Coffee Morning Gallery

March 2023.

Legacy of Petar Lubarda Coffee Morning

IWC Members were invited to "Spring Celebrations from Around the World" at The Legacy of Petar Lubarda Museum. We were given a presentation by three inspirational women and a fascinating tour of Lubarda’s works, before enjoying a small buffet and gift in honor of International Women’s Day. The presentations were based on being women within their fields and their lives in Belgrade. Karmen ...

February 2023.

Coffee Morning at the Ethnographic Museum

Our first event of the year was a chance to gather at one of the oldest museums in the Balkans. The Ethnographic Museum recently celebrated its hundredth anniversary and members were invited to join a tour followed by a showcase of traditional Serbian songs, food and drink. The Serbian food and Slava presentation were hosted by Ivana Zdravkovic and Ivan Maksović as well as Serbian members of IWC. The club were treated to a fabulous ...

December 2022.

Coffee Morning at the Embassy of Czechia

The IWC were guests of the Embassy of the Czech Republic for the December Coffee Morning event. Members of the club were greeted by the club president, Mrs. Eun Hai Kim, spouse of the ambassador of Mexico, who shared upcoming events and plans for the club with the attendees and then introduced the hostess of the event, Mrs. Barbora Kuchtová, spouse of the ambassador of Czechia. Mrs. Kuchtová warmly welcomed the guests and invited them to ...

November 2022.

Cocktail Lunch at Zepter Hotel

For a change, the IWC held its monthly Coffee Morning on November 9th in the form of a cocktail brunch. The attendees were guests of the luxurious Zepter Hotel in Belgrade. The program started with a briefing on the IWC Charity Bazaar by the president and vice president of the club, Mrs. Eun Hai Kim and Mrs. Zalina Stauch respectively. The members were informed on the amount collected for IWC’s charity work, details about the bazaar sponsors, donors ...

October 2022.

Coffee Morning at Ioanna ReGen Clinic

IWC members were guests of Dr. Ionna Regen for October Coffee Morning, who offered beauty tips and Greek hospitality to attendees in her clinic in Vracar. Dr. Ioanna offers invasive and non-invasive cosmetic surgery solutions in her clinic. She answered any questions attendees had in both a group setting, as well as offering private complimentary consultations and introductions to the services her clinic offers. Members also had a chance to try ...

September 2022.

September Coffee Morning - Residence of the Ambassador of Finland

The IWC held its first Coffee Morning event of the 2022-2023 year on September 13th, generously hosted by the Ambassador of Finland H.E. Mr. Kimmo Juhani Lähdevirta and his spouse and member of the IWC, Mrs. Pia Kaikonen at the Finnish Residence. The event was attended by more than 80 renewing members, newcomers and guests.The attendees were addressed by the club president Mrs. Eun Hai Kim and were welcomed to a new ...

June 2022.

June Coffee Morning - Indigo Hotel

On June 7th the IWC members were guests of Indigo Hotel for the last IWC Coffee Morning event before the summer holidays. On this occasion the previous IWC president and spouse of the ambassador of Pakistan, Sonia Shehryar, formally handed over the presidency to the newly elected Eun Hai Kim, spouse of the ambassador of Mexico. Ms. Kim adressed the members present in her first official speech as president, expressed her hopes and plans for the club in the ...

May 2022.

General Assembly 2022

On Wednesday May 11th, the International Women’s Club Belgrade held its yearly General Assembly business meeting at the IN Hotel. It was a large gathering with 62 members present. The meet and greet portion was followed by a presentation of the past year’s club business, including charity actions that are to be carried out this summer following the previous year’s fundraising activities. At the conclusion of the meeting a new president was voted ...

April 2022.

April Coffee Morning - Hilton Hotel

The April 1st Coffee Morning event of the International Women’s Club of Belgrade was a joint venture with the Malaysian embassy and PERWAKILAN (Ladies’ Association of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Malaysia) Belgrade and hosted generously by Hilton Hotel Belgrade. A number of special guests from the diplomatic and business sectors as well as IWC members were in attendance. The highlight of the event was a cultural presentation by the Malaysian ...

March 2022.

March Coffee Morning - Romanian Embassy

The Romanian embassy graciously invited the members of the International Women’s Club to celebrate the spring holiday “Martisor” with them for the March 2022 IWC coffee morning event. After being welcomed to the event by the IWC president Sonia Shehryar, the embassy guests, IWC members and members of the press were invited by Her Excellency Mrs. Davidoiu to a presentation on the cultural significance of the March 1st holiday, the ...

February 2022.

February Coffee Morning – Marriott Hotel

The International Women’s Club of Belgrade held its first coffee morning event of the year 2022 on February 3 rd hosted graciously by the Marriott hotel at the CREDO restaurant . It was attended by a large number of members and some guests. The attendees were treated to a surprise flash mob dance to the song "Jerusalem" organized by the club board and a health and safety demonstration by the Minute Nurse institute. President Sonia Shehryar ...

December 2021.

December Coffee Morning at the Crowne Plaza hotel

We held our December coffee morning at the Crowne Plaza hotel on December 1st 2021. It was attended by a large number of members and some guests. We were treated to a choir of children from the British International School singing Christmas carols to usher in the season’s spirit. President Sonia Shehryar addressed the gathering, making announcements, welcoming new members, sharing her holiday best wishes, and giving a presentation on the ...

November 2021.

November Coffee Morning/High Tea

The IWC’s November event, which took place on the afternoon of Tuesday November 16th, was a High Tea rather than the usual Coffee Morning. It was held in the luxurious Crystal Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Hotel in New Belgrade. Approximately 80 members and their guests were in attendance. IWC President Sonia Shehryar spoke to the gathering and introduced two special presentations. The first was a saree-draping demonstration led by IWC member Ruma Kohli, ...

October 2021.

October Coffee Morning

The International Women’s Club, Belgrade held its second Coffee Morning today on the terrace at Belgrade waterfront. The event was attended by over 60 IWC members and some guests. It was generously hosted by the ProHealth clinic. On this occasion IWC donated clothes and school supplies to the UNHCR, an international NGO that provides assistance and support to refugees in Serbia. Thanks to our partners ProHealth, Housewife detox, and Hyatt Hotel for sponsoring ...

September 2021.

September Coffee Morning at the Residence of the Ambassador of Pakistan

We held our first coffee morning event of the 2021-2022 club year on Wednesday September 8th. An unexpectedly large number of members attended this event. Eighty people in total were on our list which included 14 guests. Due to Covid-19, we had to decline attendance to a number of people after the 6th of September and for that we apologise. There were many ladies from the diplomatic community in attendance. ...