From the middle of 1944 to the beginning of 1945, the people of this area participated in the mass rescue of Allied pilots whose planes were shot down by German troops stationed in western Serbia and eastern Bosnia.

At the invitation of the Yugoslav Army in the Homeland, the people of Zlatibor rescued the downed pilots, took care of them and safely took them to the improvised airport in Pranjani near Čačak, from where they flew by American planes to the allied bases in liberated Italy.

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This information board was solemnly unveiled by the President of the Municipality of Cajetina Milan Stamatovic and the President of the Operation Halliard Association, retired Lieutenant Colonel of Aviation John Capello, and then a ceremonial academy was held in the hall of the Cultural Center. .

– The municipality of Cajetina joined the celebration of the 77th anniversary of the rescue of Allied airmen in the Second World War, when the Serbian people and soldiers and officers of the Yugoslav Army in the Homeland in 1944 and 1945 accepted and evacuated more than 550 downed Allied airmen. I am honored to attend an event that reveals a truth that has been hidden from the Serbian people for many years, an action in which our ancestors showed how to preserve honor, dignity, and how to respect the customs of war.

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Those people who rescued the pilots risked their lives and the lives of their families, but they knew how to defend the honor and reputation of their people. It was not written in historical textbooks, but it was passed from generation to generation – said the president of the municipality of Cajetina, Milan Stamatović.

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The descendants of the rescuers of the allied airmen were also thanked by John Capello, president of the Halliard Foundation, which is especially well-formed so that these events would not be forgotten, and so that people in Serbia and around the world would learn about these heroes.

– On behalf of the families of the rescued airmen, we are here today to thank the descendants of the brave citizens of Zlatibor who participated in that humanitarian action. The mission of the Halliard Foundation is to tell the complete story of rescuing Allied pilots. There is no greater part than one person sacrificing for another – said Capello.

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The first quantities of gas will flow through the new route tomorrow at 6 am, and Hungary will take over 3.5 billion cubic meters of gas a year through the Balkan Stream, ie Serbia, with a new contract with “Gazprom”.

Peter Sijarto thanked Serbia for finishing the work on time and providing an additional safe route for supplying Hungary with gas.

Minister Vulin assessed that this is an important day for Hungary and Serbia.

“Thanks to the opportunity to open this part of the Balkan gas pipeline together, we can say that today the energy independence of our enamels has been raised to a higher level,” said Vulin.

He pointed out that this was possible thanks to the independent policy of the leaders of Serbia and Hungary.

How did the international anti-drug operation take place in 3 countries where 55 people were arrested, including Albanians.

One of the persons who ended up in handcuffs was tracked early in the morning in Macerata, who has been sent to prison in Ancona. The drugs left Albania for Rome and then shipped throughout Europe, transported by courier on trains and buses.

An Albanian was arrested in Macerata who had recently been relocated from Rome. The man identified as PG, 27, is now in jail. He was part of an organization that imported medicines from Vlora.

Since the morning, the police had started simultaneously axing in some of the provinces of Rome, Brescia, Modena, Macerata, Genoa (Rapallo), Parma, Reggio Calabria (Cittanova) and in Germany (the city of Kothen) and in Albania (Vlora) the orders were executed. issued by the magistrate of the court of Rome at the request of Antifamias, who ordered the imprisonment of 55 persons. There are 52 men and 3 women, 27 Albanian citizens, 23 Nigerians, 4 Italians and 1 Gambian.

The first group, composed only of Albanians, imported large quantities of marijuana directly from Vlora and then collaborated with the Nigerians in Italy to distribute it in various European countries and of course in the Italian regions.

The second group consisted of three people from Nigeria, while the third organization consisted of eight people, also Nigerians, who received and bought quantities of marijuana from Albania which they then transported and traded throughout the national and European territory, having two logistics base in Rome through Melicucco and through Villafranca Tirreno.

In some cases, some of the suspects turned out to belong to 2 of the 3 associations under investigation at the same time.

The investigative activity started in April 2018 until April 2019, where during this period 83 subjects were arrested and a total of 481 kilograms of “marijuana” and 10 kg of hashish were seized and about 70 thousand euros were seized. The narcotics would have given them a profit of 2.5 million euros if sold on the street.

The marijuana landed on the shores of Apulia and then transported to the Italian capital in vacuum bags and wrapped in multiple layers of cellophane and duct tape, often having a different color to distinguish packages based on quantity, usually never less se 1 kilogram. /shekulli.al