Ambassador to Croatia at the 86th anniversary of the Arsia mining tragedy

(ANSA) - ZAGABRIA, 01 MAR - The Italian Ambassador to Croatia, Paolo Trichilo, traveled to Arsia (Istria region) to participate in the initiatives organized to commemorate, on the 86th anniversary, the 185 miners (mostly Italian citizens, as well as Croatians and Slovenians) who died on February 28, 1940, in a mining disaster, when the town belonged to the Kingdom of Italy. On December 30, the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, on the recommendation of the Ministry of Labor, awarde...

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