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Promote close collaboration between exiles and the Italian community
The Association of Istrian Communities met with the Consul General of Italy in Rijeka Davide Bradanini The relationship between Federesuli and the exodus associations with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, with the People's University of Trieste (operational arm of the MAECI for the administrative-accounting aspects of state law 72/01), with the Italian Union and the various communities adhering to it: this was the topic addressed during a long and cordial meeting recently held in Rijeka between the Consul General of Italy and Rijeka, Davide Bradanini, the president and vice president of the Association of Istrian Communities of Trieste,...
Common and shared memories on “La Nuova Voce Giuliana”
Issue 437 of January 16, 2022 of "La Nuova Voce Giuliana", the newspaper of the Association of Istrian Communities, contains a broad and detailed excursus on the history of the eastern border by Flavio Fiorentin, born in Verteneglio and exiled from Fiume, former director of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia and passionate history scholar. Of particular value is his book "L'eredità del leone. Dal Trattato di Campoformio (1797) alla Prima Guerra Mondiale (1918)" (Aviani & Aviani, Udine 2018). Also interesting are the contributions dedicated to Senator Riccardo Gigante, with particular reference to the exhumation in the mass grave of Cosala, identification and translation...
The new Voice of Giuliana of November-December 2021
We have received and are happy to share issue no. 433 of "La Voce Giuliana", a fortnightly information and culture magazine of the Association of Istrian Communities. The new Voce Giuliana no. 433 1 November 2021 In this Christmas issue, ample space is dedicated to the 59 years of priesthood of Monsignor Pietro Zovatto, also the author of important works on the history of Venezia Giulia, to the stages of the project of the National Association of Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia "Dante Adriaticus" in Rome, Verona and Pola and to the Day of the Liberation of Trieste from the occupation...
Views of Isola d'Istria
The publication by Ferruccio Delise and Franco Stener, born from interviews based on images of vintage postcards, was presented in Isola. In addition to the numerous publications dedicated to the location, a new one has been added, entitled “Views of Isola d'Istria – work, environment and free time” published by the Association of Istrian Communities. The authors of the volume are two long-time friends of the Italian community of Isola, Ferruccio Delise and Franco Stener. Delise is also the author of several publications dedicated to Isola, published by Mandracchio and supported in the past by Silvano Sau. Taking advantage of the beautiful days and always adhering to the health prevention measures in...
Long live Visignano d'Istria!
Facebook is enriched with a new page dedicated to exiles. On the social network on July 21, “Viva Visignano d'Istria” appeared: it is the official page of the community of exiles from Visignano and was created to collect news, memories and stories related to Visignano, in order to preserve and enrich its historical, identity and cultural memory. For the moment, there are about a hundred followers in total. “It starts from experiences and testimonies collected over time by many exiles from Visignano, involved, against their will, in the Istrian-Julian-Dalmatian exodus” – we read in the introductory note. – All information and stories related to the traditions and customs of the beautiful... are welcome.
New director of Voce Giuliana
I have accepted with full availability the unexpected request of the Istrian Communities to entrust me with the task of director of the "Nuova Voce Giuliana". My mandate wants to be one of continuity with the past and connection with the future. In fact, I thank Alessandra Norbedo and I immediately called her to collaborate in the editorial service, together with other representatives of the association: Franco Biloslavo, Emiliano Sapori and Simone Peri. At the same time I will work to give voice, in our fortnightly, also to the new generations: they are the ones who give us feedback on the goodness and effectiveness in passing on our values and our traditions. To make...
The bell in memory of the miners of Arsia
The commemorative bell for the 185 miners who died in the Arsia mines on February 28, 1940, in the explosion of the tunnels full of gas and coal dust, has arrived in Trieste. The bell, after the blessing imparted by Archbishop Giampaolo Crepaldi in the courtyard of the Episcopal Seminary. The brief ceremony was also attended by Mayor Roberto Dipiazza and Councilor Michele Lobianco. 70 centimeters high, with a diameter of the same and weighing 2 quintals, the bell is the result of the bronze casting that took place in the Pontifical Foundry of Agnone (Isernia). It was wanted by Professor Michele Maddalena, a professor from Formia (Latina) who for years has taken to heart the issue of the...
It was not possible to stay
The presentation of the book L' ESODO DA PIEMONTE D' ISTRIA. "no se podeva star..." will take place on Saturday 21 September 2019 at 17.30:29 pm at the headquarters of the Association of Istrian Communities in via Belpoggio 1/22, Trieste, and on Sunday 2019 September 18.00 at XNUMX:XNUMX pm at the Centro Polifunzionale di Piemonte d' Istria (Grisignana). The volume, edited by Franco Biloslavo (secretary of the Community of Piemonte d' Istria), which collects the memories of the Piedmontese exiles from their country after the end of the Second World War, includes the recording of the show "TORNAR" performed by Simone Cristicchi in Piemonte d' Istria in...
Istrian Communities Reject Attempts at Provocation in Rijeka
The Istrian Communities in the sign of the new European cohesion reject the attempts of provocation in Fiume. The Association of Istrian Communities expresses regret and surprise for the actions promoted by groups of Italian citizens in Fiume - today Rijeka - aimed at stirring up political and diplomatic tensions on the eastern border on the occasion of the centenary of the entry into Fiume of Gabriele d'Annunzio at the head of his legionaries on 12 September 1919. The Istrian Communities recall that the world of the diaspora of Istrian-Fiuman and Dalmatian exiles has always remembered in its historical framework the events of Fiume, which are part of the History of Italy and Europe. They trust that the nature...
How to exploit Istrian, Fiuman and Dalmatian exiles in the election campaign
The associations of Istrian, Fiume and Dalmatian exiles have always tried to maintain a relationship of collaboration and constructive discussion with national and local public administrations, even though there have been attempts to exploit and politicize the tragic events of the foibe and the Julian-Dalmatian exodus. The diaspora associations have nevertheless wanted to remain above the fray, even though its members have participated in person and on various sides in national and local political life, testifying to the successful inclusion of the exodus people in the national social fabric. It is therefore outside of this...
