Controversies – Page 2 – First World War Centenary News Archive

May 22, 2013 CN Editorial Team

British Government responds to criticism over First World War Centenary plans

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has responded to an open letter criticising the nature of national plans to mark the Centenary in Britain.

May 27, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Should Britain be spending £55 million to mark the Centenary of the First World War?

Writing in The Guardian, Professor Sir Hew Strachan and writer AL Kennedy consider plans in Britain to spend £55 million to mark the Centenary of the First World War.

May 28, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Leading Scottish think tank labels Scotland’s First World War Centenary plans a “whitewash”

The Scotsman has reported that a leading Scottish think tank has called Scottish Government proposals to mark the Centenary of the First World War a “whitewash”.

June 10, 2013 CN Editorial Team

British newspaper websites ‘The Independent’ and ‘The Telegraph’ highlight minister’s argument that the Centenary should not become an “anti-German festival”

UK newspapers highlight the Communities Secretary’s comment that the Centenary should not be an “anti-German, anti-Turkish festival”.

June 11, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Sri Lanka will not be barred from attending Commonwealth Centenary service in Glasgow amid human rights abuse allegations

Herald Scotland reports Sri Lanka will not be banned from a First World War Centenary service for Commonwealth leaders in 2014.

June 15, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Gavrilo Princip “was not a terrorist” and attempts to “blame” Serbia for the outbreak of the First World War are the “excesses of individuals”

InSerbia News reports that a group of Serbian historians have stated that Gavrilo Princip was "not a terrorist".

July 12, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Residents of Rajasthan’s Pali district, India, oppose plans for Turkish First World War memorial

The Hindustan Times reports that residents of Sumerpur in Rajasthan’s Pali district in India are opposing plans by the Turkish Government to establish a First World War memorial in the area.

July 15, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Controversy over £500,000 restoration of First World War ship for Centenary

The Southern Daily Echo highlights the diverging opinions over Hampshire Council in England’s decision to allocate £500,000 to restore a First World War ship.

July 31, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Evgeny Sergeev of the Russian Academy of Sciences tells Centenary News of the need to “renovate the historical memory of the First World War in modern Russian society”

Professor Evgeny Sergeev speaks to Centenary News as the 99th anniversary of Germany’s declaration of war on Russia approaches.

August 7, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Call for memorial dedicated to those who opposed the outbreak of the First World War in Scotland

Herald Scotland reports that the Jimmy Reid Foundation has called for a memorial in honour of those who opposed the outbreak of the First World War to be erected.