After graduation he continued his education in France where he received his master's degree from the Sorbonne in Paris then Berlin to study at the Humboldt University on a state scholarship.

[3] Vladislav F. Ribnikar influenced by his experience in France and Germany decided to launch the first independent Serbian newspaper.

[6] As a reserve officer of the Royal Serbian Army, Ribnikar participated in the 1912–13 Balkan Wars, he was wounded twice, near Odrin (1912) and near Bregalnica (1913).

In order to raise more money, she sold the family estate in Dedinje, Belgrade, to Regent Aleksandar Karadjordjević, the land where the Serbian royal residence, the White Palace, was later built.

[9] Ribnikar's daughter Danica, married British spy and career diplomat Sir John S. Bennett in 1943.