Military parade

As the Turkish Republic turned 100 on Oct. 29, millions of Turkish citizens enthusiastically participated in various commemorative events spanning from meters-long flag marches to captivating displays and colorful events across every corner of the nation to mark a landmark anniversary.

On the occasion of Ochi Day, commemorating Greece's defiance to Italy's Benito Mussolini in 1940, Defense Minister Nikos Dendias said the country is ready, "with full awareness of its historical responsibility, to restate the 'no' to any attempt to challenge its national sovereignty and sovereign rights."

The parade will be held between 20-23 October

A shooting that left at least six people dead at an Independence Day parade in a Chicago suburb rattled Monday's celebrations across the U.S. and further rocked a country already awash in turmoil over high court rulings on abortion and guns as well as hearings on the Jan. 6 insurrection.

The annual show in Red Square commemorating the defeat of Nazi Germany has become so ritualized that one year’s parade is barely distinguishable from others

The evacuation of civilians from Mariupol continues.
The leaders of the group of seven most developed countries in the world promised at an online meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that they would further isolate Russia economically.

Russia will mark the 77th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War, in which the then Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) lost 27 million people, 14 million of whom were civilians, today with a traditional central military parade on Red Square, but in specific circumstances due to the long-lasting conflict in Ukraine of more than 70 days.

No other parades to take place

The Russian fleet in the annual Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg

The holiday was marked with precautionary measures due to the coronavirus.
About 5.000 members of all branches of the army took part in the parade as part of the Republic Day, and the parade was followed by the President of the state Emmanuel Macron, the state leadership of France and about 25.000 citizens.