY; H.E. the Ambassador of Belarus, Vladimir CHUSHEV; H.E. the Ambassador of Brazil, Sergio Luis CANAES; H.E. the Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ranko \u0160krbi\u0107; H.E. the Ambassador of Bulgaria, Angel Simeonov DIMITROV; H.E. the Ambassador of Canada, Philip Herbert Pinnington; H.E. the Ambassador of Egypt, Menha Mahrous Bakhoum; H.E. the Ambassador of Montenegro, Branislav Micunovic; H.E. the Ambassador of Morocco, Abdellah ZEGOUR; H.E. the Ambassador of Romania, Daniel BANU; H.E. the Ambassador of the Russian Federation, Alexander Chepurin; H.E. the Ambassador of Slovakia, J\u00e1n VAR\u0160O; Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy of Germany, Michael Hasenau, and Charge d&#8217;Affaires of the Embassy of the Ukraine, Yevheniia Filipenko.<br \/>\nThe proximity to cultural institutions was witnessed by the President of the Academy of Arts, Dusan Djokovic.<br \/>\nVery welcomed guests were also the Princess Elizabeth Karadjordjevic, the director of the Hospital KBC Zvezdara, Dr Aleksandra Arandjelovic, the CEO of Generali Insurance, Dott. Andrea Simoncelli, the director of the daily newspaper Politika, Ljiljana Smailovic and director of RTS, Dragan Bujosevic.<\/p>\n\n","news_gallery":"no","news_gallery_elements":false,"news_excerpt":""},"news_categories":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie\/3973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/serbiaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie\/3973\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}