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===Romania=== [[File:Bucharest – The Veterans’ Day.jpg|thumb|Romanian Veterans' Day on 11 November 2019]] Since 2007, the War Veterans Day is commemorated on 29 April in Romania. The date was chosen as 29 April 1902 was the date when [[Carol I of Romania|King Carol I]] established the title of "war veteran" for soldiers that fought in the [[Romanian War of Independence|War of Independence]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.agerpres.ro/documentare/2022/04/29/29-aprilie-ziua-veteranilor-de-razboi--908935|title=29 aprilie - Ziua veteranilor de război|language=ro|work=[[Agerpres]]|date=2022-04-29|access-date=6 December 2023|archive-date=27 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527050522/https://www.agerpres.ro/documentare/2022/04/29/29-aprilie-ziua-veteranilor-de-razboi--908935|url-status=dead}}</ref> Since 2014, Romania also commemorates Veterans' Day on 11 November, known as the Combat Theatre Veterans Day, marking both the armistice of [[Compiègne]] and the end of World War I, as well as the day when the first Romanian soldier was killed during the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|war in Afghanistan]] – 11 November 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.defense.ro/11-noiembrie-ziua-veteranilor-din-teatrele-de-operatii|title=11 noiembrie - Ziua Veteranilor din Teatrele de Operații|language=ro|work=defense.ro|date=2023-11-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.agerpres.ro/documentare/2023/11/11/11-noiembrie-ziua-veteranilor--1201195|title=11 noiembrie - Ziua Veteranilor|language=ro|work=Agerpres|date=2023-11-11}}{{Dead link|date=November 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Since 2015, the [[Paeonia peregrina|Romanian peony]] is worn on both occasions similarly to the remembrance poppy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rri.ro/en_gb/the_romanian_peony-2662607|title=The Romanian peony|work=[[Radio Romania International]]|author=Ana-Maria Cononovici|date=2022-08-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809110849/https://www.rri.ro/en_gb/the_romanian_peony-2662607|archive-date=9 August 2022}}</ref>
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