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Initiative launched for 10 July to become international science day
Belgrade,
10 July 2010
Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration and Minister of Science and Technological Development Bozidar Djelic said today that he will suggest that the government declare 10 July, the birthday of Nikola Tesla, as the day of science in Serbia.
Djelic announced after visiting the Nikola Tesla Museum on the occasion of the 153rd anniversary of the great scientist's birth that the United Nations will then be sent an initiative to declare this date an international day of science.
The government should respond to this initiative before September, after which the initiative will be submitted to the United Nations, confirmed the Deputy Prime Minister.
In the 21st century, Serbia will be promoted as a state that recognises the importance of a knowledge-based economy, a country that over the next four years plans to invest approximately €800 million in scientific and technological projects and nearly €400 million for infrastructure in the field of science and technology.
In addition, Djelic confirmed that the issue of protecting the birthplace of Nikola Tesla in Croatia will be discussed during the visit of Croatian President Ivo Josipovic to Serbia next week.
We see nothing negative in the fact that Croatia and other countries claim a right to Nikola Tesla; we see this as something positive because a Serb has achieved something so significant that many countries in the world would want to recognize this, he outlined.
The government should respond to this initiative before September, after which the initiative will be submitted to the United Nations, confirmed the Deputy Prime Minister.
In the 21st century, Serbia will be promoted as a state that recognises the importance of a knowledge-based economy, a country that over the next four years plans to invest approximately €800 million in scientific and technological projects and nearly €400 million for infrastructure in the field of science and technology.
In addition, Djelic confirmed that the issue of protecting the birthplace of Nikola Tesla in Croatia will be discussed during the visit of Croatian President Ivo Josipovic to Serbia next week.
We see nothing negative in the fact that Croatia and other countries claim a right to Nikola Tesla; we see this as something positive because a Serb has achieved something so significant that many countries in the world would want to recognize this, he outlined.
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