Slovenia commemorates primorska’s integration with motherland
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On September 15, people in Slovenia observed the national holiday commemorating the integration of Primorska, a region of Slovenia, with its motherland.
The Municipality of Sežana hosted a central ceremony in Lipica to mark the 79th anniversary of the Paris Peace Treaty. That treaty, signed after World War II, assigned part of the Primorska region to Yugoslavia, while another part remained in Italy.
This year, the holiday retained the name “Day of Primorska’s Integration with the Motherland” because the National Assembly replaced the word “return” with “integration” in October 2024. However, a proposal exists within the National Assembly to revert the name to “Day of Primorska’s Return to the Motherland,” a change many people in the Primorska region oppose due to historical facts. During the ceremony, Sežana mayor Andrej Sila emphasized the importance of words, historical facts, and collective memory.
President Nataša Pirc Musar spoke about the historical oppression of Slovenian culture under fascist rule, recalling the closure of Slovenian schools and cultural organizations. She also remembered the poet Srečko Kosovel and his role as a voice for a generation resisting injustice.
The holiday remembers September 15, 1947, when the Paris Peace Treaty formally transferred a significant portion of the Primorska region, including Posočje, the Vipava Valley, most of the Karst plateau, and a small part of Istria, to Yugoslavia and, subsequently, Slovenia.
