Montenegro celebrates July 13th – the Statehood day, commemorating the July 13th 1878, when the Principality of Montenegro was fully internationally recognised as an independent and souvereign nation by all the Great powers in Europe; as well as July 13th 1941 when the people uprised agains fascism in occupied Montenegro.
Playwrighter Ljubomir Djurkovic, a professor at the University of Montenegro Vesna Kilibarda, and painter Srdjan Vukcevic are the winners for the year 2015 of the July 13th Award, the greatest national award of Montenegro.