European Medal of Tolerance Ivo Josipovic and Ex-President of Serbia Boris Tadic at the European Parliament in Brussels by European Council on Tolerance and Reconciliation Chairman Alexander Kwasniewski and ECTR Co-Chairman Viatcheslav Kantor, in recognition of the Balkan statesmens’ “significant contribution to promoting, seeking, safeguarding or maintaining tolerance on the European continent”. In 2015 Samuel Eto'o, a famous football-player, was awarded for his fight against racism in football. The European Medal of Tolerance for the 2016 was conferred on film director Andrey Konchalovsky "for his cultural achievements focused on preserving the tragic memory of the past including his film "Paradise". The European Medal of
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