A volume about the Istro-Romanian localities in Croatia will be launched at the Balkan Romanian Congresstranslated

Leaders of historical Romanian organizations from Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece and North Macedonia will meet on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, at the Congress of Balkan Romania. During the event, a series of volumes published by the Publishing House of the Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR) will be launched, which present research done in the Romanian historical communities in the Balkans.

One of the volumes will be "Istro-Romanian Localities in Croatia", by Dorin Lozovanu, Călin Pantea and Petar Radosavljević (2026), which capitalizes on the results of field research carried out by the authors between 21-31 July 2025, on the Istrian Peninsula and on the island of Krk in Croatia, research supported by the ICR through the Department of Programs for Romanian Communities.

The work offers a documented perspective on the linguistic, ethnographic and socio-geographical situation of the Istro-Romanian community and includes studies, photographs and cartographic materials relating to localities such as Žejane (Jeian), Šušnjevica (Şușnevița), Nova Vas (Noselo), Jesenovik (Sucodru), Brdo (Bârdo), Kostrčani, Zankovci, Letaj (Letai), Mune, Grobnik, Gradinje and Skitača, as well as the island of Krk.

Geographical aspects are addressed,...