Slovenci in Osimo

Abstract: The Osimo Agreements, concluded by Italy and Yugoslavia on 10 November 1975, formally regulated the mutual relations between the two countries as they had developed in the years following World War II. After the signing of the 1947 Peace Treaty and the London Memorandum, which practically resolved the Trieste issue in 1954, the two states and the border populations gradually rebuilt their relations. Although the process was not linear, local cross-border traffic expanded and economic cooperation strengthened, making the two countries important partners. The international context, and particularly the Soviet suppression of the Prague Spring, also contributed to closer political ties between Italy and Yugoslavia, which gradually paved the way for the Osimo Agreements. Despite these developments, the post-Osimo period was repeatedly marked by disappointment, a sentiment that persists in some circles even today.