Serbian Patriarch Mr. Irinej (1930-2020)
His Holiness the Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovac and Serbian Patriarch Mr. Irinej died in Belgrade on Friday, November 20, at the age of 91, from the consequences of the Coronavirus.
His Holiness the Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovac and Serbian Patriarch Mr. Irinej died in Belgrade on Friday, November 20, at the age of 91, from the consequences of the Coronavirus.
As the epidemiological situation in the Republic of Serbia has not improved, the council of the Belgrade Book Fair estimated that there are no conditions for the realization of the event in the planned December term.
If you have ever passed by Belgrade Fair, passed through it, exhibited something there, met somebody, invited someone to join you, now is the time to support Belgrade Fair.
The Belgrade Fair has decided to cancel the International Furniture Fair and the International Fair of Machines and Tools for the Wood Industry, which was planned to take place from 10 to 15 November 2020, as well as the International Fair of Medicine and Dentistry that was planned to take place from 15 to 17 October.
The International Belgrade Book Fair, which was planned for October 25 – November 1, 2020, is postponed. If epidemiological conditions allow, it will be held in mid-December this year.
Participating with all its capacities and resources in the fight against the global pandemic, and due to the character and scope of its activities, the Belgrade Fair has reached a vicious circle of business depression, from which it is almost impossible to get out without serious state support and increased respect for its activity.
The Belgrade Fair was founded on this day, September 11, 1937. During the past decades, it was one of the leaders in the creation and realization of the economic life of the country, hosted about 500,000 exhibitors from 180 countries, hosted almost 65 million visitors, and organized nearly 3,300 events.
On Wednesday, September 9, 2020, the Belgrade Fair performed an all-night symbolic performance called “Red Alert for the Fair Industry”.
As a regional leader in exhibition activities and a member of the most prominent, large and extremely powerful community of major world exhibitions, the Belgrade Fair has been and remains a mainstay for connecting the world economy with the region and promoting the domestic across the world since its beginnings in 1937.
After the spring had passed completely without exhibitions, the fall will obviously be the same, by the decisions of the Crisis Staff of the Republic of Serbia. For us as exhibition organizers, that results in the income of 0 RSD from March until now.
Velimir Stanojević, State Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, had the pleasant duty to open this year’s Horticulture Fair, a large flower event that is a sign of a new beginning and new energy at the Belgrade Fair.
June 3rd, the World Fair Industry Day, Belgrade Fair marked in well-known special circumstances and especially symbolic gestures. This was done by announcing the imminent farewell from the Covid Hospital, which, with all its visible and invisible meanings, essentially influenced the life not only of the Belgrade Fair but also of the entire country.
This year’s Global Exhibition Day, which takes place every year on the first Wednesday in June, will mark the Belgrade Fair under pressure from the consequences and circumstances imposed by the global devastating effects of the COVID-19 virus pandemic.
After the Decision on Lifting the State of Emergency had been taken by the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, the Belgrade Fair began to take a series of measures and activities in order to gradually normalize its business operations.
Belgrade Fair will adhere to the decision made by the Government of the Republic of Serbia by which indoor public gatherings for more than one hundred people are officially banned. Bearing in mind further situation development with regard to coronavirus disease, Belgrade Fair will postpone fair events “DDOR BG CAR SHOW”, International motorcycle fair “MOTOPASSION”, International Fair of Nautics, Hunting