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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9295
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/sakharov

2006 Sakharov Prize awarded to Alexander Milinkevich

Strasbourg, 26/10/2006 (Agence Europe) - In Strasbourg on Thursday 26 October, the Conference of the Presidents of the political groups in the European Parliament decided to award this year's Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought to the leader of the Belarusian opposition Alexander Milinkevich. Two rounds of voting were necessary to separate the eventual winner and the two other candidates nominated by the political groups: the Lebanese diplomat Ghassan Tueni, in honour of the many Lebanese...

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