Happy New Year in the Eastern European Languages
The New Year is working its way west across Russia to all of the nations in East and East Central Europe. Celebrants waiting to ring in 2010 brave the cold in historic squares and observe local traditions. The countries of Eastern Europe bring forth different ways of wishing others a happy New Year, but the sentiment is the same:
- Gezuar Vitin e Ri (Albanian)
- З Новым годам (Belorussian)
- Sretna nova godina (Bosnian)
- Щастлива Нова Година (Bulgarian)
- Sretna Nova godina! (Croatian)
- ťastný Nový rok (Czech)
- Head uut aastat (Estonian)
- Boldog új évet (Hungarian)
- Laimīgo Jauno Gadu (Latvian)
- Laimingų Naujųjų Metų (Lithuanian)
- Srekjna Nova Godina (Macedonian)
- Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku (Polish)
- An Nou Fericit (Romanian)
- С Новым годом (Russian)
- Срећна Нова Година (Serbian)
- tastný nový rok (Slovak)
- Srečno novo leto (Slovenianian)
- З Новим Роком (Ukrainian)
Wishing you the best for the coming year!
Fireworks over Moscow photo faith: iStockphoto/Dontsov