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The Day WEEKLY DIGEST of Ukrainian News in English
Kyiv, Ukraine, December 2, 2003
The Republic of Croatia is observing the Days of Memory of the Victims of
the 1932-1933 Manmade Famine in Ukraine. A memorial soiree was held at
Zagreb Central City Library on the initiative of Ukraine's Embassy to
Croatia to mark Holodomor's seventieth anniversary. The program included
speeches by Croatian historians and opening an exhibition featuring
photographs and archive documents on Holodomor.
A draft statement by Ukrainian and Rusyn Croatians on Condemning the
1932-1933 Events was also read at the soiree. Those present called upon
supporting the initiative on sending an address from Ukrainian and Rusyn
organizations to the newly elected Croatian Parliament, urging it to approve
a decision on Holodomor anniversary.
On December 7 a memorial service will be officiated at Sts. Cyril and
Methodius Church in Zagreb for the victims of Holodomor and political
repression in Ukraine. Similar services will be performed in all Greek
Catholic churches in Croatia, as well as Bosnia and Herzegovina, places of
Ukrainian compact settlement, reports the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's press
service.
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