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25th Tartini Festival in Piran
Twelve concerts, featuring prestigious performers and a repertoire that emphasizes the music of Giuseppe Tartini and his contemporaries. This is the offering of the Tartini Festival, a tribute to the great eighteenth-century violinist and composer—an illustrious son of Piran—now in its twenty-fifth year. The service Radio Capodistria:
https://radiocapodistria.rtvslo.si/articolo/notizie/cultura/tartini-festival-al-traguardo-dei-25-anni/786910
Honorary Committee of the Sensa at the Dalmatian Pillars
On May 17, 2026, at the Monastery of San Nicolò on the Venice Lido, at the headquarters of the Global Campus of Human Rights, on the occasion of the Festa della Sensa 2026 and the "TI CON NU – NU CON TI" ceremony at the Dalmatian Pillars, the "Committee of Honor of the Sensa at the Dalmatian Pillars for Europe on both shores of the Adriatic" was established. The Committee was established as a free, non-profit, non-partisan, and independent civic, cultural, and moral association with the objectives of cultural promotion, historical memory, European dialogue, civic education, and the valorization of the cultural heritage of both shores of the Adriatic. The Committee draws inspiration from the millennia-old...
Volume LV of the Proceedings of the Historical Research Centre of Rovinj
The 55th volume of the journal Atti, published annually by the Center for Historical Research, has been published. As confirmed in a press release signed by the Center's director, Raul Marsetič, and researcher Matija Drandić (on behalf of the editorial staff), the volume brings together ten contributions divided into two sections: six in the "Essays" section and four in the "Notes and Documents" section, for a total of 424 pages. The contributions address the history and culture of Istria from multiple perspectives, ranging from Roman glyptics, medieval and modern documentation, onomastics, the history of the body and identity, the cult of saints, historical toponymy, and history.
The Interreg Italy-Slovenia Primis Plus project has concluded.
The Italian Union, lead partner of the Primis Plus project, implemented within the framework of the Interreg Italy-Slovenia program, led the partnership consisting of ATS Projekt, the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, the Veneto Region, the Friulian Philological Society, and the Institute for Ethnic Studies in Ljubljana. The shared goal was to enhance the cultural and linguistic heritage of the communities present in the cross-border area, also promoting it as a resource for sustainable tourism. The project's conclusions and results, including the inauguration of the Gravisi Italian Multimedia Center in Koper, were reported on Radio...
The new Julian Voice of July 2026
The July 2026 issue of the monthly magazine La nuova Voce Giuliana, the publication of the Association of Istrian Communities, can be freely consulted online or downloaded in PDF format: https://www.arcipelagoadriatico.it/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/LNVG-500_LUGLIO.pdf Issue 500 coincides with the celebrations for the 80th anniversary of the Italian Republic, during which President Sergio Mattarella highlighted the failure of the people of Gorizia, Trieste, Istria, Fiume, and Zadar to vote on June 2, 1946, even though they had the right to do so. Among the many news items, ample space was also given to the celebrations of June 12, a civil anniversary that...
1948 The Terror. Prisoners under Tito
In 1948, as Europe struggles to rise from the rubble of war, a new nightmare unfolds in the territories of Yugoslavia. Far from Western eyes, Tito's regime ushers in a period of brutal repression, political purges, and prison camps destined to swallow thousands of lives. Writer Valentina Motta brings to light a forgotten chapter in the history of the eastern border: that of the women persecuted, deported, and locked up in the Yugoslavian concentration camps, from Goli Otok to Sveti Grgur. Wives, mothers, and daughters transformed into "enemies of the people," guilty of family ties, ideological suspicion, or simple accusations...
Zora won the 2026 L'Ammiraglia regatta
On Sunday, June 14, the Ammiraglia 2026 sailing event, organized by the Yacht Club Venezia and Europa Adriatica Nordest with the sailing clubs Maestral of Rovinj and Yugo of Lošinj, the Venice Boat Show, and the Unione Italiana, concluded successfully. Thirteen boats between 10 and 16 meters long traveled from the Venice Arsenal to Lošinj with an intermediate stop in Rovinj, including two not competing, representing cultural "muda" and social inclusion. Mirko Sguario: "Unfortunately, the weather penalized us and affected the racing, but the welcome we received in both Rovinj and Lošinj was greatly appreciated by the racers, who...
Pula Arena June 2026
Dear AIPI/LCPE members, dear readers of L'ARENA DI POLA, thought up on the fly and written with all my heart, I find the title of the front page of this issue of L'Arena di Pola couldn't be anything else: UNDER THE SKY OF POLA. It comes out after the traditional June meeting in Pula, so intensely experienced by those who were there, those who missed it, and those who wished they had been. This is an issue I dare say is special, with dedicated pages and many photos documenting key—and I dare say memorable—moments. Led by the brilliant creativity of our President Lucia Bellaspiga, the 2026 Cultural Meeting of Exiles from Pula successfully made the...
Vergarolla. The first massacre in Republican Italy [ANVGD conference]
On Sunday, August 18, 1946, Pola still belonged to Italy, though it was under Anglo-American military administration; the outcome of the institutional referendum had sanctioned the new republican structure. That day, on the Vergarolla beach in Pola, crowded with families with children watching the Scarioni Cup swimming competitions, a cache of defused mines piled at the end of the beach exploded, causing carnage. Sixty-five victims were identified, including many children; another 40-50 or so were torn to pieces by the blast, and dozens of wounded were treated by Dr. Geppino Micheletti, even after learning that his two...
The winners of the 15th Istroveneto Festival
On the evening of Saturday, June 27, the Piazza di San Servolo in Buje hosted the long-awaited finale of "Dimela cantando," the competition for unpublished songs written exclusively in the Istro-Veneto dialect, thus concluding the 15th edition of the Istro-Veneto Festival in style. BRAVI FIOI LITERARY COMPETITION A total of 146 works were submitted to the 2026 Literary Competition, divided into the categories: Pici (6-10 years), Medi (11-14 years), and Grandi (15-18 years). The jury, composed of Alessandro Lakošeljac Ukmar, Martina Trento Dagostini, and Daniela Ušić, after analyzing the anonymous submissions, decided to award first prize in...
