- Hungarian-Polish Friendship Day
Hungary and Poland have enjoyed a special relationship stretching back hundreds of years. It dates back to the Middle Ages and continues in common ideals, mutual affection and memory. Such a friendship is a unparalleled phenomenon in any other two nations. On 12 March 2007, the parliament of Hungary declared 23 March "Hungarian-Polish Friendship Day". Four days later, the Polish parliament declared 23 March "Polish-Hungarian Friendship Day".
- The Candle Manifestation
type: anniversary location: Slovakia
The Candle Manifestation (or Bratislava Good Friday) was a peaceful display of citizens demonstrating for religious freedom and civic rights in socialist Czechoslovakia that took place at Hviezdoslav Square in Bratislava on March 25, 1988. Security forces brutally attacked peacefully manifesting citizens and they were dispersed. It was one of the most significant protests of citizens and churchgoers against the Communist regime in former Czechoslovakia.