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XIII Istriot Festival: "Use this language so that it survives"
"We hope that the spirit and message of the Festival, which aims to protect, promote, and enhance the Istrian language, has come across loud and clear to families: use this language so that it survives." These were the words of Debora Moscarda Demarin, president of the Italian Community of Gallesano and member of the working group organizing the event, at the conclusion of the 13th edition of the Istrian Language Festival. The article in the Ventiquattro column in the online newspaper...
"La Bancarella" at the Barcolana 2026 Village
The Multimedia Documentation Center of Julian, Istrian, Rijeka, and Dalmatian Culture, in collaboration with the Trieste Provincial Committee of the National Association of Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia, is organizing La Bancarella, the Eastern Adriatic Book Fair, as part of the 58th edition of the Barcolana, the world's most popular regatta. Inside the Barcolana Village (Riva Tre Novembre - Trieste), stands 12-13 will display the latest publications from the Istrian, Rijeka, and Dalmatian exile associations and will host most of the scheduled events: book presentations and cultural project presentations, round tables, and debates on the history and...
Musical event in honor of Blessed Boniface
September 11, 1946, near Krasica, in the Istrian hinterland, near Buje. Don Francesco Bonifacio, a young priest born in Piran, is returning to his curia. It's evening; in the countryside, only a few farmers are returning from harvesting. At a crossroads, the priest, who had already received threats and intimidation, but had reiterated to the Bishop of Trieste and Koper, Antonio Santin, his firm resolve not to abandon his flock, is kidnapped by a handful of popular guards. Since June 12, 1945, the Morgan Line has divided the Julian March, disputed between Italy and Yugoslavia while awaiting the decisions of the Peace Conference. In Zone A (Trieste, Gorizia...
June 2, 1946, the vote denied at the eastern border
Legislative Decree No. 74 of March 10, 1946, set June 2 as the date for the institutional referendum and the concurrent elections for the Constituent Assembly, restoring the old electoral districts, including the XII Venezia Giulia–Rijeka–Zara district, with 13 founding fathers to be elected. However, Lieutenant Decree No. 99 of March 16, suspended elections indefinitely in Bolzano and the eastern border provinces. While it was still impossible to re-establish electoral lists in the South Tyrolean capital given the influx of German-speakers who had opted for German citizenship in 1939,...
Remembering Norma Cossetto in Trieste
It was the night between October 4th and 5th, 1943, when Norma Cossetto, a 23-year-old Istrian student, was thrown into a sinkhole after cruel violence and abuse. For a month, the Istrian hinterland had been at the mercy of Yugoslavian communist partisans, who had taken advantage of the power vacuum created by the political, military, and institutional collapse following the announcement of the armistice on September 8th, 1943. Nearly a thousand people would be victims of an insurrection that had targeted the main representatives of the Italian state in the area: fascism had already been overthrown on July 24th; this political purge, which also occurred in Split and Šibenik, was a precursor...
The Cultural Heritage of the Serenissima on Display in Gorizia, Rijeka, and Lussino
Three cities, three exhibitions to raise awareness and promote a unique cultural heritage. From October 13 to November 4, 2026, Gorizia, Rijeka, and Lošinj will host the exhibitions created as part of the project "Serenissima Cultural Heritage from Veneto to Istria, in Dalmatia, Kvarner, and Venezia Giulia." The exhibitions—following the 2024 exhibitions featuring works by schools in Venice, Vicenza, Treviso, Rovinj, and Pula—represent the culmination of the second phase of a cross-border project involving students, teachers, school administrators, historians, researchers, Italian communities, associations, and universities. A collaborative effort that explored the legacy...
Pula Arena September 2026
A new issue of our Arena, another month has passed, packed with events and projects. Events and projects, which we strive to follow closely; which, as the title and photographic synopsis on the cover suggest, continue in history and memory, along the shores of the Adriatic, and beyond, promoted and implemented by our Association of Italians of Pula and Istria - Free Municipality of Pula in Exile - and especially by our President Lucia Bellaspiga - and others. We discuss and illustrate them in these pages. The summary of the September 2026 edition of the Arena di Pula: - A September buzz of meetings: the presentation in Milan of the book Amapola, the new Museum...
The "A Rose for Norma" demonstration was presented in front of the Chamber of Deputies.
The national patriotic event "A Rose for Norma Cossetto" was officially launched on Wednesday, September 30th in Rome. Now in its eighth year, the event will take place in over 400 cities in Italy and abroad on Saturday, October 3rd, Sunday, October 4th, and Monday, October 5th, 2026. A brief but heartfelt ceremony with the laying of a red rose took place in front of the Chamber of Deputies in Piazza Monte Citorio. Silvano Olmi, the national president of the February 10th Committee, and Maurizio Federici, the event's creator, were present. The patriotic event in memory of the young Istrian martyr, Norma Cossetto, kidnapped, tortured, raped, and thrown into a sinkhole in...
Te gò preparà: Gusti di Frontiera received great praise for its Istrian cookbook.
Te gò preparà, the cookbook created by the Young People of the Italian National Community dedicated to the traditional cuisine of Istria, Veneto, and Dalmatia, was presented in Gorizia as part of the 21th Annual Youth of the Italian Republic. This project collects recipes and testimonies to preserve a gastronomic and cultural heritage and, at the same time, make it alive and accessible to new generations. And this same heritage, in the pages of the recipe book, also speaks through dialect, an authentic expression of the communities and stories that...
“Adriatic Coordination” Bulletin 3/2026
Issue 3/2026 of the Coordinamento Adriatico bulletin, a quarterly magazine of culture and information published by Coordinamento Adriatico APS, can be freely consulted online or downloaded in PDF format: https://www.coordinamentoadriatico.it/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/CA-03.26.pdf SUMMARY Articles Understanding and Commemorating the First Massacre of the Italian Republic – Lorenzo Salimbeni “Make All the Oceans Our Sea!” The Ship, D'Annunzio, and the Adriatic – Adele Tosanotti Outside the Frame. The Words of the Exodus – Petra Di Laghi More Fragile, More Evanescent – Davide Giardina Roberto Ferruzzi's Madonnina. The Adventure of a Canvas…
