Prague, 23 December 2014. The Platform of European Memory and Conscience gratefully acknowledges the “spark that ignited the revolution“ in Romania in 1989, Rev. László Tökés who bravely stood up against Communist tyrant Nicolae Ceaușescu. Rev. László Tökés of the Reformed church in the...
JUST PUBLISHED: Proceedings of the international conference Legal Settlement of Communist Crimes held in Brussels on 5 June 2012 The conference was convened in response to growing calls for strengthened international justice formulated, e.g., in the Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism of 3...
Ljubljana / Prague, 12 December 2014. The Platform of European Memory and Conscience welcomes the decision of the Slovenian Constitutional Court to free democratic opposition leader Janez Janša immediately from prison. After six years of legal proceedings which culminated in his imprisonment on fabricated...
Brussels, 11 December 2014. Platform Managing Director Neela Winkelmann and Executive Board members Siegfried Reiprich and Zsolt Szilágyi met with Commissioner Tibor Navracsics in Brussels today. Together, they discussed the awareness raising and education work of the Platform on EU level.
Former victims of Communism together with the Platform of European Memory and Conscience hereby call again on the German Government and Parliament to establish such a memorial. Berlin / Prague, 9 December 2014. The rise of former Communists back to power in the German...
Dublin, 2 December 2014. The Minister of State with special responsibility for New Communities, Culture and Equality, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin TD, today launched “Totalitarianism in Europe”, an international travelling exhibition by the Platform of European Memory and Conscience, at the European Parliament Information Office...
