No Comment 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
World News 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
Europe News 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
Europe News 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
No Comment 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
No Comment 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
No Comment 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
No Comment 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
No Comment 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
No Comment 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
No Comment 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
No Comment 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
No Comment 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
United Kingdom Northern Ireland marks 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday massacre Hundreds made their way to the Bloody Sunday Monument for the annual memorial service and wreath-laying ceremony, carrying pictures of the victims and flowers in their memory. 30/01/2022
China Hong Kong university removes Tiananmen massacre statue Over 100 pro-democracy activists have been arrested since Beijing implemented the national security law in Hong Kong. 23/12/2021
France Nice pays tribute to victims one year after church terror attack The incident prompted the French government to raise its national security alert to the maximum level. 29/10/2021