We cannot experience the city we grew up with without the involvement of the most subtle emotions, and in the past 20 months, my colleagues and I have invested the best part of ourselves in the improvement of Podgorica.
This was said by the mayor of the capital, Olivera Injac, during the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Podgorica.
"Not only because of the feeling of intimacy with the capital, but also because of the trust shown by the citizens, in the past 20 months my colleagues and I have invested the best part of ourselves in the improvement and progress of Podgorica and achieved results that we are proud of," said Injac.
According to her, Podgorica has been the target of attacks and cataclysms countless times, but despite that, she has found, as she claims, the strength to start a new beginning.
"And that is the greatest wealth of our city today. This stratification is read and preserved in the most diverse local customs, rich traditions... The modernity of this city rests on its natural wealth...", she said.
She said that Montenegro and Podgorica, today, uncompromisingly choose the side of progress.
"Both at the state and local level, Podgorica is a city that is managed towards a safer, fairer and richer future. A more developed and European Montenegro implies an organized and functional capital city. European in terms of comfort and leisure. This was and remains a very clear premise with with which my team and I got into a job that we knew we wouldn't finish," Injac said.
She is particularly proud of the completed projects that will make everyday life easier for the citizens and visitors of Podgorica.
"We have tried to improve the relationship between the city administration and the citizens. We perceive affirmation and activities within the framework of culture, art and sports as one of our primary missions. Ceremonies, especially of this kind, with a focus on libertarian enthusiasm, do not deserve to frame political messages in it. "I would like to emphasize that this is the first structure of the capital that had two women in leading positions," Injac said.
The capital city, he notes, must get out of the "dangerous zone of development vegetation".
"I am fully convinced that the indisputable monumental past of the capital and the explicitly Euro-optimistic expectations of our fellow citizens imperatively oblige all creators of future policies at the local and state level to responsibility and conscientiousness," Injac said.
Radonjić: Architectural heritage has been exposed to decay and destruction for decades
On December 19, the award was presented to Velizar Radonjić and Slobodanka Seka Martinović.
Radonjić said that the award is a great recognition, all the more so because it is named after the day Podgorica was liberated.
"The award is both a great burden and an obligation. I came to Titograd almost 60 years ago. I grew up and grew up with this city and its builders... The award obliges me to continue reminding of the architectural heritage. It obliges me to remind that the architectural heritage common," he said, adding that the architectural heritage has been exposed to decay and destruction for decades.
He warned that we should not look at the architectural heritage through the lens of quick profit, but that it is "the biggest certificate of our identity".
Martinović expressed that it is a wonderful feeling to be the laureate of the December 19 award.
"And of course, first of all, it is a huge and great honor. And to be among those who, decades before me, were respected and deservedly received the award. I am a child of Ulica Slobode No. 2. My exploration of the world just started from that street," she said. Martinovic.
She pointed out that there was someone who left a mark and "it is important that someone noticed it".
"I gave everything I knew in my city, and my city gave back to me in the best possible way," she said.
The jury for awarding the award included Tatjana Novović (president), Maja Kostić Mandić, Nenad Vujadinović, Vuko Domazetović, Aleksandar Vujović, Milena Lipovina Božović, Dušanka Popović, Momčilo Vuksanović, Andrija Mikulić, Vuksan Simonović, Milka Tadić Mijović, Srđan Dido Stanojević and Miodrag Živković.
Spajić and Milatović sent telegrams
President of Montenegro Jakov Milatović and Prime Minister Milojko Spajić congratulated Podgorica Liberation Day in telegrams.
"Their libertarian and anti-fascist aspirations shine like Luča even today... For Podgorica, the days of liberation in the Second World War were also the days of the beginning of reconstruction," writes Milatović in the telegram.
Spajić also congratulated Capital City Day and "the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Podgorica".
"Thanks to our ancestors, the task of our generation is quite clear, but it is not easy and cannot be fully realized... The European path will bring a lot of challenges in the next 3 years that we must successfully solve. The duty and mission of the capital in the integration momentum is special," it says. in Spajić's telegram.
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