Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs, Prime Minister Evika Siliņa, Seimas Speaker Daiga Mieriņa and Foreign Minister Krišjānis Kariņš have called on residents to express solidarity with the people of Ukraine and join in a minute of silence on Saturday, 24 February, at 09:00.
A minute of silence was observed in Lithuania during the celebration of Independence Day in connection with the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the Telegram channel Volna.Lithuania reported on Feb. 16.
Ukrainians are observing a minute of silence for fallen defenders on 1 October at 09:00 and thanking the Defence Forces and all those who defend the country from Russia. Source: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in his address on the occasion of the Day of Defenders of Ukraine Details: Before the minute of silence, the head of state released a video saying that all of Ukraine would stop for a minute at 09:00 on 1 October.
On 1 October, Ukraine will celebrate the Day of Defenders on the new date for the first time; on the morning of this day, a minute of silence will be held throughout the country to honour those who gave their lives for Ukraine.
Italy on Monday marked the fifth anniversary of the collapse of Genoa’s Morandi Bridge with a minute of silence and demands for justice for the 43 people who died in what authorities say was an example of greed-fueled negligence. Infrastructure Minister Matteo Salvini told relatives of victims, local residents and authorities at the Genoa commemoration that the people who plunged to their deaths weren’t victims of a flood or natural disaster. A huge section of the Morandi bridge broke off during a rainstorm on Aug. 14, 2018, when highways were packed on the eve of Italy’s biggest summer holiday, sending cars plunging into the dry riverbed below.