Significant Dates: Ceremonial Program on April 6th at the City Hall

On the occasion of marking April 6th, Sarajevo City Day, the City Day Commemoration Program has been presented, and this year it is also significant for the 70th anniversary of Sarajevo's liberation from the shackles of World War II, writes the BH News Agency Patria.

For the first time, a ceremonial session will be held on this day in the renovated City Hall.

The Mayor of Sarajevo, Ivo Komšić, stated that April 6th is one of the most significant dates in the modern history of the city of Sarajevo, and thus of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He spoke about the significance of this date, which marked our past and determined our future, in the context of the events of April 6, 1941, April 6, 1945, and April 6, 1992.

This year again, a program of sports and cultural events has been prepared under the auspices of the City of Sarajevo, emphasized Mayor Komšić. The program will start on April 3rd and last until April 11th. Events intended for children and youth, as well as various international sports and cultural events, will be held.

- In addition, this year it is very significant for us that numerous guests from friendly and sister cities will mark City Day with us. Our invitation has been accepted by mayors of the cities of: Ljubljana (Slovenia), Bad Ischl (Austria), Gödöllő (Hungary), Novi Pazar (Serbia), deputy mayors of the City of Podgorica, deputy mayor of the City of Pula, special senior advisor to the mayor of the City of Zagreb, and a representative of the Bosniak National Community of the City of Dubrovnik - Komšić stated.

Also, guests include recipients of the "Honorary Citizen of the City of Sarajevo" award, Florence Hartmann, a French journalist and writer, and Manel Vila, promoter of the "District 11 city to city" Foundation and employee of the City Administration of Barcelona. With Vila, around 90 distinguished citizens from Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and other cities from Catalonia, who in the past 20 years have directly and indirectly participated in helping the citizens of Sarajevo during its siege from 1992-1995 and its reconstruction from 1996 to the present day, will come to Sarajevo.

In the City Hall, on April 6th at 7 PM, the ceremonial session of the City Council will begin, where the April 6th Awards will also be presented.