The UK’s Communities Secretary has announced that a mass participation music project for 300 communities will take place in every year of the Centenary.
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Applications for 2015 Anzac Day Gallipoli ticket ballot close
Applications to take part in a ballot for tickets to attend Gallipoli for the Anzac Centenary in 2015 have closed.
Continue readingQueensland Government launches official commemorative programme for Centenary
The Australian state of Queensland has launched its five year commemorative programme to mark the Centenary of the First World War.
Continue readingAustralia’s First World War naval campaign to be marked with major museum project
Australia is to pay tribute to the role of its navy, with a new building at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney promising visitors a “dynamic and interactive” experience.
Continue readingGerman MP calls lack of plans to mark the First World War Centenary a “scandal”
Sevim Dadelen, MP for the German political party Die Linke – ‘The Left’ – has criticised Germany for a lack of plans to commemorate the Centenary of the First World War.
Continue reading‘India and the Great War’ Centenary commemoration project & conference
The United Services Institution, Centre for Armed Forces Historical Research, will hold a conference with the Indian Ministry of External Affairs to highlight India's contribution during the First World War.
Continue readingIce sculpture at Canada’s Winterlude commemorates First World War Centenary
An ice sculpture of a First World War Canadian “troop train” was unveiled at the annual Winterlude ice sculpture illumination ceremony in Ottawa this February.
Continue readingArchive of Serbia opens new exhibition to mark First World War Centenary
The Archive of Serbia – the country’s national archive – has opened a new exhibition to mark the Centenary of the First World War.
Continue readingItalian regional president calls for commemoration of Austro-Hungarian soldiers
The President of the Italian Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, Deborah Serrachiani, has called for soldiers who fought for Austria-Hungary – who came from what is now Italian territory – to be commemorated.
Continue readingEuropean leaders to mark First World War Centenary with summit in Ypres
European Union leaders will open their June summit in the Belgian city of Ypres to commemorate the Centenary of the the start of the First World War.
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