Slovenians from Both Sides of Border Hold Traditional Meeting

Kobarid, 21 January - Slovenians from both sides of the Slovenian-Italian border were reassured by a government official on Saturday about the outlook for the border area in the face of Slovenia's upcoming membership of the Schengen zone.

Kobarid, culture centre The 37th meeting of Slovenians from the regions of Udine (Italy) and Posocje (Slovenia); Environment Minister Janez Podobnik (right) talking to Riccardo Rutar, a representative of ethnic Slovenians from the Udine region. Photo: Marko Cencic/STA

Kobarid, culture centre
The 37th meeting of Slovenians from the regions of Udine (Italy) and Posocje (Slovenia); Environment Minister Janez Podobnik (right) talking to Riccardo Rutar, a representative of ethnic Slovenians from the Udine region.
Photo: Marko Cencic/STA

Kobarid, culture centre The 37th meeting of Slovenians from the regions of Udine (Italy) and Posocje (Slovenia); (left to right) Deputy Speaker of Parliament Vasja Klavora, Environment Minister Janez Podobnik and the head of the Tolmin administrative unit Zdravko Likar. Photo: Marko Cencic/STA

Kobarid, culture centre
The 37th meeting of Slovenians from the regions of Udine (Italy) and Posocje (Slovenia); (left to right) Deputy Speaker of Parliament Vasja Klavora, Environment Minister Janez Podobnik and the head of the Tolmin administrative unit Zdravko Likar.
Photo: Marko Cencic/STA

Kobarid, Hotel Hvala The 37th meeting of Slovenians from the regions of Udine (Italy) and Posocje (Slovenia); Environment Minister Janez Podobnik in meeting with Franco Jacop, the international cooperation representative of Friuli Venezia Giulia, and a delegation of the Slovenian minority from Italy. Photo: Marko Cencic/STA

Kobarid, Hotel Hvala
The 37th meeting of Slovenians from the regions of Udine (Italy) and Posocje (Slovenia); Environment Minister Janez Podobnik in meeting with Franco Jacop, the international cooperation representative of Friuli Venezia Giulia, and a delegation of the Slovenian minority from Italy.
Photo: Marko Cencic/STA

Kobarid, Hotel Hvala The 37th meeting of Slovenians from the regions of Udine (Italy) and Posocje (Slovenia); (left to right) Rudi Pavsic, the head of the Slovenian Cultural and Economic Association, Franco Jacop, the international cooperation representative of Friuli Venezia Giulia, and Drago Stoka, the head of the Council of Slovenian Organisations. Photo: Marko Cencic/STA

Kobarid, Hotel Hvala
The 37th meeting of Slovenians from the regions of Udine (Italy) and Posocje (Slovenia); (left to right) Rudi Pavsic, the head of the Slovenian Cultural and Economic Association, Franco Jacop, the international cooperation representative of Friuli Venezia Giulia, and Drago Stoka, the head of the Council of Slovenian Organisations.
Photo: Marko Cencic/STA

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