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Tiananmen anniversary passes quietly in Hong Kong once again

Hong Kong again saw no mass commemoration of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on Wednesday, with candlelit vigils at Victoria Park remaining absent for another year.

04/06/2025

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Vigils and services held on fifth anniversary of George Floyd killing

Thousands across the US are commemorating the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder with vigils, concerts, and church services.

27/05/2025

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80 years on, France’s last WWII veterans warn peace must be defended

The commemoration saw a parade of veterans' associations, and music performed by military bands from France, Germany, Canada, Cameroon, the US and UK.

09/05/2025

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Astana hosts major military parade for WWII 80th anniversary

Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev led commemorations marking 80 years since the end of World War II with a major military parade in Astana on Wednesday.

08/05/2025

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Pope Francis: Services held across Latin America in mourning

Before Francis, there hadn't been a non-European Bishop of Rome since the death of Syrian-born Gregory III in 741.

22/04/2025

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Dresden marks 80th anniversary of World War II Allied bombing

Dresden commemorated the victims of World War II and the destruction of the city eight decades ago with several events on Thursday.

14/02/2025

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Survivors warn of rising antisemitism on Auschwitz liberation day

Politicians were asked not to speak at this year's event, as it could be the last time survivors gather on 27 January, the date when the Soviets liberated the Nazi death camp in 1945.

27/01/2025

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Commemoration of the Nanjing Massacre in China

In China, 13 December is a national day of remembrance for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre.

13/12/2024

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Video. King Charles leads Remembrance Sunday ceremony

The 75-year-old king, dressed in his Royal Navy uniform of the Admiral of the Fleet, laid a wreath of poppies at the base of the Cenotaph in London, in recognition of the fallen from conflicts dating back to World War I.

11/11/2024

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Macron and Starmer lay wreath at Paris' Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer joined French President Emmanuel Macron at a Paris ceremony marking the 106th anniversary of the Armistice on Monday.

11/11/2024

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Srebrenica Peace March reaches Potocari memorial centre

Participants of the march arrived at the Potocari memorial site after three days of walking the route taken by survivors in 1995.

11/07/2024

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Honoring Srebrenica, a call for remembrance and solidarity

Dozens of human rights activists in Belgrade paid tribute to the victims of the Srebrenica massacre.

11/07/2024

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Amsterdam's Oosterpark hosts national slavery remembrance

The Netherlands commemorated the abolition of slavery with a national ceremony in Amsterdam's Oosterpark.

01/07/2024

Europe News

Europe gears up to mark 80 years since D-Day landings

D-Day, also known as Operation Overlord, remains the biggest amphibious operation in military history, involving around 150,000 Allied forces landing in Normandy on 6 June 1944.

04/06/2024

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WATCH: President Xi leads China's Martyrs' Day commemoration

It comes on the eve of National Day, held in Tiananmen Square, which marks the 74th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

30/09/2023

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Watch: Berlusconi's coffin enters cathedral

Most Italians identify Silvio Berlusconi - media mogul, football entrepreneur and three-time former premier - as the most influential figure in Italy over recent decades.

14/06/2023

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Watch: Brussel's terrorist victims remembered

Victims of Brussel's deadliest terrorist attack were remembered on Wednesday morning at the seventh commemoration of the event

23/03/2023

Ukraine

Kyiv likens Russian 'genocidal' tactics to 1930s 'Holodomor' famine

Several European leaders attended the commemorations in Kyiv of the Holodomor, the Soviet-era famine that Ukraine considers was an act of "genocide" by Stalin.

26/11/2022

Travel News

‘The sound of London’ is back as Big Ben chimes once again

After five years of silence, the ‘sound of London’ is back - Big Ben is chiming once again.

16/11/2022

Ukraine

Ukrainians mark eighth anniversary of Maidan revolutionary protests

Maidan revolution: Ukrainians mark anniversary of 2014 protests that ousted pro-Russian leader

20/02/2022