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...

The July-August 2022 issue of "La Voce di Fiume", a bimonthly magazine of the Association of Italian Fiume citizens in the World - Free Municipality of Fiume in Exile, can be downloaded for free in PDF format: http://www.lavocedifiume.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/lug-ago-n4.pdf Summary Certain of our belonging................................................................................................................................................................page .... 1 In the Chamber of Deputies, "visible" Fiumanità.................................................................................................» .........4 And after the feast of San Vito... other moments to be...

Speakers at the meeting, supported by the Hon. Simone Billi, Franco Papetti, president of AFIM-LCFE, Melita Sciucca, president of the Community of Italians of Fiume and Rosanna Turcinovich Giuricin, head of La Voce di Fiume Representatives of the Association of Fiume Exiles in the World (AFIM-LCFE) and of the Community of Italians of Fiume, together in Rome, in the prestigious seat of the Chamber of Parliament, in a press conference introduced by the Hon. Simone Billi, elected MP of the Europe Constituency, to continue the dialogue of rapprochement and collaboration between the two associations. The essence of the speech, condensed in the title itself...

A touching and meaningful gathering, filled with memories, history, sincere embraces and firm handshakes, future plans, dialect chatter, synergy, and exchange. This was the atmosphere that reigned on the morning of Monday, June 13th, in the Ballroom of Palazzo Modello, during the official meeting between the delegation of top representatives of the Association of Italians from Fiume in the World – Free Municipality of Fiume in Exile (AFIM-LCFE) and the Association of Italians from Pula and Istria – Free Municipality of Pola in Exile (AIPI-LCPE) on the occasion of the 59th Rijeka Gathering (the second in...

Fiume as a destination: the occasion is the celebration of the patron saint, San Vito with Modesto and Crescenza. How could we miss the Fiumanità event, a moment of remembrance and the pleasure of sharing a rich program of meetings, discussions, awards ceremonies, and performances at Palazzo Modello, featuring the Italian Community and the Association of Fiumani Italiani nel Mondo, united in intent, ideas, and goals. All under the banner of the cultural return of Fiume's exiles—which is already a reality—but this edition of San Vito further confirms it, as AFIM-LCFE President Franco Papetti emphasizes in this interview. "One of the main objectives that...