(ANSA) - GORIZIA - The President of the Republic of Slovenia, Borut Pahor, awarded the director of Gorizia's ''Kulturni dom'', Igor Komel, the ''Medalja za zasluge-Medal of Merit'', for his 30-year commitment to cultural activities and coexistence between peoples. The ceremony was held in the Slovenian Presidency Palace, in Ljubljana, last Thursday. Since 1987, Komel has been the director of the 'House of Slovenian Culture' in Gorizia, which aims to be a 'home' to the Isonzo cultures, that is the house of coexistence between Slovenians, Italians and Friulians in Friuli Venezia Giulia, and the place of good relationship with Slovenia and for the Italian minority in Slovenia. Komel takes an active part in several entities and organizations of the minority, and is therefore an important point of reference for the Slovenian Economic and Cultural Union (Skgz). (ANSA).