Prof. Dr Predrag Palavestra, full member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts and a member of the Crown Council was cremated today in Belgrade.
Mr Dragomir Acovic, chairman of the Crown Council, laid a wreath on behalf of Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine. Academician Matija Beckovic, member of Serbian Academy of sciences and arts (SASA) and member of the Crown Council read a eulogy.
The ceremony was attended by members of the Advisory bodies to the Crown Dr Dusan Batakovic, member of the Privy Council, Mr Dusan Kovacevic, Prof. Dr Dragoljub Kavran, Prof. Dr Pavle Nikolic, Prof. Dr Dragomir Vitorovic, members of the Crown Council, Mr Djurdje Ninkovic, member of the Crown Cabinet, academician Nikola Hajdin, President of Serbian Academy of sciences and arts, academician Nikola Tasic, vice president of Serbian Academy of sciences and arts, as well as many representative of the cultural and public life of Serbia who came to pay their respects to one of the most prominent scholars of Serbian literature.