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16 December 2013 Commemorative Gathering for Roma Holocaust Victims
Monday, 16 December 2013
National Assembly Hosts Commemorative Gathering for Roma Holocaust Victims
Today, the National Assembly House hosted a commemorative gathering for the victims of the Roma Holocaust. The Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day was established to commemorate 16 December 1942 when the Roma from European countries under Nazi and fascist occupation were deported to the “family camp”. 26,000 Roma were deported into the camp.
The commemorative gathering was attended by MPs, members of the diplomatic corps, representatives of the Office for Human and Minority Rights, Office for Cooperation with Churches and Religious Communities, Association of Jewish Municipalities of Serbia, Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Policy and others.
Click here to watch the commemorative gathering.
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12.15 - MPs and the members of the Culture and Information Committee meet with the MP of the Belarusian National Assembly Upper House and head of the Direction of the International Art Festival “Slavianski Bazaar” (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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13.00 - press conference of MP Marinika Tepic (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)
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13.00 - sitting of the Committee on the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)