(ANSA) - TRIESTE, AUG 26 - Rai intends to turn off the medium-wave radio broadcasts starting September 11, 2022. This decision will also include turning off the medium wave signal of Radio Trieste A, which broadcasts radio programs for the Slovene National Community in Italy, as well as of the Campalto facility, from where comes the signal of the radio program of the RAI FVG "L'Ora della Venezia Giulia.'" The President of the Italian Union, Maurizio Tremul, said on behalf of the organization representing the entire Italian national community in Croatia and Slovenia. The radio broadcasts will be transferred to web platforms.

Tremul disclosed that in recent days he has appealed to Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio and Undersecretary Benedetto Della Vedova, as well as the Undersecretary to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Dept. of Information, Giuseppe Moles; consulates and Fvg Governor Massimiliano Fedriga, to "express the concern of the Italians of Istria, Kvarner, and Dalmatia." (ANSA).