Centenary of Great War stirs bad memories for fractured continent

The commemorations in 2014 of the centenary of World War I – still known as the “Great War” – are likely to reawaken the ghosts of nationalism and highlight stark differences in how Europeans remember the conflict, according to EurActiv on 2 January 2014.

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