''La Voce del Popolo'' () is an
Italian-language
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daily newspaper published by ''EDIT'' (''EDizioni ITaliane'') in the
Croatia
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n city of
Rijeka
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History and profile
''La Voce del Popolo'' was first published in October 1944.Josip Broz Tito
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and the Yugoslav partisans
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, taking its name from a paper which had been printed in Fiume (as Rijeka was then called) from 1885 until its suppression following the city’s annexation to the Fascist
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Kingdom of Italy
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in 1924. During the post-World War II
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period it became the newspaper of the sizeable Italian
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community in Yugoslavia
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. With the independence of Slovenia
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and Croatia, ''La Voce del Popolo'' has continued to campaign for the Italian communities of the area as well as being read by Italian tourists in the summer. A monthly supplement focusing on the Italians of Dalmatia
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has been recently added.
References
External links
La voce del popolo
Official site
EDIT, Edizioni Italiane
Voce del Popolo, La
at lzmk.hr
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1944 establishments in Yugoslavia
Publications established in 1944
Daily newspapers published in Croatia
Italian-language newspapers
Mass media in Rijeka