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FederEsuli's 2025 budget and outlook for 2026
2025, which has just ended, has been a crucial year for the achievements of FederEsuli, the Federation of Associations of Exiles from Istria, Fiume, and Dalmatia, which has been involved in numerous initiatives. First and foremost, the inauguration of MEDIF (Exhibition of Dalmatian, Istrian, and Fiume Exiles) in the Grottone Hall at the Vittoriano (Altar of the Fatherland) in Rome last October. This event attracted enormous interest, further cementing the history of the eastern border as one of the key events shaping the last century. The fruit of years of work, MEDIF is the culmination of the efforts of...
FederEsuli met with Undersecretary of Economy Savino
On Monday, July 7, President Renzo Codarin and Vice President Fabio Tognoni of the Federation of Associations of Istrian, Rijeka, and Dalmatian Exiles (FederEsuli) met with Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Sandra Savino, at Trieste City Hall. The discussions, attended by FI City Councilor Alberto Polacco, included international topics such as the new balance of power with neighboring Slovenia and Croatia, and the recognition of the historical truth regarding the events that marked the years of the Second World War and the postwar period, including the exodus from Julian, Rijeka, and Dalmatia, and the tragedy of the Foibe. A...
The new President of FederEsuli is Renzo Codarin
Renzo Codarin is the new President of the Federation of Associations of Istrian, Fiume and Dalmatian exiles: the current President of the National Association of Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia takes over from Prof. Avv. Giuseppe de Vergottini, who was simultaneously elected Honorary President of FederEsuli. While waiting for the first federal executive to meet to assign the various delegations, the Federal Council that met last Saturday in Mestre also decided to entrust Honorary President de Vergottini with institutional relations, in particular with the Presidency of the Republic and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in order to complete some dossiers that are...
Open letter from FederEsuli in view of the political elections
During the Legislature that is coming to an end, none of the successive governments has convened the Government-Associations of Istrian, Fiume and Dalmatian exiles Working Table, a place designated for what should be a constant comparison between the acronyms of the Adriatic diaspora and the Ministries. We are aware that the instability of the majorities, the succession of emergencies, from the pandemic to the energy crisis through the Ukrainian conflict, have required particularly significant government interventions. However, some of the issues for which the Exodus associations are still asking for a solution are merely symbolic or in any case not expensive, a...
Remembrance Day bridges "a gap between the memory of the exiles and that of the entire nation"
Speech by the President of the Federation of Associations of Istrian, Fiume and Dalmatian Exiles, Prof. Attorney Giuseppe de Vergottini, at the ceremony of the Day of Remembrance 2022 held at the Senate of the Republic on Thursday 10 February. Honorable Presidents, Members of Parliament, Authorities I would like to thank the Senate of the Republic and the Chamber of Deputies for giving us the opportunity to celebrate this anniversary together. I would like to extend my warmest greetings to the President of the Republic and express my most sincere wishes for the fruitful continuation of his mandate. In the past years we have had him constantly close to us in the development of events related to...
The podcast The Long History of the Eastern Border is online
On the occasion of the Day of Remembrance 2022, the Podcast entitled The long history of the Eastern Border. Political and cultural relations between Italy and the coastal states of the Adriatic in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries is available online. The initiative was curated by the Federation of the Associations of the Fiume, Giuliani and Dalmatian Exiles, an institution that brings together in a single context the different associative realities of the Julian-Dalmatian diaspora. The main objectives of the organization are the perpetuation of the cultural and historical identity of the Istrian, Fiume and Dalmatian communities, formed in Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia through the Roman-Venetian civilization and...
Joint celebration of the Day of Remembrance FederEsuli-Unione Italiana
The Federation of Associations of Istrian, Rijeka and Dalmatian Exiles and the Italian Union are organizing the online event THE DAY OF REMEMBRANCE 2022. FROM OUR MEMORY TO THE COMMON EUROPEAN FUTURE Friday, February 11, 2022, starting at 11:00, on the Facebook page of the Italian Union. The following speakers are scheduled: INSTITUTIONAL GREETING - Amb. Carlo Campanile, Ambassador of Italy to Slovenia, SPEECHES - Prof. Avv. Giuseppe De Vergottini, President of the Federation of Associations of Istrian, Rijeka and Dalmatian Exiles - Paolo Demarin, President of the Assembly of the Italian Union ...
FederEsuli congratulates Mattarella on his re-election
The President of the Federation of Associations of Istrian, Fiume and Dalmatian Exiles, Professor Giuseppe de Vergottini, notes with great satisfaction the decision of the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella, who has generously given his availability for a renewal of his mandate. De Vergottini expresses his most fervent wishes for good work, thanking him for his dedication and commitment in the interest of the entire national community. The high spirit of service, also demonstrated in this circumstance, constitutes a civic example that goes beyond political affiliations. On this occasion the Federation intends to demonstrate the...
The recomposition of the Julian and Dalmatian Italian community
We have received and are happy to publish this extensive open letter written by Dr. Claudio Deghenghi, exile, essayist and researcher. Distinguished Presidents of our major national social organizations, Prof. Attorney Giuseppe De Vergottini, president of the Federation of Associations of Julian and Dalmatian exiles in Italy, and Mr. Maurizio Tremul, president of the Italian Union, the highest political and organizational body of the Italian National Community of Julian and Dalmatian exiles native to Croatia and Slovenia – I thank you from the bottom of my heart, on behalf of all the Julian and Dalmatian Italian exiles, for having stipulated a “Programme Agreement for the creation of a...
Laws 72 and 73 refinanced in favor of Adriatic Italianity
Good news from Rome for the exiles and the Italian National Community in Slovenia, Croatia and Montenegro. The Senate Budget Committee has in fact approved the amendment to the Italian State Budget Law for 2021 which maintains funding for the exiles and the minority. How important is this provision for the CNI? We asked the president of the Italian Union, Maurizio Tremul. "The importance is fundamental because in this way we will be able to maintain and continue to work for the maintenance of the language, culture and identity of the Italians in Croatia and Slovenia, and therefore for funding for schools, institutions,...
