77 years after the day in which Italy was liberated from Nazi-fascism and began the journey towards the Republic, the Anpi - National Partisan Association of Italy - also organizes a series of initiatives in Sardinia to celebrate, today 25 April, the day of the Liberation.

The highlight is the procession scheduled in Cagliari in the presence of the Prefect and other civil and military authorities and associations of former combatants and weapons. The departure at 10 from Piazza Garibaldi, then the stop at the war memorial in Via Sonnino and then the arrival in Piazza del Carmine where there will be interventions from the stage and the songs of the Anpi .

In Sassari , at 10, in the courtyard of Palazzo Ducale, the National Anthem opened the ceremony with the interventions of the prefect of Sassari , Paola Dessì , of the president of the Sassari section of the national association of Partisans of Italy, Thomas Arras , and by the mayor Nanni Campus . Then the deposition of laurel wreaths, in honor of the fallen, on the plaque dedicated to April 25th. The municipal administration wanted the Ukrainian flag to wave alongside the flag this year, as a sign of solidarity with the Ukrainian people and their resistance. The blue and yellow drape was displayed on the central balcony of the Doge's Palace and inside, in the spaces dedicated to the ceremony.

The Municipality and the Prefecture of Oristano also lay a wreath in front of the war memorial in Piazza Mariano, at 8.30, while in Nuoro the appointment is at 9.45 at the Military Memorial of the cemetery for the greetings of the mayor and the prefect and laying of the laurel wreath of the municipal administration. At 10.45, then, in the council chamber, a conversation on the theme "With the foreign foot above the heart - The Nuoro Fallen in the War of Liberation: deportees, internees, partisans" by Istasac, Institute for the history of anti-fascism and of the contemporary age in central Sardinia.

Celebrations also in Alghero with the Anpi and Legacoop that link the demonstration for the Liberation Day with the protest for the management methods of a former small barracks in Punta del Giglio , where a walk from the park entrance will be held at 2.30 pm.

At 6.30 pm conference on "Partigian Algheres" and, at 8.30 pm, social dinner and DJ set in Piazza Pino Piras.

The Region is also organizing this year at the Maddalena , in Piazza Don Riva in Moneta, at 10.30, the ceremony with the laying of a wreath by the councilor for Culture Andrea Biancareddu in front of the monument in memory of the brave who between 9 and 13 September 1943 they fell fighting against the Germans who intended to occupy the batteries of the island's stronghold.

IN ITALY - As every year in Rome , the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella , will lay a laurel wreath on the tomb of the unknown soldier at 9 and the tricolor arrows will fly over the capital. There will also be initiatives throughout Italy by the Anpi. Massive presences are expected in many cities, but there is the shadow of the war in Ukraine to divide the minds. In Milan there will be the traditional national demonstration of the Anpi and the president Gianfranco Pagliarulo - accused of pro-Russian positions and critical of the sending of weapons to Kiev - reiterated the "condemnation without ifs and buts of the invasion by the Putin's army and the recognition of legitimate Ukrainian resistance ". In Rome, however, the partisan associations that do not adhere to the Anpi will make their own alternative initiative with the slogan: "Celebrating the Liberation is siding with the resistance of Kiev". Law enforcement officers alerted throughout the territory to avoid the triggering of provocations and unrest.

(Unioneonline / vl)

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