Serbia’s President, Tomislav Nikoli, has announced that he will not mark the Centenary of Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination in Sarajevo this Saturday.
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Tag: Controversies
Controversial statue of Gavrilo Princip unveiled in East Sarajevo
The Editor of Centenary News is in Sarajevo for the start of the First World War Centenary – and has just sent this update.
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Welsh churches apologise for “perversion of Jesus’ message” during First World War
The Union of Welsh Independent Churches has apologised for the role it played in encouraging men to enlist to fight during the First World War.
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Anger at Algerian participation in France’s Centenary Bastille Day
France 24 reports that there has been anger both in France and Algeria that representatives of the Algerian military will be taking part in France’s annual Bastille Day celebrations.
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The Telegraph: George V told British Government to ‘find a reason’ to go to war in August 1914
The Telegraph reports that King George V ‘demanded Britain enter the First World War’ during a meeting with the Foreign Secretary, Sir Edward Grey, on 2nd August 1914.
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US First World War soldier poised for top bravery honour, almost 100 years on
A black American soldier could finally be decorated with his country’s highest bravery medal, almost a century after his heroic actions during the First World War.
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Centenary update: overwhelming interest in Antwerp’s pontoon bridge
Tens of thousands of people crossed a pontoon bridge in Antwerp, opened from October 3rd-5th 2014 to mark the 100th anniversary of the city’s First World War siege.
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‘Catch 2039’: a campaign to reform historic copyright
UK cultural institutions are displaying blank paper in their exhibitions to protest restrictive copyright protection laws. The campaign is calling on the UK Government to reduce the term of copyright protection in certain unpublished works.
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UK supermarket’s Christmas truce advert kicks off debate
The UK supermarket chain, Sainsbury’s, has drawn both criticism and praise for launching a TV advertising campaign featuring the First World War Christmas truce.
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Centenary Update: UK watchdog rules out inquiry into supermarket Christmas truce advert
Britain’s advertising regulator decides there are no grounds for launching an investigation into a Sainsbury’s supermarket advert featuring the First World War Christmas truce.
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