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03 November 2020

Today is the Presidential Election Day of the United States of America! Americans and just about everybody in the world are holding their breath to find out if the incumbent Republican President, Donald Trump, will manage to retain his office in the White House or if...

30 October 2020

The time of the year has come to put on spooky masks and costumes and go spread a little mischief in your neighbourhood… Halloween, a celebration observed in many countries on 31st October, is actually a contraction of "All Hallows' Eve" or, in other words, All Saints'...

28 October 2020

Dear all, The good weather is officially over and we all know how days can seem endless when you are stuck at home. Want to find new exciting ways to spice up your life a bit? We have your back! Check out our newly published Intermediate Consecutive speeches and have...

27 October 2020

The Czechoslovak Declaration of Independence (also known as the Washington Declaration) was drafted in Washington, D.C. and published by Czechoslovakia's Paris-based Provisional Government on 18 October 1918. The creation of the document, officially the Declaration of...

23 October 2020

Am 26. Oktober feiert Österreich seit 1965 seinen Nationalfeiertag. Bereits seit 1956 als "Tag der Fahne" gefeiert, markiert der 26. Oktober das Ende der Besatzung, 10 Jahre nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg, und den Tag an dem Österreich seine Neutralität erklärt hat. In the...

23 October 2020

23 October marks the beginning of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, also known as Hungarian Uprising. Born as a student protest in Budapest, the revolt quickly turned into a nationwide revolution against the Hungarian communist regime, but did not last long, as it was...

22 October 2020

Today we celebrate the signing of a landmark agreement, the UN Charter of 1945, that has since changed the way the world thinks about global issues and the manner it approaches potential solutions to humanity’s shared challenges. Happy United Nations Day 2020! This year...

16 October 2020

Today is the United Nation’s International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. https://www.un.org/en/observances/day-for-eradicating-poverty The European Union is characterised by its high living standards and its citizens can choose to live and work amongst 27 modern...

16 October 2020

On 16 October we celebrate World Food Day to commemorate the foundation of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), which took place on this very date in 1945. With its headquarters in Rome, this agency of the United Nations was set up to eliminate hunger and...

11 October 2020

El 12 de octubre de cada año, la lengua española se convierte en la protagonista de medio mundo. En ese mismo día en el año 1492, el famoso navegante Cristóbal Colón descubrió a bordo de su nave, Santa María, la isla de Guanahí, que actualmente se conoce como San...

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