{"id":89013,"date":"2020-08-24T14:45:27","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T06:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=89013"},"modified":"2020-08-24T15:09:35","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T07:09:35","slug":"lighting-up-menara-kl-in-blue-yellow-ukraines-unique-way-to-celebrate-its-independence-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=89013","title":{"rendered":"Lighting up Menara KL in blue, yellow &#8211; Ukraine&#8217;s unique way to celebrate its Independence Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"732\" src=\"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ukraine-malaysia--1024x732.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89019\" srcset=\"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ukraine-malaysia--1024x732.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ukraine-malaysia--300x214.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ukraine-malaysia--768x549.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ukraine-malaysia-.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Photo courtesy of Ukraine Embassy, Kuala Lumpur.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 (NNN-BERNAMA) &#8212; The Kuala Lumpur Tower (Menara KL) will be lit up in blue and yellow\u00a0\u2013\u00a0the colours of Ukraine&#8217;s national flag\u00a0 \u2013 on Monday in\u00a0celebration of Ukraine&#8217;s 29th\u00a0Independence Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ukrainian Embassy in Malaysia, in a statement to Bernama, said the event is part of the programme, including online programmes, planned worldwide to mark the occasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBecause of the COVID-19, we cannot hold our usual celebrations involving mass gatherings. That is why we wanted to find a new, creative way to mark this day. We are going to launch a lot of online events and invite all the people around the world to join us \u2013 it continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are very grateful to the management of Menara KL for helping us to mark our Independence Day in such a unique way,\u201d the statement said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Sunday night, Menara KL was also lit in&nbsp;blue and yellow to mark Ukraine&#8217;s National Flag Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ukraine gained independence from&nbsp;Soviet rule on Aug 24, 1991.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; NNN-BERNAMA\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 (NNN-BERNAMA) &#8212; The Kuala Lumpur Tower (Menara KL) will be lit up in blue and yellow\u00a0\u2013\u00a0the colours of Ukraine&#8217;s national flag\u00a0 \u2013 on Monday in\u00a0celebration of Ukraine&#8217;s 29th\u00a0Independence Day. The Ukrainian Embassy in Malaysia, in a statement to Bernama, said the event is part of the programme, including online programmes, planned [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":89019,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[288,318],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89013"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/89019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}