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Platform President visits former political prisoners in Bulgaria

March 24, 2012
By dir

Sofia, 23 March, 2012. Göran Lindblad, President of the Platform of European Memory and Conscience, visited Sofia upon invitation by the former President of Bulgaria, Mr Petar Stoyanov and associations of former political prisoners of the Communist regime. He discussed the issue of international justice and coming to terms with the crimes of Communism...

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Bulgarian committee COMDOS presently not welcome to join the Platform of European Memory and Conscience

February 21, 2012
By dir

Prague
 /
 Strasbourg,
 21
 February,
 2012. To 
the
 knowledge 
of
 the
 Platform,
 COMDOS is
 led 
by
 persons
 who 
served 
the 
totalitarian
 regime.
 This 
is 
in
 violation
 of
 the 
Code 
adopted
 by 
the 
founders 
of
 the
 Platform. The
 nine‐member
 Committee
 includes 
several 
persons
 who
 actively 
served
 and
 supported 
the 
totalitarian 
Communist 
regime. 
This 
represents 
a...

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Czech Prime minister Petr Nečas: The years of totalitarianism were years of struggle for liberty

October 20, 2011
By admin

Platform of European Memory and Conscience founded in Prague on 14 October, 2011 Prague, 14 October, 2011. The Platform of European Memory and Conscience was formally established at a signing ceremony in the Lichtenstein Palace in Prague under the auspices of the Czech Prime minister Mr Petr Nečas and in the presence of Prime...

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Platform of European Memory and Conscience to be established in Prague during the summit of the Prime ministers of the Visegrad group

September 29, 2011
By admin

Prague, September 29, 2011 – Heads of 19 partner institutions and organisations specialised in the subject of totalitarian history from 13 EU member states will sign the founding document of the Platform of European Memory and Conscience in Prague on 14 October, 2011. The ceremony, which will take place in the presence of Prime...

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Presentation of the working group in Brussels

January 18, 2010
By admin

Brussels, 18 January, 2010 -Members of the working group on the Platform of European Memory and Conscience made their first joint public appearance today at a press conference at the office of the Council of Europe in Brussels. They presented cases of crimes committed by communist regimes in individual countries by way of an...

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