On January 22, 2019, actor Miodrag Mrgud Radovanović, who passed away on January 15, 2019 at the age of 89, was laid to rest at the Alley of Meritorious Citizens. The great actor was accompanied to his final resting place by his family, fellow-actors, friends, admirers and citizens of Belgrade.
Miodrag Radovanović known by his surname Mrgud (Grumpy),
Each January 20th, the state ceremony of paying respects and laying wreaths to commemorate the anniversaries of passing of the great Serbian WWI military commanders, Filed Marshal Živojin Mišić, Field Marshal Petar Bojović and General Pavle Jurišić – Šturm is held at the New Cemetery of Belgrade.
On January 2019, the wreaths at the final resting places of the WWI Serbian military commanders were laid by the representatives of the Ministry of Labor,
The local football legend Dragoslav Šekularac who passed away on January 5,2019 at the age of 82, was laid to rest at the Alley of Meritorious Citizens within the New Cemetery in Belgrade on January 10, 2019. One of the best local footballers was accompanied to his final resting place by his family, colleagues, friends,
Within the Veteran’s Day related commemorative activities, the wreaths were laid to the Memorial Ossuary of Belgrade Defenders (1914-1918), and Memorial Ossuary of the Serbian Soldiers Fallen in the course of the Serbian-Turkish (1876-1878) and Serbian – Bulgarian War (1885). The wreaths were laid by the high ranking officers of the Serbian Armed Forces, representatives of Defense Ministry in addition to the representatives of the associations for fostering the traditions of Serbian liberation wars.
Ogranized by the Department of Migration Policy, Diaspora and Social Security Agreements of the Republic of Serbia Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on November 16, 2018, a Canadian delegation accompanied by the Ambassador Dr Ljiljana Niksic and descendants of WWI heroine Milunka Savic, visited the final resting places of legendary Serbian WWI commanders and other significant memorials at the New Cemetery of Belgrade,