Independence Day

Two people were hurt in a blast caused by an "unknown object" in central Kyiv on Aug. 24 as Ukraine celebrated Independence Day, officials said, suggesting it could be the work of hooligans.

The incident, which occurred as U.S. Defence Secretary Jim Mattis was visiting the country, occurred near the site of a military parade.

Parliament in Bosnia’s Serb-dominated Republika Srpska entity filed a motion to the state Constitutional court claiming the Independence Day holiday marked in the country’s other entity, the Bosniak-Croat Federation, is unconstitutional.

The Fourth of July has been recognized as Independence Day in the United States ever since the country’s Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. To mark the occasion, Americans celebrate with parades, fireworks, concerts and other festive activities.

Serbia can count on the United States as its partner and friend, Ambassador Michael Kirby has said at a reception hosted to mark his country's Independence Day.

BELGRADE - The Embassy of Israel in Belgrade held a reception on the occasion of its Independence Day, during which Ambassador Yossef Levy said that the Serbian and Jewish peoples are bound together by deep bonds, historical ties and fight for identity.

With its dignity battered by six years of "humiliation" at the hands of its international creditors, cash-strapped Greece is turning to folk music and patriotism to restore its injured national pride.
      

The presidential guard, better known as the kilt-wearing Evzones, were once again impressive in their appearance at the annual March 25 Independence Day parade through a rainy central Athens on Wednesday.
The voice-over is commentary, in Greek, obviously, by the presenter for the public broadcaster.

U.S. President Barack Obama sent a message of support to the Greek people in his proclamation on the occasion of Greece's Independence Day, celebrated every year on March 25. Read below the full proclamation, titled "Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy, 2014."

Greek Independence Day

President of Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Monday, March 23, will visit the city of Kalamata, the second largest city of the Peloponnese, to attend celebrations for the Independence Day.

The Greek President will attend the doxology at the Church of the Holy Apostles, officiated by Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Messinia.

Tunisia said two gunmen who killed 21 people at its national museum trained at a militant camp in Libya, as the country marked its Independence Day in sombre fashion on March 20.