Overview

• Final life sentences for Paolo Bellini, upheld on July 1, and for Gilberto Cavallini, confirmed in January, concluded the legal processes tied to the 1980 station bombing.
• Rulings affirmed that Licio Gelli’s Propaganda Due lodge, supported by deviated secret services, funded the attack and concealed key evidence for decades.
• Amateur footage showing Bellini at Bologna station before the blast and testimony from his ex-wife that shattered his 40-year alibi were pivotal in securing his conviction.
• Bologna’s 45th-anniversary commemoration featured a procession from Piazza Nettuno to Piazza delle Medaglie d’Oro, speeches punctuated by a triple locomotive whistle at 10:25 and attendance by Minister Anna Maria Bernini.
• Authorities announced plans to establish a Memory Park at the former Ravone rail yard to preserve the legacy of terrorism and mafia massacre victims in Italy.