In the Treaty signed in Paris in February 1947, Italy renounced the right to possess colonies throughout the world, ceded all the islands of the Adriatic Sea facing the Balkans to Yugoslavia. This country also received the Istrian peninsula, the western part of present-day Slovenia and the port of Fiume.
The region north of Istria and the city of Trieste remained under international administration as the Free Territory of Trieste until 1952. In that same year, Italy received part of the territory corresponding to the current Province of Trieste and Yugoslavia took the rest.
The Dodecanese Islands were administered by the United Kingdom until 1947