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Friday 8 May 2015 is the anniversary of VE Day (Victory in Europe Day), marking 70 years since the end of the second world war in Europe.
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Commemorations will be held to mark the 70th Anniversary of the Victory over Japan Day on Saturday 15 August 2015 in Central London.
The UK has joined France, Germany and Italy in condemning Russia’s ongoing activities in the occupied breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
The governments of Canada, Japan, Norway, Türkiye and the United Kingdom issued a joint statement on the anniversary of the Algiers Agreement.
2023 will mark the 25th anniversary of the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement
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