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On 24 May, we celebrate Cyrillic Alphabet Day, also known as ‘Saints Cyril and Methodius Day’, which is also a national day in several Eastern European countries like North Macedonia or Bulgaria, where it is referred to as the ‘Day of Bulgarian Education and Culture and...

On Saturday, 13 May, the Grand Final of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Liverpool and will be hosted on behalf of last year’s Ukrainian winners, Kalush Orchestra, who will open the show. The theme for the 67th edition ‘United by Music’ is the...

"Europe will not be made all at once, or according to a single plan. It will be built through concrete achievements which first create a de facto solidarity", reads the text of the Schuman declaration signed on 9 May 1950, 73 years ago. In this declaration, Robert...

On 5 May, around 17 million people in the Netherlands celebrate Liberation Day, or Bevrijdingsdag. On this day, the Dutch commemorate the liberation from German occupation on 5 May 1945, which brought an end to World War II in the Netherlands. Initially, Liberation Day...

On 5 May, the Lusophone community celebrates World Portuguese Language Day (Dia Mundial da Língua Portuguesa) which was officially established in 2009 by the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP) and later, in 2019, recognised by the 40th session of UNESCO’s...

On 4 May, high-level speakers from across the world will visit Brussels to participate in the Brussels Economic Forum (BEF), the flagship annual economic event of the European Commission. For the last 20 years, policy makers, academics, civil society representatives...