The traditional award by the Berlin-based GBM civic association was bestowed in the past, for instance, upon Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, the papers say. Filip received the award for his rejection of the planned stationing of a U.S.
radar base in the Czech Republic and for his negative position on the European reform treaty. Among other winners are former member of the Bulgarian parliament Velko Valkanov who in 2001 fought for the release of Serbian dictator Slobodan Milosevic. Filip then signed a petition for Milosevic's release that Valkanov launched, the papers write. GBM was established in Berlin in 1991. Formally it is an EU Warns Discount Airlines to Stop Misleading Customers ...
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