On May 27th, 2016 the official ceremony of handover and unveiling of the bust of Dr. Archibald Reiss was held at the University of Lausanne. The bust was a gift to the Institute for Forensic Sciences of Lausanne by the Serbian-Swiss Friendship Association “Dr. Archibald Reiss”. Rector of the University of Lausanne, Mr. Dominique Arlettaz, Chancellor of Canton Vaud, Mr. Vincent Grandjean, Secretary General of the University of Lausanne, Mr. Marc de Perrot, Director of the Institute of Forensic Sciences, Prof. Olivier Ribaux, as well as the Associate Professor of International Public Law of the Academy of Criminal and Police Study of Belgrade, Mrs. Tijana Surlan, The president of the Serbian Cultural Federation of Switzerland and of the Serbian-Swiss Friendship Association “Dr. Archibald Reiss”, Zvonko Jovanovic, President of the Association “Mileva Maric Einstein”, Jelena Mitrovic and others took part at the ceremony. On behalf of the Embassy of the Republic of Serbia in Switzerland H.E. Ambassador Dr. Snezana Jankovic, Counselor Mr. Ivo Vojvodic and Consul Dr. Aleksandar Djurdjic participated in the event.
 

     On May 28, 2016 in the Hotel „Sheraton Zürich“ the company „Eagle Hills“ from the United Arab Emirates presented the project “Belgrade Waterfront”.
     The Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia, Dr. Snezana Jankovic, the General Consul, Mr. Zoran Jeremic, and the Consul, Mr. Aleksandar Djurdjic, took part at the event as the representatives of the Embassy of the Republic of Serbia in Bern and of the General Consulate of the Republic of Serbia in Zurich.
     The presentation had a commercial character and the hosts took the opportunity to promote the developing potentials and the business environment of the city of Belgrade and of the Republic Serbia.
 

     The Women Volleyball representation of the Republic of Serbia participated this year to the traditional Volleyball tournament „Montreaux Volley Masters“ that took place from May 31 to June 6, in the city of Montreaux, Switzerland. On Tuesday, May 31, 2016, our representation played and won an excellent first match against the Swiss representation. The participation at the tournament represents the first preparation of our national team for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, for which our women representation had already qualified.
     Upon invitation of the Serbian Volleyball Federation, Consul Dr. Aleksandar Djurdjic, from the Embassy of the Republic of Serbia in Bern, attended the first match and greeted the Serbian players for their victory and wished them success for the following matches of the tournament, as well as for the Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro.  The delegation Chief of the Serbian Volleyball Federation, Mr. Ivana Knezevic, was grateful for the visit and gave a flag with the coach and the players’ signature as a gift.