Gorica presents award to Pahor and Mattarella: "We were driven by responsibility for peaceful coexistence"

Former President of the Republic Borut Pahor and Italian President Sergio Mattarella were presented with the Gorizia City Award at the Verdi Theater in Gorizia for their contribution to the candidacy of Gorizia and Nova Gorica for European Capital of Culture 2025.

The President of the Republic received the 'Santi Ilario and Taziano Prize', shared with the president emeritus of Slovenia Borut Pahor

Former President of the Republic Borut Pahor and Italian President Sergio Mattarella were presented with the Gorizia City Award today at the Verdi Theater in Gorizia for their contribution and support for the candidacy of Gorizia and Nova Gorica for the European Capital of Culture 2025. Pahor emphasized that he and Mattarella tried to create a better world.

President Pahor “and I have been fortunate enough to personally witness an extraordinary event: the progressive transformation of a border, conceived as a dividing line in the heart of a city and a population, into a place of meeting and sharing. This ceremony seems to me to be part of this change”. This was stated by the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, on the occasion of the award ceremony for the “Saints Hilary and Tatian – City …