The Day of Portugal, Camões, and the Portuguese Communities is a public holiday celebrated not only in Portugal, but also by Portuguese people all over the world. The celebrations take place annually on 10 June, marking the death of the national poet Luís de Camões in...

Yesterday, 6 June, we celebrated the UN Russian Language Day. This day was established in order to highlight the importance of cultural diversity and multilingualism, as well as to promote equal use of all of the six official working languages of the United Nations...

In Sweden, the National Day celebrations take place annually on 6 June to commemorate the election of King Gustav Vasa in 1523. The day was previously observed as Swedish Flag Day, but the Swedish Riksdag changed the name to Sveriges nationaldag in 1983. Although...

Constitution Day is celebrated in Denmark on 5 June. The day honours the Danish Constitution, as both the first constitution of 1849, signed by King Frederik the VII, and the current constitution of 1953 were established on this day. The day has added even more...

The Festa Della Repubblica, celebrated on 2 June each year, marks the anniversary of the Italian vote for the country to become a republic. The National Day is one of the country’s national symbols and dates back to 1946. After the Second World War and the victory over...

The Croatian Statehood Day is a holiday celebrated on 30 May in Croatia (from 2002 to 2019 it was celebrated on 25 June) and marks the constitution of the first modern multi-party Croatian Parliament in 1990. The Statehood Day is the National Day of Croatia, being both...

Every year from 25 to 31 May, the European Week Against Cancer (EWAC) is celebrated under the aegis of the Association of European Cancer Leagues in order to raise awareness about cancer as a public health issue. The main focus lies on sharing information about cancer...

24 May is an important holiday in many Eastern European countries as it is the day of the Cyrillic Alphabet. Also known as “Saints Cyril and Methodius Day” or “Slavonic Literature and Culture Day,” the day celebrates the Cyrillic script’s cultural legacy and heritage...

Whether it is the bees humming around your ice cream cone in spring, the cows who produced the milk to make the ice cream or the grass these cows have been pasturing – all of that is closely related to the topic of biological diversity. Our biodiversity resources are...

Spring is here and it’s time for some big changes! We are refreshing our collection of speeches. This Monday, 17 May we will withdraw a total of 100 old recordings, and replace them with 100 new ones! More precisely, we are going to focus on deleting speeches in English...