Today, there are more than 7 billion people on the planet and more than one billion people- or approximately 15 per cent of the world’s population- live with some form of disability. The United Nations General Assembly established the International Day of Disabled...

Great Union Day (also called Unification Day) is the national holiday of Romania, celebrated on 1st December. It commemorates the assembly of ethnic Romanian delegates held in the city of Alba Iulia, which declared the Union of Transylvania and the provinces of...

Black Friday is the Friday after Thanksgiving and it marks the beginning of the Christmas shopping season, particularly in the United States. Over the last few decades, this traditional American celebration has become popular in most Western countries. As large chains...

On November 25, we celebrate the strength and value of all women around the world, regardless of their ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation. It is important to raise awareness of violence against women because, since the COVID-19 outbreak, emerging data and reports...

On 18 November 1918, the People’s Council of Latvia proclaimed the independence of the Republic of Latvia – a state that would remain independent until 17 June 1940 and the Soviet occupation of the country. The sovereign state of Latvia was restored 51 years later, on...

On 17 November, we celebrate International Students Day to commemorate the storming of Czech universities by the Nazis in 1939. Following an anti-Nazi demonstration, the regime sent 1200 students to concentration camps and closed all Czech universities. Since 1941, 17...

On 11 November Poland commemorates the anniversary of the restoration of the country’s sovereignty with the establishment of the Second Polish Republic in 1918, when the nation separated from the German, Austro-Hungarian and Russian Empires. The state of Poland had...

After the 1999 World Conference on Science in Budapest, UNESCO proclaimed 10 November as World Science Day for Peace and Development in order to draw attention to the role of science in fostering peace. As 10 November highlights the link between science and society, it...

November 9th marks the fall of the Berlin Wall, a key moment in the history of both Germany and the entire world, and is generally seen as the end of the Cold War. Erected in 1961 by the German Democratic Republic, this 155 km-long concrete barrier dividing West Berlin...

Dear Speech Repository users, Speech Repository is launching 10 new speeches in Czech, contributed by the Charles University in Prague (on behalf of the EMCI network): 31089 31090 31091 31092 31093 31094 31095 31096 31097 31098 Enjoy your practice! Your Speech...