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President marks Holocaust Remembrance Day
Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou on Wednesday marked the 76th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp saying that memory of the crimes committed by the Nazis during the Holocaust was necessary to prevent "the onslaught of evil."
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PM Citu: Romania strongly supports fight against all forms of discrimination, hate speech and anti-Semitism
Romania strongly supports the fight against all forms of discrimination and all ways of spreading them, hate speech and anti-Semitism, Prime Minister Florin Citu conveyed in a message on the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Jewish communities condemn ‘vulgar’ cartoon ‘trivializing’ Holocaust
The Central Board of Jewish Communities (KIS) in Greece issued a statement on Monday decrying a cartoon that appeared in Saturday's edition of Efimerida ton Syntakton, which depicts a gate resembling that of the Auschwitz death camp to make a comment on education reform.
Vandals spray-paint Jewish monument in Drama
Unknown assailants vandalized the Holocaust Monument in the city of Drama, northern Greece, on the night of December 28, the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece (KISE) said on Wednesday, while condemning the act.
The perpetrators sprayed a black cross and broke the base of marble at the base of the monument.
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Turkey’s lost memory and Germany
It is estimated that in the late 1930s, 45% of Germans were members of the Nazi Party or affiliated to Nazi organizations. Nevertheless, anyone who knew young Germans in the 1970s and 80s would have observed that none admitted to their families having had any involvement in this tragic chapter of German history and particularly in the Holocaust.
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Holocaust survivor dies
One of the very few Greek Jews who survived the Holocaust, Esther Cohen, has died in her native Ioannina in northwestern Greece. She was 96.
She was the only survivor in her family as her parents and siblings were killed. There are now only 20 Greek Jews that survived the Holocaust who are still alive.
She was also the second to last Jew left in Ioannina.
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Serbia could get a law on same-sex partnership very soon VIDEO
This was announced by the Minister of Human and Minority Rights and Social Dialogue, Gordana omi, as a guest on the morning program of TV Prva.
She said on TV Prva that a dialogue on the law on same-sex partnership will be opened in December and that a working group is being formed, and that the two laws could be in the parliamentary procedure before the spring of next year.
Kids & Young People Film Fest | November 28 - December 5
A film festival dedicated to children and young people and the principles governing the United Nations, the Olympia returns in its 23rd edition with 90 entries - features, shorts and docs - from 47 countries, addressing universal issues like war, violence, racism and sexism.
Turkey’s women take to Twitter to mock sexist language
Many of Turkey's women Twitter users have given their male counterparts a taste of the sexist remarks and misogynistic often-heard proverbs which they hear almost on a daily basis.
Mitsotakis marks Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis commemorated the Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day on April 24, calling it a "perpetual lesson to reject hatred."
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