Anniversaries and commemorations

5 June – World Environment Day

World Environment Day (WED) is celebrated on 5 June every year and is the United Nations principal vehicle for encouraging awareness and action for the protection of our environment. First held in 1974, it has been a flagship campaign for raising awareness on emerging from environmental issues to marine pollution, human overpopulation, and global warming,…

Jun 5, 2020Iulian Dumitraşcu

4 June: International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression

The International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression is a United Nations (UN) observance each 4 June. It was established on 19 August 1982. It is a sad reality that in situations where armed conflict breaks out, it is the most vulnerable members of societies – namely children, who are most affected by the…

Jun 4, 2020Iulian Dumitraşcu

June 1 – Children’s Day

Children’s Day is a national holiday celebrated in Romania and it is held on June 1 every year. Children’s Day is not just an event in Romania, it is also celebrated in many different countries and is an official UN global observance. Children’s Day is an international celebration intended to bring nations together to promote child welfare,…

Jun 1, 2020Iulian Dumitraşcu

On this day May 29, 1453: The Fall of Constantinople

The Fall of Constantinople occurred on May 29, 1453, after a siege which began on April 6. The battle was part of the Byzantine-Ottoman Wars (1265-1453) and is referred to as one of the darkest days in Greek history. Ascending to the Ottoman throne in 1451, Mehmed II began making preparations to reduce the Byzantine…

May 29, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

International Day of Families – 15 May

Although families all over the world have transformed greatly over the past decades in terms of their structure and as a result of global trends and demographic changes, the United Nations still recognizes the family as the basic unit of society, reports UN. The International Day of Families provides an opportunity to promote awareness of…

May 15, 2020Gheorghe Anghel

Europe Day, celebration of peace and unity

Europe Day held on May 9 every year celebrates peace and unity in Europe. The date marks the anniversary of the historic ‘Schuman declaration’. At a speech in Paris in 1950, Robert Schuman, the then French foreign minister, set out his idea for a new form of political cooperation in Europe, which would make war…

May 9, 2020Gheorghe Anghel

World Red Cross Day

World Red Cross day is observed on May 8 to celebrate the principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. The day is observed on May 8 on the birth anniversary of Henry Dunant, who was the founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross. On this day, people pay tributes to…

May 8, 2020Sorin Ioniţe

International Midwives’ Day

May 5th is the internationally recognised day highlighting and focusing on the works of midwives and midwifery. It is a day that is recognised and celebrated globally, with more than 50 nations observing the day. The idea of the International Day of the Midwife as a day to honour and recognize midwives was proposed by…

May 5, 2020Iulian Dumitraşcu

International Workers’ Day

International Workers’ Day, also known as Workers’ Day or Labour Day in some countries and often referred to as May Day, is a celebration of labourers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labour movement which occurs every year on May Day (1 May), an ancient European spring festival. The date was…

May 1, 2020Iulian Dumitraşcu

Romanian Orthodox Church marks 135th anniversary of autocephaly

On Saturday, the Romanian Orthodox Church marks its 135th anniversary of autocephaly. After Romania gained its state independence in 1877 and was declared a Kingdom in 1881, the prestige of the Romanian Orthodox Church increased, making necessary the formal recognition of its autocephaly, long denied by the Ecumenical Patriarchate. On November 23, 1882, the Holy…

Apr 25, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Earth Day

Earth Day is an annual event celebrated around the world on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First celebrated in 1970, it now includes events coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network in more than 193 countries. In 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco, peace activist John McConnell proposed a day…

Apr 22, 2020Iulian Dumitraşcu