World Holidays - Lithuania Celebrates Independence Day

On February 16, Lithuania celebrates Independence Day. She has the Baltic Sea on her West Coast with a land mass of 65,200 sq. km. and a population of a little over 3.2 million. Her people are mostly of Lithuanian, Poles and Russian origins with about 79% are Roman Catholics.

Baltic tribes that were made up of a distinct Indo-European ethnic group, established themselves on what is now known as

World Holidays - Republic of Serbia Celebrates National Day

The Republic of Serbia, or simply known as Serbia; celebrates her National Day on 15 February 2012. Serbia is surrounded by Hungary to the north; Romania and Bulgaria to the east; Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro to the west; and Kosovo and Macedonia to the south. She has no sea front with a land mass of 77,474 km sq and population of a little over 7.3 millions people of Serbian, Hungarian, Bosniak and Romany origins.

Serbia becomes a Republic through an October 28-29 2006 referendum but 15

World Holidays - Grenada Celebrates Independence Day

Grenada gained independence from British rule on 7^th February 1974 under the leadership of Sir Eric Matthew Gairy who served as the first Prime Minister. Grenada is part of the Commonwealth Realm and has Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state. Grenada, also known as the Island of Spice, is one of the world’s largest exporters of nutmeg and mace crops with a population of about 110,000.

On October 25 1983, President Ronald

World Holidays - Waitangi Day Celebrated in New Zealand, Niue & Tokelau

On 6^th February 1840, The Treaty of Waitangi was signed in James Busby’s house at Waitangi in the Bay of Islands making New Zealand a part of the British Empire, guaranteed Maori people rights to their land and also the rights of British subjects.

Prior to 1934, celebration of New Zealand’s founding as a colony was on January 29, the date on which William Hobson arrived in the Bay of Islands. The New Zealand Day Act

World Holidays - Sri Lanka’s Independence Day

Today, 4th February, 2012, Sri Lanka is 64 years old as an independent nation. She gained independence from British Rule on 4th February 1948 and was known as Ceylon until 1972. Officially known as the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka since 1972, Sri Lanka is a country located off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent in South Asia.
The Singhalese community forms the majority of the