World news about “Anniversary” published by euronews.
Celebration of writer Dickens’ birth 200 years ago Commemorations for the 200th anniversary of the birth of renowned British author Charles Dickens were lead by his royal namesake. Prince Charles laid a wreath… 07/02/2012
Maastricht with hindsight European figures have been commemorating the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Maastricht Treaty, which led to the creation of the euro, in spite of many… 07/02/2012
Enter the world of Charles Dickens ‘A Christmas Carol’ is one of English author Charles Dickens’ most famous stories. Sour and stingy Ebenezer Scrooge’s emotional transformation after the… 06/02/2012
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II marks 60 year reign – nocomment Sixty years ago today, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II acceded to the throne on the death of her father King George VI. She is the second longest-serving British… 06/02/2012
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth marks Diamond Jubilee Sixty years ago today, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth acceded to the throne on the death of her father King George VI. On the eve of this, her Diamond Jubilee… 06/02/2012
Syria: Hama protest to mark massacre is broken up Syrian forces in Hama are said to have broken up a protest marking 30 years since the massacre in the city by troops loyal to President Assad’s… 03/02/2012
Tahrir Square, one year onDemonstrators take part in a protest marking the first anniversary of Egypt’s uprising at Tahrir square in Cairo January 25, 2012. REUTERS/ Mohamed Abd… 25/01/2012
Denmark’s Queen Margrethe marks 40 years on the throne – nocomment Tens of thousands of Danes braved freezing temperatures on Saturday to cheer Denmark’s popular figurehead monarch as she celebrated 40 years on the throne. 17/01/2012
Tunisia one year on: “Our revolution is not over yet” They gathered in their thousands, in the birthplace of the Arab Spring. Tunisians have been marking the first anniversary of the ousting of President Ben… 15/01/2012
Tunisia: Pride and despair one year after revolt The Arab Spring is one year old and they have been celebrating in the place where it all started – Tunisia. People gathered in Bourguiba Avenue in Tunis… 14/01/2012
Tunisia, stagnant, future of justice still not in sight In Tunis, on 14 January 2011, thousands of ordinary people packed Habid Bourguiba Avenue in the Tunisian capital. Men and women, students, street cleaners… 13/01/2012
Haiti rebuilding falters Two years ago an earthquake devastated Haiti and outside help poured in. First people had to be saved from the crushed buildings. Some owe their survival to… 13/01/2012
Daily struggles for Tunisia one year after uprisingIt has been one year since a revolution in Tunisia sparked a wave of similar uprisings across the Middle East known as the Arab Spring, but some Tunisians are… 13/01/2012
Amnesty International protesters mark 10 years of Guantanamo – nocomment Amnesty International staged a demonstration in Brussels, marking ten years since the first 20 detainees arrived at the US Naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 12/01/2012
Haitian anger at slow pace of post-quake reconstruction Two years to the day since a powerful earthquake killed more than 300,000 people, Haiti is slowing trying to rebuild homes for those affected by the… 12/01/2012
Haiti still struggles two years after quake Two years after the devastating earthquake which flattened much of Haiti, thousands of its people say little progress has been made towards helping the nation… 12/01/2012
10-year anniversary highlights Obama’s Guantanamo failure It has been 10 years since the first prisoners arrived at the Guantanamo detention centre in Cuba. A total of 779 prisoners have passed through the naval… 11/01/2012
Jacob Zuma sings for ANC’s 100th anniversary – nocomment South Africa’s president Jacob Zuma sings during the African National Congress’ centenary celebration in Bloemfontein. 09/01/2012
Jungfrau railway marks 100-year anniversaryA giant light installation of the flag of Switzerland, by Swiss artist Gerry Hofstetter, illuminates the north face of the Jungfrau mountain, in the Bernese… 03/01/2012
A decade of the euro On new year’s day 2002 euro notes and coins hit the streets for the first time. They were introduced with much enthusiasm and optimism as a currency that… 02/01/2012
Thailand: tsunami anniversary – nocomment Residents and tourists gathered in the Thai resort of Phuket to remember victims of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami. 27/12/2011
Bowing down to the King of Thailand on his birthdayThailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra pays her respects to Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn during the royal party in Bangkok to celebrate the 84th… 09/12/2011
Protest outside jail on Tymoshenko’s birthday – nocomment Supporters of Ukraine’s jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko demonstrated outside her prison on Sunday – her 51st birthday. Tymoshenko was… 27/11/2011
Violent clashes in Greece – nocomment Violent clashes happened on Thursday night in Athens after the march commemorating the student uprising of 1973. 18/11/2011
Greeks commemorate 1973 protests – nocomment Security is deployed on the streets of Athens ahead of an annual rally on November 17 to commemorate the 1973 student uprising. 17/11/2011
Germany: Fall of Berlin Wall marked – nocomment The 22nd anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall has been celebrated in Berlin. Mayor Klaus Wowereit thanked former East German civil rights campaigners… 09/11/2011
Russia marks October Revolution – nocomment The annual parade celebrating the anniversary of the Great October Revolution took place on Monday on the Red Square in Moscow. 08/11/2011
Ukrainian Bolshevik Revolution Day – nocomment Ukrainian police arrest nationalist protesters after the demonstrators attempted to break up a Communist rally marking the Bolshevik Revolution Day in Kiev. 08/11/2011
Man chase in BelarusPolicemen in plain-clothes pursue a protester ® at Independence square in Minsk. Several dozen people gathered in Minsk on Monday to mark Revolution Day, the… 07/11/2011
25 years of Sir Alex Sir Alexander Chapman Ferguson, a knight of the realm and the most successful manager in the history of English football. Some would argue his achievements… 06/11/2011
Achtung Baby at 20: Even Better Than The Real Thing To mark the 20th anniversary of their pivotal album Achtung Baby, U2 are releasing a special edition with B-sides, demos, remixes and some unreleased tracks. 03/11/2011
Bono sings for Tutu’s birthday – nocomment U2 singer Bono sings during a mass held on the occasion of Desmond Tutu’s 80th birthday in Cape Town, South Africa. 07/10/2011
Sting sings at sixty There is a double celebration in store for Sting – the singer turns 60 and he is marking 25 years as a solo artist. For the moment he says he has no plans to… 30/09/2011
Nevermind still strikes a chord 20 years on ‘Here we are now’, and it was, as Kurt Cobain sang, ‘contagious’. Twenty years to the day since Nirvana released Smells Like Teen Spirit, the record remains a… 23/09/2011
Bonus Musica: interview with Thomas Hampson More excerpts from our interview with American baritone Thomas Hampson. 22/09/2011
Happy Birthday, Mr President (Medvedev) – nocomment Five Russian girls celebrate their president’s 45th birthday in Moscow, Russia. 15/09/2011
Amanpour on post-9/11 world Journalist Christiane Amanpour gives her views on some of he effects of 9/11 on the eve of the tenth anniversary. She has covered a great many of the world’s… 09/09/2011
Afghanistan’s ‘Lion of Panjshir’ remembered A commemoration service has been held in Kabul in honour of Ahmed Shah Massoud, 10 years after his assassination. President Hamid Karzai did not attend, but… 09/09/2011
Macedonia celebrates its independence – nocomment Thousands of Macedonians poured into the capital Skopje on Thursday to mark 20 years of independence. Festivities include a giant parade involving the… 09/09/2011
Memorial ready at Ground Zero Ground Zero smoked for months after 9/11. At first the work crews and rescuers called it the pile. But even as the cinders of the famous World Trade Center… 08/09/2011
Beslan remembers victims of school tragedy – nocomment It is seven years ago to the day when Chechen and Ingush terrorists attacked the small Russian community of Beslan and took its children hostage in a school… 03/09/2011
Ukraine celebrates 20th anniversary of independence – nocomment Festive events in Kiev on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence from the Soviet Union. 25/08/2011
Opposition protests on Ukraine Independence DayAn Ukrainian opposition supporter shouts at a riot policeman during a rally on the 20th anniversary of Ukraine’s Independence in Kiev. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich 24/08/2011
South Korea marks 66th National Liberation Day – nocomment South Koreans marked the 66th anniversary of their nation’s independence from Japanese rule. During the ceremony in Seoul, four thousand people held an… 16/08/2011
Germany marks anniversary of Berlin Wall’s construction – nocomment On the 50th anniversary of the building of the Berlin Wall, the city has paid tribute to those who died trying to cross it. 14/08/2011
The wall that divided the world Work began on the Berlin Wall on 13 August, 1961. Once completed, it would measure 155 kilometres and become one of the most rigorously fortified borders in… 12/08/2011
Hiroshima remembrance dayPaper lanterns released in remembrance of the victims of the atomic bombings in 1945. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon 06/08/2011
Duisburg mourns love parade victims – nocomment The names of 21 people who died a year ago in a stampede during a music festival have been read out at a memorial service in Germany. 25/07/2011
Glorious Mud! – nocomment You’re never to old to play in the mud in South Korea, as thousands gathered for the mud festival in Boryeong. 22/07/2011
Happy Birthday Madiba – nocomment South Africans have been celebrating Nelson Mandela’s birthday. The icon of decades of struggle to overturn the country’s apartheid regime is 93. 19/07/2011
North Korea : anniversary of the death of former leader Kim Il Sung – nocomment North Korea marked the 17th anniversary of the death of its founding leader Kim Il Sung. Pyongyang citizens laid flowers at the foot of his statue in the… 08/07/2011
Cambodia celebrates the Preah Vihear temple’s third year as world heritage site – nocomment Cambodia held a traditional ceremony to mark the third anniversary of Preah Vihear Temple as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. 07/07/2011
China’s Communist Party celebrates 90 years The Chinese Communist Party, which has run the country since 1949, is celebrating its 90th birthday. It was founded in Shanghai in 1921 by a dozen or so… 29/06/2011
Celebrating the Communist Party of ChinaA performer dressed in Red Army uniform salutes at a revolutionary song singing event to celebrate the upcoming 90th anniversary of the founding of the… 28/06/2011
Almost five years of captivity for Gilad Shalit – nocomment Almost five years after the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was captured by Hamas militants, his parents still hope to see him back home. 24/06/2011
Frankfurt Modern Art Museum turns 20 To celebrate its 20th anniversary, the Modern Art Museum in Frankfurt is presenting an enormous exhibition of contemporary art, spread over double its usual… 22/06/2011
Famous pink tank rolls back into Prague – nocomment A symbolic pink tank returns to Prague as the city readies to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from the Czech Republic. The… 21/06/2011
100 years of IBM Technology firm IBM has celebrated its 100th birthday by releasing both a book and film to mark the occasion. Founded on the 16 June 1911, International… 16/06/2011
Back in the Day: mysterious death of the King of castlesJune 13, 1886. The dead bodies of Ludwig II of Bavaria and his psychiatrist Bernhard von Gudeen are found floating in Lake Starnberg, near Munich. The… 13/06/2011
Back in the Day: fun to be at the YMCAJune 6, 1844. The Young Men’s Christian Association, or YMCA, is founded in London by George Williams (later Sir George). The original aim was to provide… 06/06/2011
Italy celebrates its 150th anniversary – nocomment Heads of state attend a military parade to celebrate Italy’s 150th anniversary on its national day. 03/06/2011
St. Petersburg’s 308th anniversaryPeople take part in a carnival, part of the celebrations to mark St. Petersburg’s 308th anniversary. REUTERS / Alexander Demianchuk 28/05/2011
OECD at 50 considers happiness The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development is marking its 50th anniversary. The west’s economics think-tank is celebrating at its Paris… 25/05/2011
66th anniversary of Victory Day in Belarus – nocomment Belarus celebrated the 66th anniversary of victory over fascism and the triumph of the Great Patriotic War as war veterans attended various special events. 10/05/2011
Sierra Leone’s 50th anniversary of independenceGuinean acrobats perform at a ceremony to mark Sierra Leone’s 50th anniversary of independence from Britain at the National Stadium in the country’s capital… 28/04/2011
Chernobyl’s 1986 disaster On 26 April 1986, it was decided at Chernobyl to take advantage of reactor number four’s downtime by carrying out a safety test on an emergency core cooling… 26/04/2011
Germany commemorates workers killed in ChernobylWooden crosses to commemorate workers killed during the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986 are put in the ground as part of a demonstration against nuclear… 25/04/2011
Going fast and still going strong – TGVs hit 30 France is marking the 30th anniversary of the launch of the country’s high-speed rail service, the TGV or Train à Grande Vitesse. At a ceremony at a Paris… 07/04/2011
Gagarin through the eyes of those who knew him This week 50 years ago, for the first time in human history, a man left the Earth and travelled in space. Who was Yuri Gagarin, how did that flight change his… 06/04/2011
“Milad-ul-Nabi” celebrations in IndiaA boy poses on a motorbike during a religious procession to mark Milad-ul-Nabi, or birthday celebrations of Prophet Mohammad, in the old quarters of Delhi, in… 17/02/2011
Paraguay celebrates its 200th independence anniversaryMakah indians dance for Paraguay’s 200th anniversary of independence from Spain in Asuncion. REUTERS/Jorge Adorno 02/01/2011
Bonus interview: Yundi Lee Here are some extra excerpts from our interview with Yundi Lee. He tells about his love of music, his lifestyle and hopes of inspiring Chinese children to… 11/03/2010
Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Greens group, European Parliament “I was in Frankfurt. What I remember most was a press conference being held by Gunter Schabowski, the GDR’s spokesman. The representative of the… 02/11/2009
Wojciech Jaruzelski, former president of Poland “I can hardly remember where I was exactly. I was probably in my office. I got the news even before it was official. I must say it was not a big… 02/11/2009
When the Berlin Wall fell: Pavel Fischer, Czech Ambassador to France 02/11/2009
Volker Schlöndorff, Filmmaker 02/11/2009
Cristian Mungiu, Filmmaker “I was in my home town when it happened. But what was more important for me was that after the Berlin Wall fell, all the other communist regimes did too… 02/11/2009
Emir Kusturica, Filmmaker “I was in the United States. I was teaching at Columbia, so I was taking it as just another working day. So for me, all these things that happened once… 02/11/2009
When the Berlin Wall fell: Pascal Lamy 02/11/2009
When the Berlin Wall fell: Laurent Joffrin, Editor Liberation 02/11/2009
When the Berlin Wall fell: Ezio Mauro, Director, la Repubblica “I was the Moscow correspondent for la Republica and one of my strongest memories was the day when Gorbachev kind of accepted the reunification of Germany… 02/11/2009
When the Berlin Wall fell: Javier Moreno, Editor, El Pais “I had the chance to live fairly in Germany. The weekend I went to Berlin, the emotion was overwhelming. It was only after I started working as a… 02/11/2009
When the Berlin Wall fell: Jutta Scheffer “I was studying politics in West Berlin. That night we went out thinking nothing was going to happen, we were dancing in a nightclub, suddenly the DJ said the… 02/11/2009
When the Berlin Wall fell: Sebastian Saam, euronews “I come from Passau in Lower Bavaria, a town which lots of refugees fled to because it was the first town after the frontier coming from Hungary. Many… 02/11/2009
When the Berlin Wall fell: Herbert Rudolf “I come from the German minority in Romania and during those weeks and months, I just listened to the radio all the time. I had a little short-wave radio… 02/11/2009
When the Berlin Wall fell: Cristoph Debets “For me, the fall of the Berlin Wall came a day too late. I then worked for BBC World Service German output and the night before, I was the duty editor for… 02/11/2009
South Africa’s ANC celebrates 100 yearsIn the presence of President Jacob Zuma, a World Cup football stadium in South Africa has hosted a centenary party for the ruling ANC. The central city of… 08/01/2012
ANC celebrates its 100th anniversaryTens of thousands of South Africans have gathered in Bloemfontein to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the African National Congress. From heads of state… 08/01/2012
South Africa’s ANC celebrates 100 yearsA weekend of festivities is underway in South Africa to mark the 100th anniversary of the African National Congress (ANC), the liberation movement that… 08/01/2012
The flowers that launched the euroTo mark the anniversary of the arrival of the euro in the form of notes and coins, euronews spoke with Romano Prodi, who in 2002 was President of the European… 02/01/2012
Estonia’s economy encouraged by the euroIt has been a year since Estonia adopted the euro but its fortunes have not mirrored the rest of the eurozone. According to the European Union’s forecast… 31/12/2011
Phuket vigil for 2004 Tsunami victimsSeven years on, a vigil has been held on the Thai island of Phuket to remember the victims of the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami. ‘Light up Phuket’ is an annual… 27/12/2011
Asia remembers the tsunami, seven years onAt 9.40 in the morning of December 26, 2004 a tidal wave hit the beaches of Koh Racha. It had taken an hour and a half to reach Thailand, triggered by an… 26/12/2011
Tributes paid to victims of the 2004 tsunamiIt is seven years since the Indian Ocean tsunami. Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa led the country in a two minute silence to honour those swept to… 26/12/2011
Music marks 550 years of Istanbul’s Grand BazaarIt has been dubbed the world’s oldest shopping mall. And to mark 550 years of the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, a top Turkish musician has been doing what he… 26/12/2011
MSF: the aid agency that’s not afraid to speak its mindFor 40 years Médecins Sans Frontières has been battling in war and disaster zones across the world for the lives of victims of conflict, famine and natural… 19/12/2011
10 years on: Germany remembers introduction of euro cashIt has been 10 years since euro starter kits were first handed out to people in Germany, ahead of the introduction of the single currency. Twenty… 18/12/2011
Tunisia one year on: Bouazizi’s legacyIt was exactly one year ago today when a 26-year-old Tunisian street vendor in the town of Sidi Bouzid set himself on fire after police confiscated his… 17/12/2011
Norway’s PM visits South Pole 100 years after AmundsenScientists and explorers have gathered at the South Pole, 100 years to the day since Norwegian Roald Amundsen became the first person to reach it. Norway’s… 14/12/2011
Poles mark 30th anniversary of martial lawDemonstrations have been held across Poland to mark the 30th anniversary of martial law and the crackdown against the Solidarity trade union. It was imposed… 12/12/2011
