
- Written by: UPF-Albania
Durrës, Albania—Approximately 200 people attended a “Family Festival and Cosmic Blessing Ceremony” in the Albanian port city of Durrës.

- Written by: UPF-Albania
Shkodra, Albania—Approximately 150 people participated in the first “Peace Road” event to take place in the northwestern Albanian city of Shkodra

- Written by: Jean-François Moulinet, president of FFWPU-France
Paris, France—A new series of interreligious forums started with the topic “The Reality of Life after Death and Contemporary Society.”

- Written by: UPF-Albania
Tirana, Albania—More than 160 participants, including many prominent Albanians, attended a celebration of the UN International Day of Families in the UNESCO Hall of the National Historical Museum.

- Written by: UPF-Albania
Korça, Albania—About 120 guests attended a UPF conference held in honor of UN International Day of Families with the theme “The Importance of Family Values in an Era of Global Crisis.”

- Written by: Elisabeth Cook, UPF-Austria
Vienna, Austria—“Walls or Bridges? Populism, Integration and the Future of Europe” was the title of a panel discussion organized by the Youth Committee of UPF-Austria.

- Written by: Hubert Arnoldi, secretary general, UPF-Stuttgart Chapter: Germany
Stuttgart, Germany—The 2017 UN International Day of Families was celebrated by conducting an Interfaith Peace Blessing ceremony.