The countries of Eastern Europe cover a large geographic area. This map shows Eastern Europe. Below the map you will find labels for specific regions.
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Friday, May 25, 2012
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Teacher's Day
Kuala Lumpur: Google has come up with its doodle today May 16, 2012 in Malaysia with a theme Happy Teacher’s Day.
However, the Teachers Day is celebrated
across the world on October 5 every year but today the day is being
celebrated in Malaysia.
This
date was chosen because on the same day in 1956, the Federal
Legislative Council of the Federation of Malaya endorsed the Razak
Report, one of four reports of the Education Committee regarding
education in Malaysia.
The document, known as the Razak Report
after Tun Abdul Razak who was Education Minister at the time, has been
the basis of education in Malaysia ever since. Although it is not an
official school holiday, celebrations are usually held on May 16, or
earlier, if it falls on a Saturday or Sunday.
UNESCO has recognised the day by
adopting the “Recommendation concerning the status of teachers” and
World Teachers’ Day has been celebrated annually on October 5.
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Mother's Day
Mother's Day was brought about because of one woman's determination to
honor her Mother back in 1907. Anna M. Jarvis asked the preacher to
speak in her mother's memory at a church service in West Virginia in May
of 1907. At this service, Anna gave 500 white carnations to the
attendants. Then, the following year the church bell rang 72 times
representing each year of the life of her mother. Anna's mother had
organized Mother's Work Clubs in West Virginia towns before the civil
war started, and she also organized a Mother's Friendship Day to help
with the healing of the past war scars and bad feelings brought on by
this terrible war. So, Anna started a campaign to create a formal
holiday by writing letters and lobbying congressmen. And West Virginia
became the first state to have an official Mother's Day in 1910. Four
years later, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed Mother's Day a national
holiday in 1914. The actual day was set for the 2nd Sunday in May.
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