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13 September 2013

New Competition Topics Announced

In the past few days, seven countries have announced the topics for their national history competitions for 2013/2014. Here they are in alphabetical order: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Norway, Russia, Switzerland, and Wales.

Start of Youth Academy in Finland | Photo: Tina Gotthardt

09 September 2013

Youth Academy in Helsinki

“Bridging the Gap of Civil War: Nation Building in Europe in the Aftermath of WWI” was the topic of the week-long EUSTORY Youth Academy in Soumenlinna, near Helsinki, which started on September 1st. You can read a summary of the seminar on this Eustory page.

22 August 2013

Divided Memories in a Unified Europe?

In 2008, the European Parliament issued the „Declaration on the Proclamation of 23 August as European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism”. Latvian politician Sandra Kalniete, member of the European Parliament, talks about the importance of that day.

EUSTORY alumni at work | Photo: Claudia Höhne

15 August 2013

EUSTORY Alumni Seminar in Spain about Prejudices and Stereotypes

Against the background of the ongoing discussion in European media about differentness and stereotypes regarding the Muslim world, the topic of the upcoming EUSTORY alumni seminar is: “Images of the Other: Constructing and de-constructing of Stereotypes”.

Participants at a EUSTORY Youth Academy | Photo: Tina Gotthardt

01 August 2013

History Matters! Prizewinners selected for EUSTORY Youth Academies in 2013

Fifty prizewinners of national history competitions from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the Ukraine will take part in the EUSTORY Youth Academies in Ljubljana, Slovenia and Helsinki, Finland in the autumn.

28 June 2013

Welsh Award Ceremony 2013

This year’s Welsh award ceremony took place in the President’s Lounge at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on June 28th. Excited schoolchildren and their teachers from 45 schools came to find out who had won the prizes in this, the 23rd year of this national competition.

Belgian Award Ceremony 2013

In 2012-2013, BELvue, the centre for democracy and history organised the 6th EUSTORY history competition. The topic dealt with migration: 'The story of a suitcase'. On 26 June, all the winners were invited to the awards ceremony at the BELvue-museum in Brussels.

Polish Award Ceremony | Photo: Jarosław Denysenko

24 June 2013

Polish Award Ceremony 2013

On 24 June 2013, the Polish prize-giving ceremony took place in the Grand Chamber of the Royal Castle in Warsaw. The topic of the 17th competition round was: "Poles and Their Neighbours After World War II: Against Each Other, Side by Side, Together"

Read more … Polish Award Ceremony 2013

Slovak Award Winners | Photo: Erika Mácsayová

07 June 2013

Slovak Award Ceremony 2013

On 7 June, 2013 the award ceremony of Slovakia’s history competition took place in the UNESCO Information and Documentation Center in Bratislava. A total of 49 contributions written by 84 participants were submitted. The Slovak competition is organised by the Centre for Communication and Development(SCCD), a non-profit organisation which was founded in 2005.

Read more … Slovak Award Ceremony 2013