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Romania's National Day

Romania’s National Day was celebrated on December 1st by the Romanians in the country and abroad.

Romania's National Day
Photo: Cătălin Purcaru.

Articol de Radio România Internaţional, 02 Decembrie 2013, 09:53

Romania’s National Day was celebrated on December 1st by the Romanians in the country and abroad as well as in the theaters of operations where Romanian soldiers are taking part in international missions.

In Bucharest more than 2000 Romanian soldiers and for the first time soldiers from the US, France, Poland and Turkey participated in the traditional military parade. T

he parade, one of the most spectacular of the past 25 years, was attended for the first time by a special guest, the president of the neighboring Republic of Moldova who joined the Romanian President and PM.

Romania’s National Day was also celebrated by the Romanian diplomatic missions abroad through concerts, exhibitions, theater plays, film, screenings and reception parties.

On the other hand, the central Romanian city of Alba Iulia hosted these days the 17th Congress of Romanian Spirituality.

The congress is being attended by delegates from 23 countries. The topic of this year’s meeting is “the state of Romanians 95 years since the Great Union of 1918”.

The union of all Romanian principalities in one nation, unitary state took place on December 1st in Alba Iulia.

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