DECEMBER
CELEBRATIONS
WORLD AIDS DAY
World AIDS Day takes place on 1 December each year. Globally, there is an estimated 38 million people who have
the virus. World aids day is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, to show support for
people living with HIV, and to commemorate those who have died from an AIDS-related illness. Founded in 1988,
World AIDS Day was the first ever global health day.
In the last year, the world's attention has been focused by the COVID-19 pandemic on health and how pandemics
affect lives and livelihoods. COVID-19 is showing once again how health is interlinked with other critical issues, such
as reducing inequality, human rights, gender equality, social protection, and economic growth. With this in mind, this
year the theme of World AIDS Day is "Global solidarity, shared responsibility."
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GREAT UNION DAY
(ROMANIA)
In Romanian, it is known as "Ziua Marii Uniri" and may also be known as Unification Day or 1918 Union Day. It is the
National day of Romania and celebrates the Union of Transylvania with Romania in 1918. Great Union Day is marked
by a large military parade in the capital, Bucharest. Speeches will be made in Bucharest and Alba Iulia, where the
declaration of the union was first read out. Elsewhere, local events will remember the Romanians who lost their lives
in World War I.
To commemorate the centenary of Great Union Day, 4807 people gathered to recreate the silhouette of Romania in
Alba Iulia on September 29th, 2018, making it the largest human image of a country/ continent ever as ratified by
Guinness World Records.
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On the Great Union Day we celebrate a
historical moment that brought us closer and
made us stronger as a nation."
- PETRUT ICONARU, SALES ASSOCIATE,
MICHAEL KORS, BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
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