Armistice Day in First World War
Tuesday, 11.11.2025 | Culture and traditions
On the occasion of Armistice Day in the First World War, accompanied by Minister of Defence Bratislav Gašić and Chief of the Serbian Armed Forces General Staff, General Milan Mojsilović, Serbian Prime Minister Đuro Macut has laid a wreath today at the Monument to the Unknown Hero on Avala.
After the wreath was laid and anthem of the Republic of Serbia played, the Prime Minister wrote in the memorial book:
“With pride and gratitude, we preserve the memory of heroes who gave their lives for the freedom of the fatherland.
Their sacrifice remains an eternal promise to their descendants to protect the peace and freedom of Serbia.”
The state wreath-laying ceremony marking the holiday was led by Minister of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs, Milica Đurđević Stamenkovski.
A delegation of the Ministry of Defence and the Serbian Armed Forces, led by Deputy Commander of the Training Command, Brigadier General Nebojša Cvetković, laid wreaths at the Memorial Ossuary of the Defenders of Belgrade in the First World War at the New Cemetery, then at the French Military Cemetery, at the Memorial Ossuary of Russian soldiers killed in the First World War and at the Commonwealth Cemetery.
On this day in 1918, armed operations in the Great War ended. Out of reverence for millions of innocent victims, every year on November 11, events honoring the fallen soldiers, officers and civilians are held around the world.
