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FederEsuli meets the Ambassador in Zagreb and makes an agreement with the Italian Union
After the hearing at the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber and the meeting with the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinale, another important institutional meeting took place for the leaders of the Federation of Associations of Istrian, Rijeka and Dalmatian Exiles. At the Italian Cultural Institute in Zagreb in the presence of the Italian Ambassador to Croatia Pierfancesco Sacco, FederEsuli not only held an in-depth conversation with the diplomatic representative, but also signed a Program Agreement for the creation of a cultural network with the Italian Union, a representative body of the native Italian community in the former Yugoslavia....
The synergy between FederEsuli and Unione Italiana is consolidated
The Program Agreement for the creation of a cultural network between the Italian Union and the Federation of Associations of Istrian, Rijeka and Dalmatian Exiles was signed in Zagreb on Thursday, July 29, 2021, at the Italian Cultural Institute, in the presence of the Italian Ambassador to Croatia, HE Pierfrancesco Sacco. On behalf of the Federation, the agreement was signed by its President, Prof. Attorney Giuseppe de Vergottini; on behalf of the Italian Union, the Agreement was signed by its President, Maurizio Tremul, and by the President of the Executive Board, Marin Corva. The signing was attended by the President of the National Association Venezia...
The Complexity of the Eastern Border History
With reference to the article “History rewritten in silence” by Simonetta Fiori in the Tuesday 6 July edition of “Repubblica”, the Federation of Associations of Istrian, Fiume and Dalmatian Exiles would like to make some clarifications. First of all, it is painful to note that the history of the eastern border is always interpreted in the context of fascism and the political attack on the right, forgetting centuries of Italian presence, history, culture and tradition on the eastern Adriatic coast, as well as the adherence to the Risorgimento of native ruling classes and volunteers. It is necessary to distinguish the ideological and political reading that has...
Mattarella received the leaders of FederEsuli at the Quirinale
Extreme cordiality and renewed commitments to resolve the issues that are dear to the world of the Adriatic diaspora: this is how the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella welcomed this morning at the Quirinale a delegation of representatives of the Associations of Istrian, Fiume and Dalmatian exiles led by the President of FederEsuli, Giuseppe de Vergottini. «A year after the day spent in Trieste by Mattarella together with the President of the Slovenian Republic Borut Pahor – explains de Vergottini – we have verified that there is great institutional sensitivity towards our still unresolved issues. Surely the President of the Republic has...
The second issue of 2021 of the “Coordinamento Adriatico” bulletin
The April-June 2021 issue of the "Coordinamento Adriatico" bulletin, a quarterly culture and information magazine of the Association of the same name chaired by Prof. Avv. Giuseppe de Vergottini, can be consulted online for free or downloaded in PDF format: http://www.coordinamentoadriatico.it/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/CA-02.21.pdf Summary: Yugoslavia, an infinite dissolution 2 The knot of ethnic conflicts: the Balkan case 3 The Water Museum in Split 4 The birthday of the Splendida 5 Two centuries for Luxardo 6 An Istrian in Patagonia 7 Italo Svevo and irredentism: a family story 8 When the ball chased the events...
FederEsuli presents the issues of Adriatic Italianness to the Foreign Affairs Commission
A broad overview of the problems of Adriatic Italianity, both with regard to the indigenous presence and with reference to the Istrian, Fiume and Dalmatian exiles and their descendants: this was presented by the President of the Federation of the Associations of Istrian, Fiume and Dalmatian Exiles, Prof. Attorney Giuseppe de Vergottini, guest this morning of the Foreign and Community Affairs Commission of the Chamber of Deputies. The hearing - preceded by a timely presentation made by the President of the Commission Piero Fassino on the institutional context in which the Federation operates - took place thanks to the interest of the Hon. Vito Comencini, who introduced some of the...
The Adriatic policy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will take into account the exiles
The President of the Federation of Associations of Istrian, Fiume and Dalmatian Exiles, Professor Giuseppe de Vergottini, held a frank and cordial conversation via teleconference with the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Benedetto della Vedova, whose responsibilities include the issues of the Adriatic diaspora and the native Italian community in the former Yugoslavia. The representative of the Draghi Government first confirmed that national foreign policy is directed with great interest towards the Upper Adriatic: with neighboring countries, the establishment of an increasingly intense dialogue is hoped for, in which the requests coming from...
Italianness and future prospects in the Eastern Adriatic
The De Gasperi Foundation - in collaboration with the Federation of Associations of Istrian, Fiuman and Dalmatian Exiles - is organizing an online meeting on the Day of Remembrance on Thursday, February 18 at 18:00 p.m. The discussion will be broadcast live on the page https://www.facebook.com/FondazioneDeGasperi/live and will be visible even for those who are not registered on Facebook; at the same address it will be possible to watch it again freely in streaming. After the initial greetings of Angelino Alfano, President of the De Gasperi Foundation, the following will speak to discuss the presence of Italianness and future prospects in the Eastern Adriatic: - Giuseppe De Vergottini,...
Speech by Prof. de Vergottini at the 2021 Remembrance Day ceremony
Speech by Professor Giuseppe de Vergottini, President of the Federation of Associations of Istrian, Fiume, and Dalmatian Exiles, at the 2021 Remembrance Day ceremony held at the Palazzo dei Gruppi Parlamentari (Rome) on Wednesday, February 10. Law No. 92 of March 30, 2004, in establishing Remembrance Day, confirmed the dramatic nature of the exodus of almost the entire Italian population of the Julian territories caused by the violence experienced after September 8, 1943, and at the end of the Second World War. Thus, the gap that had been created between the memory of the exiles and that of the entire nation was filled. We cannot fail to remember...
Speech by Prof. de Vergottini for the Day of Remembrance
Remembrance Day is not merely a commemoration of the victims of the massacres committed by Tito's communist partisans, but also an opportunity to reflect on the forgotten stories of so many Italians who experienced the exodus and its tragic consequences. The speech by Professor Giuseppe de Vergottini, President of the Federation of Istrian, Rijeka, and Dalmatian Exiles' Associations, recalls the civic significance of this anniversary, placing it in the present.
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