In 2010, a theater adaptation of Pahor's novel Necropolis, directed by the Trieste Slovene director Boris Kobal, was staged in Trieste's Teatro Verdi, sponsored by the mayors of Trieste and Ljubljana, Roberto Dipiazza and Zoran Janković [REF].
The event was considered a "historical step" in the normalization of relations between Italians and Slovenes in Trieste,[REF][REF] and was attended by numerous Slovenian and Italian dignitaries [REF].