On November 20th 2013, the Embassy of the Republic of Serbia in Bucharest, organized the ceremony of awarding a golden medal, by which the President of the Republic of Serbia Tomislav Nikolic, decided to award memeber and former President of the Romanian Academy Academician Eugen Simion, for outstanding achievements in public and cultural activities.

A large number of guests from the public and cultural life of Romania, academics, professors, as well as the members of the Serbian community in Bucharest attended the ceremony.