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Europe Day, 69 years from Schuman Declaration

TIRANA, May 9/ATA/-Prime Minister Edi Rama marked today the Europe Day.

The prime minister posted on the social media an extract from the “Anthem of Europe”.

It is based on “Ode to Joy” from the final movement of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony composed in 1823, and is played on official occasions by both organizations, the Council of Europe and the EU.

The European Union started to celebrate Europe Day in commemoration of the 1950 Schuman Declaration, leading it to be referred to by some as “Schuman Day”./m.m/p.s./

 

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