1 May 2016, New York – To mark Europe Day this year, on Tuesday, 10 May, New York City’s iconic landmark, the Empire State Building, will light up in blue and yellow, the European Union’s colors. Earlier in the month, on Friday, 6th May, a two week-long festival of new European cinema, Panorama Europe 2016, will kick-off with screenings at the Museum of Moving Image.
Empire State Building on 10 May
To celebrate Europe Day in New York City, the Empire State Building will light up in the EU’s flag colors for the eighth time. The image above shows what the renowned landmark will look like on that evening. For more information on the Empire State Building, please visit http://www.esbnyc.com.
The Empire State Building in EU colors will also mark the European Month of Culture.
Panorama Europe 2016
Panorama Europe 2016, a film festival of new European cinema, will be launch on Friday, 6 May and will last until Sunday, 22 May.
Panorama Europe 2016 is the seventh edition of this vital film festival (formerly known as ‘Disappearing Act’). The festival is presented by Museum of the Moving Image and the European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC), together with the Delegation of the European Union as one of the proud members, and it returns to the MoMI and the Bohemian National Hall with sixteen new features. Learn more at Panorama Europe.
About Europe Day
Europe Day – the anniversary of the Schuman Declaration–is an annual occasion to celebrate how in the EU we have overcome age old differences to shape a common future. On 9 May 1950, French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman called for unification of Europe to spread peace and prosperity globally. Robert Schuman presented his proposal on the creation of an organised Europe, indispensable to the maintenance of peaceful relations. This proposal, known as the “Schuman declaration,” is considered to be the founding document of what is now the European Union.
Today, the 9th of May has become a European symbol – Europe Day – which, along with the flag, the anthem, the motto and the single currency (the euro), identifies the political entity of the European Union. Europe Day is an occasion for activities and festivities that bring Europe closer to its citizens and peoples of the Union closer to one another.
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