Minister Praises Prekmurje for Perseverance, Promises Bright Future

Murska Sobota, 17 August - Minister of the Environment and Spatial Planning Janez Podobnik praised the people of Prekmurje for their love of Slovenia in his speech at Friday's ceremony to commemorate the region's reunification with the homeland in 1919. He promised that the perseverance of the region, which has since independence struggled to keep pace with the rest of the country, would pay off with a "development spurt".