Government Plans – Page 10 – First World War Centenary News Archive

January 26, 2014 CN Editorial Team

UK announces ‘Last Post’ mass participation music project for Centenary

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.

January 31, 2014 CN Editorial Team

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.

February 4, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Queensland 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.

February 7, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Australia’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.

March 3, 2014 CN Editorial Team

German 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.

March 5, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘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.

March 8, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Ice 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.

March 9, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Archive 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.

March 10, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Italian 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.

March 12, 2014 CN Editorial Team

European 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.