Dear Speech Repository Community, The 135th edition of the world’s oldest tennis tournament is over, and we hope that the tennis fans among us enjoyed every moment of this unique sporting event! Wimbledon, and tennis in general, is often associated with a number of...

Dear Speech Repository Community, For many people chocolate is the last word in enjoyment and luxury. It’s simply the most pleasurable sensory experience in food. That is why this wonderful food deserves its own day, World Chocolate Day! Chocolate as we know it today...

Dear Speech Repository Community, Child labour is an extremely sensitive and enduring issue. The International Labour Organisation (ILO) launched the World Day against Child Labour in 2002 to focus attention on the global extent of child labour and the action and...

Dear Speech Repository Community, On 10 June we will be marking Portugal Day, which commemorates the death of Luís Vaz de Camões in 1580. Luís Vaz de Camões was a poet and national literary icon. He was the author of ‘Os Lusiadas’ [ The Lusiads], Portugal’s national...

Dear Speech Repository users, From 1-3 June, the XXII FIT World Congress 2022 was held in Varadero, Cuba. The International Federation of Translators (Fédération internationale des traducteurs, FIT in French) World Congress, this time organised under the auspices of the...

On 7 June, we observe World Food Safety Day to draw attention to and inspire action to prevent, detect and raise awareness about food-borne risks, and thereby contribute to food security and overall human health. The European Institutions, the European Food and Security...

3rd June: World Bicycle Day On this day, we celebrate what is considered to be one of the most democratic means of transport: the bicycle. Whether you’re a toddler or in your golden years, whether you want to reach peak fitness or you don’t mind using a little bit of...

1st June: Global day of parents It may not be the first thing that springs to mind when talking about parents, but I’m sure we can all agree they gave us something invaluable: our native languages. The ones we learnt without putting too much effort into it, just by...

Dear Speech Repository Community, On this day, 9th May, we mark the 72nd anniversary of the Schuman Declaration. Robert Schuman, the foreign minister of France, presented the text of what is now referred to as the Schuman Declaration on 9th May 1950. This doctrine paved...

Dear Speech Repository community, Portuguese is the official language of nine countries spanning four continents with over 260 million people speaking it every day. The countries are Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique...