Great Union Day

A rehearsal for the December 1 National Day parade, which will take place in a restricted format this year, was carried out on Monday at the Triumphal Arch in Bucharest, with the participation of the Mihai Viteazul 30th Guard Brigade.

Approximately 150 servicemen from the Ministry of National Defense (MApN) will participate, on Tuesday, December 1, starting with 11:00 hrs, in the official ceremony in restricted format, organized on the occasion of Romania's National Day in the Triumphal Arch Square in Bucharest.

President Klaus Iohannis stated on Saturday in Alba Iulia that we have the duty to show, through what we carry out, that we are "the capable successors of the Greater Union project."

Bucharest, Dec 1 /Agerpres/ - Approximately 4,000 servicemen and specialists of the Ministry of National Affairs (MApN), Ministry of Internal Affairs (MAI), Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI), Protection and Security Service (SPP) and the National Penitentiary Administration, along 200 military vehicles and 50 aircraft, with 500 foreign servicemen from allied or partner countries among them, w

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila said at a solemn meeting in Alba Iulia on Thursday that that is "probably the most exciting moment" of the incumbent government, adding that public policies will continue to be implemented in the service the country and to the benefit of the citizens.

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila and the members of her cabinet will be convening today in a solemn meeting to celebrate the National Day of Romania in the centennial year of the Greater Union of December 1, 1918, in Alba Iulia on Thursday.

The meeting will take place from 10:30hrs, EET, at the Alba Carolina Fortress, the Union Hall, according to the PM's schedule.

Rehearsals for the December 1 Greater Union centennial parade in Bucharest continued on Saturday at Arcul de Triumf, the Triumphal Arch, the venue for the parade, to correct some elements in the event's schedule.

More than 100,000 people are expected to gather at Alba Iulia - the flagship city of the Greater Union where the union of Transylvania and Romania was proclaimed 100 years ago - for the December 1 celebrations, city mayor Mircea Hava announced this week, as he presented the official program of the events to take place on Romania National Day.

The National Council of the Cultural Association Pro Bessarabia and Bucovina, the Committee for the Romanian communities abroad of the Deputies Chamber and the Ministry for Romanians Everywhere on Saturday organized, at the Parliament Palace, a festivity in celebration of the Centenary of the Great Union of the Romanians.

President Traian Basescu watched the big military parade in the capital, while elsewhere in the country, people attended events commemorating the Romanians who died during the First World War.

In recent years, city halls have been organising concerts to celebrate the day, turning this more into a popular celebration.