Central City Day celebration Vukovarand of his heavenly patrons, Saints Philip and James, it traditionally began with the performance of Johann Strauss's "On the Beautiful Blue Danube", which was played through the streets in the morning through mobile loudspeakers. Vukovara.

By lighting candles and laying wreaths at the Memorial Cemetery of the Victims of the Homeland War, tribute was paid to all the dead, missing, murdered and deceased Croatian veterans, and the prayer was led by the parish priest of St. Philip and Jacob brother Ivica Jagodić.

After paying tribute, a holy mass was celebrated in the parish church, after which a formal session of the City Council was held in the premises of the Croatian Home. Vukovarwhich was attended by the President of the Republic of Croatia Zoran Milanovic, representative of the Government of the Republic of Croatia, state secretary of the Central State Office for Croats outside the Republic of Croatia Zvonko Milas, representative of the Croatian Parliament Nikola Mazar and deputy prefect Vukovarsko-srijem county Franjo Oreskovic.

All present were first greeted by the President of the City Council Željko Sabo who said that councilors are the voice of citizens and transmitters of messages and asked all representatives of the authorities to represent their interests Vukovara. A video recording was also shown at the session in which all the projects realized in the past year were shown, and the festive program was further enhanced by the performances of the members of the Croatian cultural and artistic society "Dunav" from Vukovara.