Tuesday, 27 January 2015

National Assembly Speaker in Terezin at International Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration

National Assembly Speaker Maja Gojkovic attended the commemoration and unveiling of the memorial to the victims of the holocaust in Terezin near Prague, today, 27 January, International Holocaust Remembrance Day.


Gojkovic also took part in the roundtable on the holocaust remembrance day in Prague, chaired by the President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz.

The participants of the roundtable, 30 parliament speakers, adopted a Declaration on Combating Anti-Semitism and Hate Crimes, expressing concern at the rise in anti-Semitism and urging parliaments, governments, international organisations and civil societies around the world to adopt a zero-tolerance policy for anti-Semitism

Gojkovic said that keeping the memory of the victims of the holocaust alive and preserving the dignity of the victims of this horrific crime and the survivors is an extremely important task which includes continuing the memory of the victims through the education system and the adoption and enforcement of laws.

The commemoration of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Prague was attended by the parliamentary speakers of Israel, UK, Belgium, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Estonia, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Romania, Switzerland, Turkey, Luxembourg, Malta, Cyprus, France, Ireland, Latvia, Hungary, Germany, Netherlands, Russia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia and Albania.


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thursday, 5 march
  • 9.30 - the members of the National Assembly delegation to PACE meet with the Council of Europe Secretary-General (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)

  • 10.00 - the opposition parliamentary groups meet with the Council of Europe Secretary-General (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)

  • 11.15 - press conference of MPs Radomir Lazovic and Doc. Dr Biljana Djordjevic (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)

  • 12.00 - the Chairman of the Committee on Finance, State Budget and Control of Public Spending meets with the representatives of the Association of Budget Accountants and Economists of the Republic of Serbia (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)

  • 13.00 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Council of Europe Secretary-General (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 1)

  • 13.00 - the Chairman of the Committee on Finance, State Budget and Control of Public Spending meets with the Ombudsman (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)

  • 19.00 - opening of the exhibition “Retrospective” by Braca Azaric (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square)

Full event calendar