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
Boris and Gleb a monument to Boris and Gleb was erected in Vyshhorod, Ukraine. The authors of the monument are Boris Krylov and Oles Sydoruk. Boris and Gleb Boris and Gleb (, "Borisŭ i Glěbŭ"; , "Boris i Gleb"; , "Borys i Hlib"), Christian names Roman and David, respectively (, "Romanŭ, Davydŭ"), were the first saints canonized in Kievan Rus' after the Christianization of the country. Their feast day is observed on July 24 (August 6). According to the two 11th century "Lives of Boris and Gleb" (ascribed to Nestor the Chronicler and Jacob the Monk), they were younger children of Vladimir the