Minority Step Up Demands Ahead of Austrian Chancellor's Visit

Ljubljana, 20 August - A Slovenian minority organisation urged the Slovenian government on Thursday to put minority issues high on the agenda of bilateral relations with Austria, especially with a view to Chancellor Werner Faymann's visit to Slovenia next Wednesday.

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The National Council of Carinthian Slovenians (NSKS), one of the organisations representing the Slovenian minority in Austria, holds a press conference over minority issues.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

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Angelika Mlinar, political secretary of the National Council of Carinthian Slovenians (NSKS), addressing a press conference over minority issues.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

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Karl Smolle, president of the National Council of Carinthian Slovenians (NSKS), addressing a press conference over minority issues.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

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Rudi Vouk, vice president of the National Council of Carinthian Slovenians (NSKS), addressing a press conference over minority issues.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

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