On August 8, Italy observes the ‘National Day of Sacrifice of Italian Workers Around the World,’ marking the anniversary of the Marcinelle mining disaster in Belgium, where in 1956, 262 miners—including 136 Italians—lost their lives at the Bois du Cazier site.
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Antonio Tajani, has paid tribute to the victims and addressed the following message to Italians abroad: