Unlike most countries in the world that observe Mother’s Day every second Sunday of May, Paraguay’s Mother’s Day falls every 15th of May. It is the same day the country celebrates its full independence from Spain. The intention of the… Read More

The Lunar New Year, which is also known as the Spring Festival, is one of the popular celebrations in China and in other Asian nations. The festival falls sometime between the 21st of January and the 20th of February on… Read More

The then Prince Norodom Sihamoni became King of Cambodia on October 4, 2004, following the abdication of his father, Norodom Sihanouk. Sihamoni’s name comes from his parents’ names Sihanouk and Monineath. Born on May 14, 1953, in Phnom Penh, Sihamoni… Read More

The Hungarian pengo was Hungary’s official currency from January 1, 1927, until July 31, 1946. ItsiIntroduction is part of a stabilization program after World War I, the currency takes the place of the korona and subdivides into 100 filler. The… Read More

For the third time in the past 12-13 years, the government of Venezuela launched a new bolivar, slashing six zeros from its Bolivar Soberano currency. The name of this new bolivar is the “digital bolivar”. While the name is “digital”,… Read More