In anticipation of the Day of the Republic tomorrow, Jan. 9, Serb Republic Prime Minister Zeljka Cvijanovic recently participated in a reception coordinated by Milorad Dodik, president of the Serb Republic, in Banja Luka.
 
Along with government ministers, National Assembly delegates and representatives of the Serb Republic’s Council of Peoples, Cvijanovic joined the president as well as stakeholders from several affiliated government institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH).
 
Representatives attended from the Constitutional Court and judiciary; the Ministry of the Interior and Ministry of Defense of BiH; and the Serb Republic’s Academy of Arts and Sciences to participate in the celebration in the Presidential Palace.
 
Additionally, associations of veterans, retired military generals and republic founders were on hand to celebrate, including a delegation of the Association of National Minorities of the Serb Republic.
 
Prime Minister Cvijanovic served as minister of economic relations and regional cooperation in the republic’s previous government.
 
Dodik also honored the republic’s students, publishers, athletes and scientists at the occasion with additional receptions at the palace.
 
The Day of the Republic commemorates the establishment of the Serb Republic on Jan. 9, 1992. This year marks the republic’s 25th anniversary. Jan. 9 is also the Orthodox feast day in honor of St. Stephen.