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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"

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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.

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Former President Petar Stoyanov awarding student | Photo: Tina Gotthardt

01 June 2013

Bulgarian Award Ceremony 2013

This year's award ceremony in Bulgaria took place on 1 June, 2013 in Sofia in the National History Museum, located in the former socialist president’s residence. Former Bulgarian president Petar Stoyanov handed the awards to the students for their research works on the topic of 'Tolerance in Bulgaria'.

Latvian award winners | Photo: Toms Kalniņš

25 May 2013

Latvian Award Ceremony 2013

The award ceremony of the Latvian history competition took place in Riga, in The House of Blackheads, the President's residence, on 25 May, 2013. There were 135 research works this year, submitted by 165 students of all districts of Latvia. It was the 12th round of the national history competition and the topic of this round was “The history of education in Latvia”.

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Swiss Award Winners | Photo: Kerstin Peter

25 May 2013

Swiss Award Ceremony 2013

On 25 May, 2013, Switzerland’s History Competition HISTORIA awarded twelve young researchers during its award ceremony in the National Library in Berne. The topic was "A Place. Stories? History!" The winners came from all parts of Switzerland.

Finnish Award Ceremony 2013

On 24 May 2013, the fifth round of the Finnish history competition officially ended with an award ceremony in the Hotel Klaus K in Helsinki. The topic 'Two stories' motivated 425 students to send in a total of 350 competition entries. Finland will be one of the places this year where a EUSTORY Youth Academy will take place.

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