La O
Voce O
del O
Popolo O
(Voice O
of O
the O
People) O
is O
the O
only O
daily O
newspaper O
in O
the O
Italian O
language O
in O
Rijeka B-LOC
and O
in O
Croatia. B-LOC
Today O
it O
is O
published O
by O
the O
Italian O
Union O
(Unione O
Italiana) O
the O
main O
organization O
of O
the O
Italian O
minority O
in O
Croatia O
and B-LOC
Slovenia. O
The O
newspaper O
was O
established O
during O
the O
Second O
World O
War O
as O
one O
of O
several O
partisan O
publications O
in O
Italian O
in O
the O
region O
that O
were O
duplicated O
by O
cyclostyle O
a O
small O
machine O
and O
ancestor O
to O
the O
photocopier O
that O
was O
used O
by O
many O
resistance O
movements O
across O
Europe. O
La O
Voce O
was O
named O
after O
an O
19th O
century O
newspaper O
from O
Fiume O
and O
the O
first O
number O
was O
issued O
on O
October O
27 O
1944. O
In O
May O
1945 O
after O
the O
end O
of O
the O
war O
La O
Voce O
del O
Popolo O
started O
to O
be O
published O
daily O
becoming O
the O
newspaper O
of O
the O
Italian O
minority O
in O
Yugoslavia. O
It O
was O
under O
the O
control O
of O
the O
Communist O
Party O
and O
expressed O
the O
political O
line O
of O
the O
new O
authorities O
but O
it O
also O
became O
one O
of O
the O
main O
expressions O
of O
the O
cultural O
and O
intellectual O
life O
of O
the O
Italian O
community O
in O
Rijeka O
and O
in B-LOC
Istria. I-LOC
Many O
leftist O
journalists O
and B-PER
intellectuals I-PER
who B-PER
moved I-PER
from O
Italy O
to O
Yugoslavia O
after B-LOC
the I-LOC
war O
were O
employed O
at O
the O
newspaper. O
The O
relationship O
between O
the O
editorial O
board O
and O
the O
Party O
was O
not O
free O
from O
tensions. O
After O
the O
expulsion O
of O
Yugoslavia O
form B-LOC
the I-LOC
Cominform O
in O
1948 O
for O
example O
part O
of O
the O
journalists O
explicitly O
supported O
Stalin O
against O
Tito. B-PER
Later O
la B-PER
Voce I-PER
del O
Popolo O
suffered O
as O
a O
result O
of O
changes O
in O
Yugoslavia's O
policies B-LOC
towards I-LOC
national O
minorities O
and B-PER
was I-PER
downsized. I-PER
Nevertheless O
it O
continued O
to O
be O
financially O
supported O
and O
published O
as O
a O
daily O
newspaper O
despite O
the O
constant O
numerical O
decline O
of O
the O
Italian O
minority O
population O
in O
Yugoslavia. O
After O
the O
disgragation O
of O
Socialist O
Yugoslavia O
in O
the O
new O
Independent O
Croatia O
the B-LOC
publishing I-LOC
house O
of O
La O
Voce O
del O
Popolo O
Edit O
was O
privatized. O
Since O
2001 O
it O
is O
owned O
by O
the O
Italian O
Union O
and O
it O
is O
partially O
subsidized O
by O
the O
governments O
of O
Croatia O
Slovenia O
and O
Italy. B-LOC
The B-LOC
newspaper I-LOC
has B-LOC
a O
daily O
run O
of O
around O
4000 O
copies. O