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EDS Mourns Václav Havel
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- Published on Sunday, 18 December 2011 22:46
- Written by Juraj Antal
With great sadness and despair has European Democrat Students learned that today, on this 18th day of December 2011, the great leader of the Velvet Revolution, first President of post communist Czechoslovakia and a play write, Václav Havel, died.
A legend for the peaceful and intelligent dissent all of his life, Havel, inspired people inside and outside Europe and supported them in their strife for liberty and a democratic society. He watched the velvet dissolution of the common state of the Czechs and Slovaks, but never stopped caring for the oppressed and the less fortunate.
President Havel founded the Forum 2000, which brings the world intelligentsia together for few days to discuss global issues. This year was the largest by far in all measurement, and was opened by a video greeting from his old friend, Aung San Suu Kyi.
His latest theater play was filmed and showed in film theaters this March. The curtain dropped one last time, he went quietly, in sleep, this morning.
Václave, may your soul rest in peace!
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EDS congratulates the Nobel Peace Prize winners
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- Published on Thursday, 13 October 2011 12:55
- Written by Member Organisations
The European Democrat Students congratulate Liberias President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkol Karman from Jemen on winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
EDS visits EU Youth Conference in Warsaw
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- Published on Thursday, 06 October 2011 19:59
- Written by Nenad Vajzović
From 5 to 7 September EU-youth conference on Polish Presidency took place in Warsaw, Poland.This initiative has gathered over 200 participants from all over Europe. With help from Androulla Vassiliou - Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, Katarzyna Hall - minister of education in Poland and Peter Matjasic - president of European Youth Forum, EU Youth Conference addressed the topic “Youth and the World”. EDS was represented by Chairman Juraj Antal. Conference gave suggestions in seven concrete policy fields to the Commission and Commissioner Vassiliou.
EDS Sends Condolences to Norway
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- Published on Friday, 22 July 2011 21:37
- Written by EDS
Watching the todays event in Oslo and on Utøya island, Norway unfold, we, the European Democrat Students, strongly condemn the attacks and murdering of our fellow Europeans. The use of violence, the bloodshed and the killing of innocent people is not a political tool but a crime.
V. Central European Youth Conference „Common EU Policy Towards Roma Minority”
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- Published on Thursday, 07 July 2011 05:19
- Written by EDSnet
The V. Central European Youth Conference was held this year in the historical part of the Slovakian town Spišské Podhradie. EDS full member ODM Slovakia organized the event. The Spiš region of Slovakia has a long experience dealing with a large number of Roma population therefore it was considered to be an ideal venue for this event. EDS was represented by Chairman Bence Bauer and Vice Chairman Samuli Kauranne.
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