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Re-release of Ezio Mestrovich's "Foiba in Autumn"
During a long, unnaturally mild autumn, a severed, semi-decomposed head is discovered by a sheepdog on the eastern slopes of Mount Učka, overlooking the city of Rijeka, Croatia. The decapitated body lies at the mouth of a foiba, one of the karst caves infamous for summary executions after World War II. Soon, another chained corpse emerges from the waters of the Liburnian Riviera, a place of ancient Habsburg glories and today's mass tourism, and with it the immediate suspicion that the two murders are connected. In the background, the newly formed Croatia of the early 2000s, with the scars of...
Fiume, the days dedicated to San Vito 2026
This year, too, the synergy between the Association of Rijeka Italians in the World - LCFE and the Italian Community of Rijeka has led to a series of successful cultural events as part of Rijeka Culture Week and the Days of St. Vitus, the patron saint's day (June 8-16, 2026). These events received extensive coverage in the local Italian-language newspaper, La Voce del Popolo, which we report on in the following press review. Presentation of the book "Do amiche": https://lavoce.hr/uncategorized/fiume-negli-anni-e-negli-affetti Lecture on Rijeka mathematician and biologist Umberto...
The June 2026 issue of “La Sveglia”
La Sveglia was a periodical published by the Cobol & Priora Printing House in Koper in 1903, edited by an irredentist group. Today, it is the quarterly publication of Fameia Capodistriana, the association that unites exiles from Koper and their descendants. The March 2026 issue of the periodical can be freely consulted online or downloaded in PDF format: La Sveglia - 242 - June 2026. This quarterly issue once again addresses the issue of the "Mother House of the Istrian, Fiume, and Dalmatian Exiles," but also includes the 70th anniversary of Fameia Capodistriana, which also held its annual assembly, and the celebrations of Our Lady of...
Recognition for the cultural activities of the Historical Archive Museum of Rijeka
During the fifth edition of the Notte Bianca Eur 26 (White Night) organized by the IX Municipio Roma Capitale, the Excellence Awards for the IX Municipio Roma Eur were presented on Friday, June 19. The Rijeka Historical Archive Museum, located in the Julian-Dalmatian Quarter, received the award for its cultural activities. The director of the institution, affiliated with the Society of Rijeka Studies, Dr. Marino Micich, accepted the award. This further demonstrates the profound synergy between the Julian-Dalmatian associations in exile rooted in the territory of the Municipality, which extends to the southern outskirts of Rome, and the institutions...
The intense days of the 2026 gathering of Polesine exiles
The Association of Italians of Pula and Istria - Free Municipality of Pula in Exile has completed the packed schedule of events that marked the 2026 gathering held in the city of the Arena, which this year was characterized by an increasingly close relationship with local institutions. In this regard, the welcome given by the municipal administration to the "guest fellow citizens" at the town hall was certainly very significant. https://lavoce.hr/cronaca/cronaca-polese/pola-per-la-prima-volta-gli-esuli-ricevuti-ufficialmente-in-municipio In the prestigious Temple of Augustus, in collaboration with the Archaeological Museum of Istria, the exhibition...
For an Archive of Memory: Oral History in Istria
On Tuesday, June 16, the Rovinj Historical Research Center hosted the presentation of the Proceedings of the Seminar-Training School "For an Archive of Memory," held in Rovinj from November 6 to 8, 2024. The seminar was curated by Gloria Nemec and was organized in collaboration with the Rovinj Historical Research Center, the Istrian-Venetian Cultural Circle "Istra" of Trieste, and the Italian Association of Oral History. The Proceedings can be downloaded as a PDF at this link: https://www.aisoitalia.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ATTI-ARCHIVIO-MEMORIA.definitivo.pdf SUMMARY Introduction Gloria...
Awards ceremony in Montenegro for the 23rd edition of the Mailing List Histria competition.
The awards ceremony for the Montenegrin winners of the International Italian Language Competition for Primary and Secondary School Students "Mailing List Histria" was held in Kotor at the "Vida Matjan" Concert Hall of the Church of the Holy Spirit on May 30th. The organizer of Montenegro's participation is the Union of Italian Communities of Montenegro. The competition, promoted by Mailing List Histria from Italy with the involvement of a consortium of associations, sees the participation of students from schools on the eastern Adriatic coast, namely schools in Slovenia, Croatia, and Montenegro. On behalf of the Union of Italian Communities of...
Tartini Conservatory students in concert in Zadar
An evening of music, culture, and friendship between the two shores of the Adriatic. Last Thursday, June 11, in the evocative Ceremonial Hall of the University of Zadar, students from the "Giuseppe Tartini" Conservatory of Music of Trieste performed in the Dalmatian city for the second consecutive year, confirming the success of a collaboration aimed at strengthening cultural ties between Italy and Croatia. The performance, organized to mark the 80th anniversary of the Italian Republic, was promoted by the local "Girolamo Luxardo" Italian Community in collaboration with the Autonomous Region of Friuli...
Exhibition in Lecce in memory of the exiles and the foibe
On Monday, February 9, 2026, on the occasion of Remembrance Day, the "Exhibition in Memory of the Exiles and the Tragedy of the Foibe – The Drowned of History, the Ethics of Remembrance. So that the Unspeakable May Return to Our Conscience" opened at the former Conservatory of Sant'Anna in Lecce. The exhibition, curated by the Lecce Provincial Committee of the National Association of Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia (ANVGD), focused on the great tragedies of Italy's eastern border. Through panels, short films with testimonies from exiles, and several publications on the Foibe, the exhibition provides a schematic overview of the history that led to the exodus...
"The Pola Diary" at the State Archives of Gorizia
The papers of the Royal Education Office of Pula, preserved in the State Archives of Gorizia, constitute an extraordinarily interesting source of knowledge about the Istrian school system in the first half of the twentieth century. Transferred to Gorizia shortly before Pula's annexation to Yugoslavia, these documents were entrusted to a special Office tasked with managing the unexpired files. Today, the archive collection "Gorizia Education Office – Office of Pola (1908-1951)" offers scholars and history enthusiasts the opportunity to explore little-known aspects of the school, society, and daily life. It...
