Poseta Milana Stojadinovića Italiji decembra 1937.

• Main Author: Bojan Simić
• Format: Article
• Language: deu
• Published: Institut za Savremenu Istoriju 2017-08-01
• Series: Istorija 20. Veka
• Subjects: Italy; Yugoslavia; Milan Stojadinović; foreign policy; diplomacy; press; propaganda
• Online Access: http://istorija20veka.rs/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/2017_2_05_Simic.pdf

The official visit of Yugoslav Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Milan Stojadinović to Italy at the beginning of December 1937 is considered to be a courtesy call following Italian Foreign Minister Ciano’s visit to Belgrade in March 1937 when Italian-Yugoslav Agreement was signed. During his stay in Rome, Stojadinović met Mussolini and talked about the current situation in Europe and foreign policies of two countries. He was also received by Italian King Victor Emanuel III and pope Pius XI. The second part of the visit took place in Milano were Yugoslav Prime Minister visited industrial complex and military center. Although no new agreements were signed, this visit is vitally important for understanding the politics of the two governments in the following months and years. The press of both countries paid much attention to this visit and informed their public regularly and in detail about it. Leading Italian newspapers Corriere della Sera and La Stampa and Yugoslav Politika and Vreme were in the forefront. Hundreds of articles were written, dozen new photos were made and published on front pages. Italian and Yugoslav newspapers often republished foreign articles about the visit but exclusively theose with positive connotation, considering the visit as a crucial act for European peace at the time.