Second ten days of April, the sun blazing, a group of Fiume people on the streets of Pisa determined to meet an important witness of their history. The path to take is not always easy: whether to stop the memory in the years between the two world wars, in the post-war period or to consider as part of the history of a dispersed people also what happened afterwards, in the exodus and up to today. All moments that cannot be renounced and all to be saved. With religious respect. The group agrees on the answer. Why Pisa? To meet Don Severino Dianich, the famous theologian, after a necessary introduction. Having left Fiume in 1947, Monsignor Ugo Camozzo, the last Italian bishop of Fiume, became...

The Association of Italian Fiumani in the World - Free Municipality of Fiume in Exile has published the program of the gathering that will take place in Fiume on the occasion of the patronal feast of San Vito (12-15 June 2024). Source: Association of Italian Fiumani in the World - Free Municipality of Fiume in Exile -...

Another day full of meaning for the people of Fiume traveling for their 60th Gathering. On the journey undertaken at the Municipality of Trieste, the IRCI and the CI, on Monday 30 October the people of Fiume stopped in Rovinj, first at the Historical Research Center, then at the Italian Community, received by their respective highest representatives, Raul Marsetič and Viviana Benussi, the latter accompanied by Gianclaudio Pellizzer. The delegation of the people of Fiume was joined by other guests, interested in understanding the proposals that could lead to joint initiatives, in favor of individual projects, but also of common strategies. The president of AFIM, Franco Papetti, expressed his...

“Trieste, the moral capital of the Exodus, is and will always be close to the Istrian, Fiume and Dalmatian people who paid and suffered the tragedies of the 900th century on the eastern border. Let us continue to work together to promote the good and growth of our communities”. This was stated by Mayor Roberto Dipiazza who, in the blue living room of the town hall, met the president of AFIM (Associazione Fiumani Italiani nel Mondo) Franco Papetti on the afternoon of Friday 27 October. Also present at the cordial meeting, which allowed us to address and explore aspects related to Italian culture in Fiume and Istria, were the vice president of AFIM Andor Brakus, the Hon. Maurizio Tremul, the...

Sixtieth Gathering of Fiumani in the name of the cultural return to the city of origin, which from the end of October to November 3, 2023 will see them protagonists of meetings, conferences, presentations and convivial moments. The organization sees united various acronyms that together with the Association of Fiumani Italians in the World - Livero Municipality of Fiume in Exile will give life to the events: from the Community of Italians of Fiume, to the Society of Fiumani Studies, the Italian school, the Department of Italian Studies, the ART Kino and the Municipality of Fiume itself which makes the Council Hall available for a moment of great importance. Eyes focused on the bilingual box set of the great author from Fiume...

The Association of Italian Fiumani in the World - Free Municipality of Fiume in Exile organizes in Padua and Montegrotto Terme on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 September 2023 the meeting of the Fiumani in Veneto according to the following PROGRAM. Friday 22 September Arrival in the early afternoon at the hotel “Terme delle Nazioni” in Montegrotto Terme and accommodation in the rooms. Possibility of using the spa facilities. Dinner and after dinner at the hotel. Saturday 23 September 8,30 am departure by coach for Padua 9,30 am start of the conference “People of Istria, Fiume and Dalmatia in the University of Padua” 13,30 pm end of the conference and aperitif at the Pedrocchi café 14,30 pm return to the hotel and...

Four days of events and opportunities to meet in Rijeka have characterized, as per tradition, the celebration of the patron saint San Vito, Crescenzia and Modesto. On June 15th of each year, the people of Rijeka gather in prayer, giving life, at the same time, to a program full of events, from music to publishing, from official meetings to the awarding of prizes to school children. The whole civil society is committed to highlighting an important anniversary, a symbol of shared joy. So also this year, the initiatives of the city, of the Community of Italians of Palazzo Modello have been joined by the proposals of the Association of Rijeka Italians in the World and of the Society of...

Here is the final program for the gathering of the Association of Italians from Fiume in the World - Free Municipality of Fiume in Exile, which will take place in Fiume on the occasion of the patronal feast of San Vito. On Tuesday, June 13th, a free bus will depart from Turin and, with intermediate stops, arrive in Fiume in the evening. For information, please call the Padua office: +39 049 8759050 - licofiu@libero.it San Vito 2023 Program Monday, June 12th 2023 9:00 PM: Festival of Fiume Songs, Piazza Municipio. Tuesday, June 13th 11:00 AM: Meeting of the AFIM Office with the Italian Community of Opatija. 6:00 PM: Meeting of the Office of the AFIM President, SSF, and CI Board of Directors. 7:00 PM:...

A delegation from AFIM, the Association of Italian Fiume People in the World, composed of President Franco Papetti, Vice President Andor Brakus, and Rosanna Turcinovich Giuricin, Editor-in-Chief of the periodical "La Voce di Fiume," was received in Koper by the President of the Italian Union, Maurizio Tremul. The AFIM delegation visited the Multimedia Center of the Italian Union, which, as Tremul emphasized, is destined to become "an important point of reference for the understanding and dissemination of our shared history." "AFIM is committed to informing the population of the Istrian-Kvarner region and the Italian population about the great cultural heritage...

Egone Ratzenberger passed away yesterday, Tuesday, January 17, in Rome. "Mule of Tommaseo, member of the Bureau of the Association of Italian Fiume People in the World - Free Municipality of Fiume in Exile, president of the Italy-Austria Association of Rome, and so much more. Above all, a friend and a guiding light for us all," states a statement from the Bureau of AFIM, the Association of Italian Fiume People in the World. "He was the oldest member of the group leading the Fiume association, always present at meetings, inspired and combative, ready to give himself for the cause, the driving force behind the gatherings in Montegrotto and then in Fiume, the destination he had desired and...