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FederEsuli participates in the Friendship Race in Pula
An evening run through the Roman ruins of Pula, a journey through the history of what was founded as Pietas Julia and is still famous today for the Arena, its sixth-largest amphitheater in the world. And, as usual, this colossal setting will be the finish line for the various sections of the eighth edition of the Pula Marathon, taking place on Saturday, September 19th. The races will include the half marathon (21 kilometers) starting at 19:50 PM, the 10 km race (Pula X Race) starting at 20:10 PM, and the 5,99 km Friendship Race starting at 20:00 PM. The Italian Union and the...
The Young People of the Italian National Community are organizing the Festival of Identities.
Koper is preparing to host a week dedicated to art, music, and intercultural dialogue. From August 24th to 30th, the historic spaces of Palazzo Gravisi-Buttorai will host the Identity Artscapes Festival, an initiative aimed at creating new connections between diverse cultural realities and promoting multiculturalism and collaboration through creativity. The festival is organized by the Youth Association of the Italian National Community, together with DM+, the Association of Young Slovenians in Italy, and the Association of Young Hungarians in Slovenia. A...
Summer issue of the periodical "Giuliani nel Mondo"
The report of the trip to Brazil by the president of the Giuliani nel Mondo Association, Giorgio Perini; the June 2nd celebrations for AGM clubs around the world, from Argentina to South Africa; the emotional farewell to the Giuliani friends who have left us in recent months; and also news from Canada, initiatives in Brussels, news from the headquarters in Trieste, and the hope that some new clubs may be formed even... in Madagascar. All this and much more in the new summer magazine of Giuliani nel Mondo, the AGM publication, which can be freely consulted online or downloaded in PDF format at this link.
Fiume, an Italian story told in Corso
The exhibition "Fiume – Rijeka, Rijeka – Fiume," organized by the Italian Community of Palazzo Modello to mark the 80th anniversary of its foundation, opened last Wednesday, August 12th, on trilingual panels (Italian, Croatian, and English) along Rijeka's Corso. The article in the Rijeka daily newspaper La Voce del Popolo: https://lavoce.hr/cronaca/cronaca-fiumana/fiume-rijeka-una-storia-italiana-raccontata-in-corso-foto
The Vergarolla massacre: witnesses tell their story
Tuesday, August 18, 2026, marked the 80th anniversary of the Vergarolla massacre, which occurred on the beach in Polesano on Sunday, August 18, 1946. The beach was packed with families and participants in the Coppa Scarioni races, the Istrian leg of which had been organized by the Pietas Julia sailing club, a long-standing patriot, which would later celebrate its 60th anniversary that evening. It was the first massacre in the history of the Italian Republic, as well as the one with the highest number of victims: 64 were identified (a third of them children), but nearly 50 more bodies were unidentified, so badly damaged had they been by the explosion of the warehouse...
The Forgotten Massacre. Vergarolla and His Hero, Dr. Geppino Micheletti, 1946-2026
As part of the events taking place in Pula to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Vergarolla massacre, the exhibition was curated by the IRCI (Regional Institute for Istrian-Fiuman-Dalmatian Culture), which presented it to the public at its headquarters in Trieste from Remembrance Day 2026 until early July. In Pula, it will be open to the public from August 18th to September 9th. The exhibition catalog is available for free consultation in PDF format on the publisher's website.
The Committee for Recognition of the Relatives of the Foibe Victims has been reconstituted.
The Committee for the Awarding of Recognition to the Relatives of the Victims of the Foibe at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, established by Law No. 92 of March 30, 2004, establishing Remembrance Day, has resumed its activities, consistent with the innovations introduced by the Prime Ministerial Decree of December 19, 2025, particularly significant among which is the possibility for municipal administrations to take the initiative. This Committee is responsible for examining, including from a historical perspective, applications from the families and relatives of those killed or killed in the Foibe, or recognized as missing, requesting the award of a plaque with the inscription "The...
Ceremonies commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Vergarolla massacre
Tuesday, August 18, 2026, marks the 80th anniversary of the Vergarolla massacre. The massacre occurred on the beach in Polesano on Sunday, August 18, 1946, while the shore was packed with families and participants in the Coppa Scarioni races, the Istrian leg of which had been organized by the Pietas Julia sailing club, a long-standing patriotic tradition. It was the first massacre in the history of the Italian Republic, as well as the one with the highest number of victims: 64 were identified (a third of them children), but nearly 50 more bodies were unidentified, so badly damaged had they been by the explosion of the defused mine cache located at the end of the beach. The...
Paolo Sardos Albertini, from Capodistria to the National League of Trieste
From his memories of Italian Koper to the leadership of the National League of Trieste and the Federation of Associations of Istrian, Rijeka, and Dalmatian Exiles, lawyer Paolo Sardos Albertini retraces his family's story and the battles for the Italians of the eastern Adriatic, pointing to hope as the true antidote to nostalgia. The two-part interview by Rosanna Turcinovich Giuricin can be read on the website of the Rijeka newspaper La Voce del...
Commemoration of the 110th anniversary of the death of Nazario Sauro
I die with the sole regret of depriving my dearest and most kind children of their beloved father, but you still have the Fatherland, which will take my place. And by this Fatherland, swear, Nino, and make your brothers swear, when they are old enough to understand, that you will always, everywhere, and above all be Italians. Only a few days remain before the Kingdom of Italy declares war on the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the irredentist Nazario Sauro, born in Koper on September 20, 1880, who took refuge in Venice when the First World War broke out to avoid having to fight in the Habsburg army, has given his journalist friend Silvio Stringari a letter addressed to his firstborn...
