10/9/2025
Two PostEurop awards for the Post of Serbia on World Post Day
The Post of Serbia has won two prestigious awards from PostEurop, the Rising Star in Innovation 2025 award and the award for the most beautiful stamp of the “Europe” issue, according to public votes. The awards were received by the Acting Director of the Post of Serbia, Zoran Anđelković, at the General Assembly of the Association of Public Postal Operators of Europe – PostEurop, which is being held in Tirana from October 8 to 9.
The Post of Serbia won the Rising Star Award for the project of a robotic system for automated sorting of postal items, which it implemented in postal centres in Belgrade, Niš, Novi Sad, Kragujevac and Kraljevo.
Director Zoran Anđelković said that the recognition is an important indicator that the Post of Serbia is at the forefront of the most modern postal administrations in Europe and that it has come a long way in the field of digital transformation and implementation of new technologies.
"In the era of digitalization, receiving the award for new hope in the field of innovation from the European postal organization is a great recognition and a motivation for us to be even more creative and innovative in the following year and the years to come. Digitalization, modern technologies and artificial intelligence are the engines of our further development, and we are to make the best use of them in the application of traditional and the creation of new postal services, the growth of eCommerce and for new jobs. This would not be possible without the engagement of our experts who worked on this project and all employees who provide services every day and care about the satisfaction of our customers", said Zoran Anđelković.
The award for the most beautiful stamp of the “Europe” issue at this year’s competition on the theme of national archaeological discoveries was won by the Post of Serbia with a stamp motif featuring an anthropomorphic figurine from the Vinča site, artistically realized by the stamp designer Nadežda Skočajić. In a competition among 57 commemorative stamps from postal administrations across Europe, “Vinčanka” won the hearts of voters across Europe and the largest number of public votes in an online voting open to the public. Professional cooperation and material for the motifs of this “Europe” issue were provided by the National Museum of Serbia.
This is the second time that the PostEurop has awarded a postage stamp of the Post of Serbia and the artistic expression of the author Nadežda Skočajić in the competition for the most beautiful stamp. The previous award was won in 2014 for a stamp with a motif of Serbian bagpipes as part of the issue “Europe - National Musical Instruments”.
The recognition of PostEurop, which brings together 55 public postal operators from 53 member countries and operates under the regulations of the Universal Postal Union, arrived on World Post Day, October 9. On this day, we globally celebrate the vital role of the Post in connecting and providing essential services to everyone, everywhere, making a key contribution to building an inclusive and sustainable society.