The University of Trieste has
announced a ceremony to confer honorary doctoral degrees in law
on the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella, and
the former President of the Republic of Slovenia, Borut Pahor.
The ceremony will be held on April 12 in the Aula Magna. The
Trieste University reported.
Rector Roberto Di Lenarda announced the award in December
during the academic year's opening ceremony. Di Lenarda
emphasized the university's role as "a bridge between East and
West, a hinge and dialogue between civilizations and the healing
of scars that history has left on our peoples. This historically
arduous path of reconciliation will culminate precisely in the
university's centennial year with the conferring of honorary
degrees" on Mattarella and Pahor.
In July 2020, on the occasion of the handing back of the
Narodni dom to the Slovenian community, the two presidents met
in Trieste and shook hands in front of the foiba of Basovizza as
a sign of reconciliation.
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