On Europe Day, landmarks throughout Georgia have been illuminated with EU colors, including in Akhaltsikhe, Batumi, Gori, Kutaisi, Mestia, Mtskheta, Oni, Ozurgeti, Rustavi, Telavi, Tbilisi, and Zugdidi, EU Delegation to Georgia reported.
On 9th May the European Union and its member states mark Europe Day, which celebrates peace and unity in Europe.
The date commemorates the historic 1950 Schuman Declaration, in which Robert Schuman, the then French foreign minister, set out his idea for a new form of political cooperation in Europe, which would make war between Europe’s nations unthinkable.