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European royals and officials will mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo with a call for reconciliation at the site where Napoleon Bonaparte's imperial ambitions ended in carnage.

• 18 июня 2015, 14:17

Today Kazakhstan’s Baikonur celebrates its 60th anniversary.

• 04 июня 2015, 12:55

Ukrainians marked 29 years since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, placing wreaths and candles near the plant where work to lay a new seal over the reactor site has been delayed.

• 27 апреля 2015, 13:15

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Saturday hailed the sacrifice of the thousands of soldiers from Australia and New Zealand killed in the Battle of Gallipoli.

• 25 апреля 2015, 11:09

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said he may not issue a direct apology for Japan's past aggression in an upcoming statement marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.

• 21 апреля 2015, 15:18

Pope Francis will mark the 100th anniversary of the mass killings of Armenians with a special ceremony.

• 11 апреля 2015, 13:42

The beginning of May in Kazakhstan has always been rich with holidays. This year, Kazakhstanis will enjoy 3 days off in May.

• 07 апреля 2015, 08:57

As Japan prepares to mark the 20th anniversary of a fatal nerve gas attack on Tokyo's subway, experts say the horrifying case still leaves more questions than answers.

• 19 марта 2015, 13:53

Thousands of Ukrainians gathered for an emotional ceremony on Kiev's Independence Square to mark one year since scores of demonstrators were gunned down.

• 21 февраля 2015, 10:52

President Vladimir Putin slammed what he called attempts to rewrite history and lauded the Red Army at a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

• 28 января 2015, 13:39

US President Barack Obama marked the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz with a warning that the world needs to combat resurgent anti-Semitism.

• 28 января 2015, 10:10

Japan marked the 20th anniversary of the Kobe earthquake that killed more than 6,400 people.

• 17 января 2015, 15:05

Tearful memorials were being held across tsunami-hit nations for the 220,000 people who perished when giant waves decimated coastal areas of the Indian Ocean a decade ago.

• 26 декабря 2014, 15:47

A deeply scarred US town lowered flags to half mast and urged quiet reflection on the two-year anniversary of a school massacre.

• 15 декабря 2014, 15:53

President Xi Jinping said that no one can deny the Nanjing Massacre, as China for the first time held a national day of remembrance for the Japanese military rampage.

• 13 декабря 2014, 15:02

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts broke ground on a major expansion to be completed in time for the 100th anniversary.

• 05 декабря 2014, 14:29

Thousands of illuminated balloons sailed into the night sky Sunday from the former route of the Berlin Wall.

• 10 ноября 2014, 17:04

Some 3,000 Russian Communist Party supporters took to the streets of Moscow to mark the 97th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution.

• 08 ноября 2014, 11:56

Germany kicks off celebrations Friday marking the 25th anniversary of the epochal fall of the Berlin Wall.

• 07 ноября 2014, 13:28

Rhett Butler may not give a damn, but fans of "Gone with the Wind" are more than happy to see the 1939 classic return to cinemas for its 75th anniversary.

• 27 сентября 2014, 10:51