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
First inauguration of Boris Yeltsin of the national anthem, Boris Yeltsin went to the desk behind which sat Ruslan Khasbulatov. Sitting at the table Yeltsin and Khasbulatov listened to a speech of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II. After the speech of the Patriarch, Boris Yeltsin delivered his first speech as President of Russia, and then made a congratulatory speech, President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev. Unlike subsequent inaugural ceremonies on this Boris Yeltsin read out another oath. First inauguration of Boris Yeltsin The First Inauguration of Boris Yeltsin as the first President of Russia took place on Wednesday, July 10, 1991.