In recent years, the world has experienced various migration fluxes, mostly from third world and developing countries to wealthier and safer states. The reasons for this phenomenon are diverse – war, hunger, political or religious persecution for instance, but the goal...
Since 1988, each year the European Film Academy has held the European Film Awards to recognise excellence in European cinematic achievements. The awards are given in 19 categories, the most important of which is the Best Film. This year’s edition of the awards will be...
Today is a cause for celebration, but also for remembrance and activism. The basic rights our society enjoys as a whole nowadays are a product of many years of struggles, defeats and victories. From women’s rights to ethnical rights, humankind has had to fight long and...
Dear users, We have the great pleasure to announce that we have added another new language to our speech bank: Serbian (SR – српски / srpski)! Do you want to improve your interpretation skills in Serbian? Is it one of your working languages? Are you discovering this...
On 6 December 1917, Finland declared its independence from Russia, putting an end to a foreign rule that dated back to 1809. On this day, Finland also commemorates the events of World War II with official speeches and visits to war memorials. Aside from a military...
Dear users, Due to a technical maintenance, it won't be possible to stream videos from the Speech Repository and My Speech Repository. This situation will last from this evening (04 December) around 21:00 (UTC+1) until tomorrow morning (05 Decmber) around 08:00 (UTC+1)...
Dear users, Today is the European Day of Persons with Disabilities, a very important day whose purpose is to raise awareness of the challenges faced by persons with disabilities. This day is even more important in the context of the European disability strategy of the...
The Great Union Day, also called Unification Day, celebrated on 1 December, is the national holiday of Romania. It commemorates the assembly of the delegates of ethnic Romanians held in the city of Alba Iulia, which declared the Union of Transylvania and the provinces...
Dear users, 9 Intermediate consecutive speeches have just been published. Find the list hereunder and practice your new languages with them! ES: 29427 - 29429 - 29403 PL: 28975 RO: 29308 LT: 28650 - 29278 ZH: 27703 HU: 29322 (restricted) AR: 28944 (restricted) Happy...
Black Friday is the Friday following Thanksgiving Day and marks the beginning of the Christmas shopping season in the United States. Over the last few decades, this traditional American celebration has become popular in most Western countries, although many people...