The award ceremony of this year’s Bulgarian history competition took place in Sofia on 11 October 2014. The topic was "Protests in History: Discontent, Confrontation, Rebelliousness." A total of 127 pupils handed in 87 research works. Many of the entries dealt with the antifascist resistance in Bulgaria in the 1940s, but the more recent communist past was also subject to research.
This year, the EUSTORY Competition in France takes places for the second time. Young students over 15 years can hand in their own research papers on the topic of “Europe on the battlefields – the legacy of World War I for us today”.
Two countries, two cities, one border, one Baltic identity? At the First Baltic Sea Youth Dialogue 22 young Europeans from 12 different countries around the Baltic Sea discussed and photographed the history and future of borders and identities.
On August 27, this year’s next EUSTORY History Camp starts in Oslo. For one week, 25 prize winners of 12 national history competitions will explore the topic of “National Constitutions and European Democracies in Times of Crisis”
Bem-vindo Portugal! The EUSTORY Network welcomes its 25th member. The first Portuguese History Competition “História para Jovens - History for Youth” was launched this year.
Mogens Lykketoft is the new patron of the Danish History Competition. Mr. Lykketoft has been a member of the Danish Social Democrats since 1964 and in September 2011 became Speaker of the Folketing, the Danish Parliament. He hosted the Danish award ceremony on 19 June 2014.
"Tuscany 1944 / 2014: War Crimes of the German Army and SS in Family Remembrance and in German-Italian Culture of Memory" is the topic of the EUSTORY History Camp that began today.
More than sixty prizewinners, representatives of the Ministry of Education, scientists and guest were present at the first award ceremony of the Israeli History Competition at the Zalman Shazar Centre for Jewish History in Jerusalem on 26 June 2014. The topic of the first history competition was "Attitudes toward the Other as Reflected in History."
The award ceremony of Slovakia’s EUSTORY competition took place in the Polish Institute in Bratislava on 24 June 2014. The awards were presented to the winners by Dr. h.c. Anton Srholec, the patron of this year’s round. All participants got diplomas and books from the sponsor, the Nation's Memory Institute.
