Members of the Romanian Academy, high-ranking officials of Romania, diplomats as well as people of culture are convening today at the Romanian Academy to celebrate the December 1, 1918 Greater Union and remember the country's participation in WWI.
The Academy says in a press statement that the solemn session opens with Romanian Academy Chairman Ionel-Valenti Vlad delivering the opening speech and a readout of a message from Romania's President Klaus Iohannis.
Also delivering speeches will be crown Princess Margareta and Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Christian Orthodox Church.
Talking about Romania's entry into World War I and the role the war played in the history of the unification of the Romanian provinces will be Chairman of the Romanian Academy's Department of Historic Sciences and Archaeology Dan Berindei; Petre Otu of the Institute for Political Studies of Military Defence and History; President of the 1 Decembrie 1918 University of Alba Iulia Daniel Breaz; Chairman of the ASTRA Sibiu Association Dumitru Acu, as well as Ioan Lacatusu of the Civic Forum of Covasna's Romanians.
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