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Dear Speech Repository Users, Today, on 21 ​February we celebrate the International Mother Language Day! ​​Here you can find a selection of speeches for you to practise your skills and learn more about the importance of multilingualism: ​EN: 28766, 27829, 26902, 25972...

Lietuvos valstybės atkūrimo diena On 16 February, Lithuania celebrates State Restoration Day. Also known as Independence Day, this Lithuanian national holiday marks the country’s independence achieved in 1918. Traditionally, this festive day is celebrated with parades...

Dear users, We are pleased to announce that 50 speeches in International Sign — one of our latest language additions — are now available in the public section of the Speech Repository! Not sure where to find them? Just select (is) – International Sign from the Language...

On this very day six years ago, one of the most brutal terrorist attacks to date took place at the Parisian headquarters of a prestigious French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo. A group of jihadist sympathisers burst into the Charlie Hebdo offices on the morning of 7...

On 10 January 1946, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) met for the first time in the Methodist Central Hall in London, hosting the representatives of 51 nations. After gathering in different cities for a few annual sessions, in 1952 the General Assembly moved to...

As of 1 January 2021, Portugal is taking over the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union. 2020 will go down in history as the year of the COVID-19 pandemic, and now that several vaccines have been approved and rolled out in all Member States and the...