Twenty Years On, Key Independence Figures Lament Lost Spirit

Ljubljana, 7 December - Nearly 20 years after Slovenia began the formal path to independence, three key political figures of that time have told the STA that the country has achieved a lot, but they expressed regret that the democratic spirit of that time has fizzled out.

Ljubljana MEP Lojze Peterle, a former prime minister, speaks for the STA Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
MEP Lojze Peterle, a former prime minister, speaks for the STA
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana, vlada. Predsednik vlade Borut Pahor in njegov posebni poročevalec za BiH in bivši predsednik republike Milan Kučan sta podala izjavo za medije. Foto: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana, vlada.
Predsednik vlade Borut Pahor in njegov posebni poročevalec za BiH in bivši predsednik republike Milan Kučan sta podala izjavo za medije.
Foto: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana France Bucar, speaker of parliament after the first multi-party elections. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA File photo

Ljubljana
France Bucar, speaker of parliament after the first multi-party elections.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA
File photo

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