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Slovenian President Borut Pahor and President Mattarella in Basovizza: a political synthesis

Regarding the upcoming visit of the President of Slovenia Borut Pahor and President Mattarella to the National Monument of the Foiba of Basovizza, the Federation of Associations of Istrian, Fiuman and Dalmatian Exiles has drawn up a political summary document on the importance of the event. The world of the Julian-Dalmatian Exodus represented by these Associations has great expectations for what will arise as a consequence of this historic visit. We attach the draft text below. BASOVIZZA, 13 JULY 2020 THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE WORLD OF THE JULIAN-DALMATIAN EXODUS FOLLOWING THE HISTORIC VISIT TO THE FOIBA OF THE PRESIDENTS OF ITALY AND SLOVENIA The...
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July 13th in Trieste: an important date, but still many issues to resolve

Within the National Council of the National Association of Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia, which met on Tuesday 30 June via videoconference, in order to allow councillors from all over Italy to participate in compliance with the current health provisions, a document was approved regarding the imminent joint visit of the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella and his Slovenian counterpart Borut Pahor to Trieste. After having focused attention in previous communications on the visit of the two Heads of State to the National Monument of the Foiba of Basovizza, the ANVGD intended to endorse an open letter released by Davide...
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The importance of Mattarella and Pahor's visit to the Basovizza Foiba

The National Association of Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia, in analogy with what was expressed by the Mayor of Trieste Roberto Dipiazza and the President of the Region Massimiliano Fedriga, has grasped the great importance of the visit that the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella will make together with his Slovenian counterpart in Basovizza. The other stops of the day have given rise to controversy in Trieste and in Parliament, but even beyond the border the decision of President Borut Pahor to go to the National Monument of the Foiba of Basovizza has not been free from criticism. And yet, ten years after the Concert of the Three Presidents (held at the end of a day in which it was made...
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Exiles await Pahor's visit to the Basovizza Foiba

Despite the news filtered out from Ljubljana, which does not yet officially confirm the visit of the President of the Republic of Slovenia Borut Pahor together with the President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella to the National Monument of the Foiba of Basovizza, the National Association of Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia and the other acronyms of the Adriatic diaspora strongly hope that this significant ceremony will take place. "As soon as the news began to circulate - explains Renzo Codarin, national president of the ANVGD - many of our provincial committees and other associations of exiles have already intended to send their own representation to what is expected...
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Slovenian President to Visit Basovizza Foiba

Slovenian President Borut Pahor will visit the Basovizza Foiba National Monument with Italian President Sergio Matarella on July 13. This news was welcomed with great satisfaction by Renzo Codarin, President of the National Association of Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia: "The visit of the two presidents to the Basovizza Foiba on the same day as the centenary of the Hotel Balkan fire," Codarin stated, "represents, through two highly symbolic places, mutual recognition of the suffering that has affected the eastern Adriatic lands in...