Tax Freedom Day 2012 arrived on April 17 this year, according to the Tax Foundation.
Press Freedom Day spawns countless events -- vigils, rallies and debates --in countries around the world.
The occasion marked World Press Freedom Day, which is celebrated internationally on May 3rd every year.
All of which makes me a fully paid up supporter of Lemonade Freedom Day.
So did its joy of hosting next year's World Press Freedom Day this week.
May 3rd has been officially designated by the United Nations General Assembly as World Press Freedom Day.
World Press Freedom Day was established in 1991 and has since been celebrated every year on 3 May.
For World Press Freedom Day celebrations around the world were publicized through a crowdsourcing tool incorporating interactive mapping.
The award ceremony, which opened celebrations for World Press Freedom Day, was hosted by the President of Tunisia, Dr Moncef Marzouki.
The value of the prize is determined by the Director-General of UNESCO together with the donors, awarded on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day.
Freedom of Information: The Right to Know, was the theme of the 2010 celebration of World Press Freedom Day, held in Brisbane, Australia.
Each year the UK World Press Freedom Day Student Journalism Competition is co-hosted by the UK National Commission for UNESCO and the Press Freedom Network.
In 1900, the official Tax Freedom Day (the day individual citizens have worked long enough to pay their share of the taxes) was January 22.
World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2013.
Tax Freedom Day would come 27 days later, on May 14 instead of April 17, if the federal government raised taxes enough to close the budget deficit.
World Press Freedom Day's annual conference is held in a different location each year and this year the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia holds the honour.
World Press Freedom Day 2012 is celebrated in Mongolia with a one month long discussion on media freedom and a round table meeting organized on 3 May.
Since then, the World Press Freedom Day has been celebrated every year on 3 May, and the relevance of these ideas is underlined by democratic events during 2011.
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, making it particularly fitting that we recall its 19th Article on this Wold Press Freedom Day.
On 3 May 2012, date of the World Press Freedom Day, a round-table will be held with media stakeholders and civil society representatives, including summarizing of the online discussion.
Tunisia adopted a Decree-Law on freedom of information in 2011, and published the circular regulating its implementation on 3 May 2012, on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day.
On World Freedom Day, we rededicate ourselves to supporting democracy and the rule of law, to strengthening civil society, and to promoting the free exchange of information around the world.
World Press Freedom Day was established by the General Assembly of the United Nations in December, 1993, as an outgrowth of the Seminar on Promoting an Independent and Pluralistic African Press.
It was adopted by the international body as a way of highlighting the issue of journalist murders and will be observed during World Press Freedom Day Conference in Brisbane on May 3.
UNESCO: World Press Freedom Day 2010: A minute's silence for murdered journalists
It also invites the UNESCO General Conference to propose that a one-minute silence be observed in newsrooms worldwide on World Press Freedom Day (3 May) to honour the journalists killed each year.
Friday marks World Press Freedom Day, and this year the is emphasis is on securing freedom of expression in all media, including a free and open internet -- something Seifi can identify with.
This year, UNESCO will celebrate World Press Freedom Day with an international conference of media professionals entitled Freedom of Information: the Right to Know, in Brisbane (Australia) on 2 and 3 May.
While Tax Freedom Day falls on April 9 this year, the Tax Foundation also does an alternative calculation, reflecting where it would be if we paid enough taxes to cover government spending in the current year.
With over 20 killed in the line of duty so far this year she added, 2012 was shaping up as the most deadly year for media since the creation of World Press Freedom Day in 1997.
At the international level, UNESCO will celebrate World Press Freedom Day in Tunisia this year, with a three-day programme of events focused on the role of the media as a catalyst for social and political change.
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