European Council on Tolerance and Reconciliation intolerance. The First European Medal of Tolerance was conferred in 2010 on the King of Spain Juan Carlos I for his lifelong dedication and devotion to the issue of tolerance and political reconciliation. The second and the third European Medals of Tolerance have been conferred on President of Croatia Ivo Josipovic and Ex-President of Serbia Boris Tadic in Brussels, in recognition of the Balkan statesmen’s “significant contribution to promoting, seeking, safeguarding or maintaining Tolerance and Reconciliation on the European continent”. In 2015 Samuel Eto'o, a famous football-player, has been awarded with the European Medal of Tolerance for his fight against
State funeral of Boris Trajkovski State funeral of Boris Trajkovski The state funeral of late President of the Republic of Macedonia Boris Trajkovski who died in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina was held on 5 March 2004 in Skopje. President Trajkovski was buried in the Alley of Great Man in Skopje. The funeral was attended by 47 foreign delegations. Trajkovski's body lay in state in the building of Macedonian Parliament from the arrival of the body from Bosnia and Herzegovina on 3 March until the funeral day. On 4 March from 9.00 AM to 11.00 PM the body was available for everyone interested