Artists and diplomats declared a new century of peace and unity in Europe on June 28 in the city where the first two shots of World War I were fired exactly 100 years ago.
On June 28, 1914, the Austro-Hungarian crown prince Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo. The shots fired by Serb teenager Gavrilo Princip sparked the Great War, which was followed decades later by a second world conflict. Together the two wars cost some 80 million European lives. (AP)
6月28日、第1次世界大戦勃発のきっかけとなったサラエボ事件から100年を迎えた。
The Japan Times ST: July 11, 2014