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april, 2020

17apralldayalldayEMBASSY OF THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLICNational Day: April 17th

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EMBASSY OF THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC

Национални дан: 17. април

Syria gained independence from France on April 17, 1946, after more than 20 years of French occupation. Syrians proclaimed independence in 1941, but French troops didn’t evacuate until five years later.

2. The national holiday is called Jalaa Day, which translates to Clearance Day or Evacuation Day, referring to the last French soldier to vacate Syrian soil. “No matter who rules it, from before the Greeks and Romans or Ottomans or the French, everyone eventually clears out,” a Damascus resident told NPR. “Hence, Clearance Day!”

3. Damascus is Syria’s capital and largest city. It was founded in 3,000 B.C. and is one of the oldest cities in the Middle East. The Ancient City of Damascus is listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. A popular nickname for Damascus is the “City of Jasmine.” Aleppo is the second-largest city in Syria.

4. After the Ottoman Empire’s defeat during World War I, the French were granted mandates over Syria and Lebanon in 1923 by the League of Nations. The Syrians were mostly hostile toward their French rulers and demonstrated in a number of uprisings, including the Great Syrian Revolt in 1925.

5. There are several flags in Syria, which vary slightly from each other. The national flag is the most common and has red, white and black horizontal stripes with two green stars in the middle. Syria’s ruling political party, the Ba’ath Party, has its own flag with black, white and green horizontal stripes and a red triangle. This flag is often seen on government buildings along with the national flag. There is also a flag representing Syria’s uprising against the French mandate and gaining independence. This was Syria’s national flag until 1958. It features green, white and black horizontal stripes with three red stars in the middle.

http://www.ibtimes.com/syria-independence-day-2015-facts-syrians-celebrate-freedom-foreign-rule-amid-civil-1883199

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22apralldayalldayRepublic of Serbia Public holidays – observanceHolocaust Remembrance Day, 22 April

27apralldayalldayROYAL NETHERLANDS EMBASSYNational Day: April 27th - King’s Day

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ROYAL NETHERLANDS EMBASSY

National Day: April 27th – King’s Day

Koningsdag (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkoːnɪŋsˌdɑx] ( listen)) or King’s Day is a national holiday in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Celebrated on 27 April (26 April if the 27th is a Sunday), the date marks the birth of King Willem-Alexander.^[1]

From 1949, birthday of Queen Juliana (accession to the Throne September 4th 1948) to 2013, the day was known as Koninginnedag (Dutch pronunciation: [koːnɪˈŋɪnəˌdɑx] ( listen)) or Queen’s Day celebrated April 30th. The holiday was first observed on 31 August 1885 as Prinsessedag or Princess’s Day, the fifth birthday of Princess Wilhelmina, heir to the Dutch throne. On her accession (September 6th 1898, having come of age August 31st), the holiday acquired the name Koninginnedag. When held on 30 August the holiday was the final day of school summer vacation, leading to its popularity among children. Following the accession of Wilhelmina’s daughter Juliana in 1948, the holiday was moved to Queen Juliana’s birthday on 30 April.

Juliana’s daughter, Beatrix, retained the celebration on 30 April after she ascended the throne in 1980, though her birthday was on 31 January.^[2] Beatrix altered her mother’s custom of receiving a floral parade at Soestdijk Palace, instead choosing to visit different Dutch towns each year and join in the festivities with her children. In 2009, the Queen was celebrating Queen’s Day in the city of Apeldoorn when a man attempted to attack her by trying to ram the Royal family’s bus with his car; instead he drove into a crowd of people and crashed into a monument: seven people in the crowd were killed, as was the driver.

Queen Beatrix abdicated on Koninginnedag 2013, and her son, Willem-Alexander, ascended the throne (the first king since the observance of the national holiday). As a result, the holiday became known as Koningsdag (“King’s Day”) from 2014 on, and the celebration was shifted three days back to 27 April, the king’s birthday.

Koningsdag is known for its nationwide vrijmarkt (“free market”), at which the Dutch sell their used items. It is also an opportunity for “orange madness” or oranjegekte, a kind of frenzy named for the national colour.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koningsdag

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