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Gorizia European Capital of Culture also concerns Istria
CAPITAL OF CULTURE, WITH THE ITALIAN UNION THE INITIATIVES WILL ALSO ARRIVE IN ISTRIA Ziberna met with President Tremul: “Gorizia and Nova Gorica are already becoming an example for other border areas” Studying new initiatives together to bring the message of the first historic European Capital of Cross-Border Culture also to Istria. This is the proposal that the mayors of Gorizia and Nova Gorica, Rodolfo Ziberna and Klemen Miklavic, received from the president of the Italian Union, Maurizio Tremul, an organization that represents the Italian community in Slovenian and Croatian Istria. “Our goal – said Tremul – has always been to promote and...
Remembrance Day as seen by Italians in Croatia and Slovenia
February 10 is the Day of Remembrance, a celebration established in Italy in 2004 to commemorate the victims of the foibe and the Julian-Dalmatian exodus. The historical reconstruction of that period and those events is among the most controversial and divisive in Italian history of the last century. Between instrumentalizations, distortions and artfully partial narratives, the analysis of that period almost always leaves the historical context to invade the sphere of politics – very often in the least noble sense of the term. by Pietro Aleotti - 10/02/2021 Source: EastJournal Opening that chapter still means finding oneself in the midst of a clash between opposing...
Exiles and Cni, one people: teaching history to everyone
As part of the increasingly organic collaboration between the Federation of Istrian, Rijeka, and Dalmatian Exile Associations and the Italian Union, the teleconference "Day of Remembrance 2021: New Generation, from the Past to a Shared Future" was held on February 10. We publish the report by Moreno Vrancich for the newspaper "La Voce del Popolo." The videoconference organized by the Italian Union and Federesuli on the occasion of the Day of Remembrance offered interesting insights. By Moreno Vrancich - February 11, 2021 Source: La Voce del Popolo "Day of Remembrance 2021: New Generation, from the Past to a Shared Future": this is the title of the conference...
Adriatic Italians gather for Remembrance Day
A historic online meeting was held between the leaders of Adriatic diaspora associations and representatives of the Italian community in the former Yugoslavia to jointly celebrate Remembrance Day. The joint event, titled "New Generation, from the Past to a Shared Future," was held on the afternoon of Wednesday, February 10, on the Zoom platform. It was a meeting that drew numerous contributions from both institutional representatives and intellectuals. Opening the discussion was Pierfrancesco Sacco, Italian Ambassador to Croatia, who emphasized that "an exclusive economic zone is taking shape between Italy and the Balkan country...
The CNI remembers the victims of the foibe and the exodus
On the eve of the Day of Remembrance, the representatives of the Italian Union and the Councils of the Italian minority of the Istrian and Coastal Mountain Regions laid a wreath at the Surani sinkhole. The President of the Assembly of the Italian Union, Paolo Demarin, launched the proposal to place a stele near the sinkhole where Norma Cossetto was killed. “A dutiful tribute to the victims of the sinkholes and the exodus, a testimony of closeness and sharing of the tragic events that have characterized our land” with this spirit the Italian national community, represented by its institutions, laid a wreath...
FederEsuli and Unione Italiana establish an organic collaboration
The leaders of the Adriatic diaspora associations met via teleconference with the highest representatives of the indigenous Italian national community of Croatia and Slovenia on Saturday, December 5, 2020. The meeting was attended by Giuseppe de Vergottini, President of the Federation of Associations of Istrian, Rijeka, and Dalmatian Exiles; Franco Papetti (President of the Association of Rijeka Italians in the World – Free Municipality of Rijeka in Exile); Renzo Codarin (President of the National Association of Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia); Tito Lucilio Sidari (President of the Association of Italians of Pula and Istria – Free Municipality of Pula in Exile);
FederEsuli supports a united and authoritative Italian Union
Convened by President Antonio Ballarin, the Executive Committee of the Federation of Associations of Istrian, Rijeka, and Dalmatian Exiles met on Saturday, March 3, in Mestre (Venice). With the president absent for health reasons, the meeting was chaired by Renzo Codarin, national president of the National Association of Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia, and was held in the presence of the presidents of the federated associations: David Di Paoli Paulovich for the Association of Istrian Communities, Guido Brazzoduro for Rijeka Italians in the World – Free Municipality of Rijeka in exile, Tito Sidari for the Free Municipality of Pola in exile, and Franco Luxardo for Dalmatian Italians in the World.
