Rupel Protests over Move against Minority, Resia Mayor Responds Fiercely

Trieste, 12 November - Slovenia's consul general to Trieste Dimitrij Rupel has sent a letter to Mayor of Italy's municipality of Resia Sergio Chinese, expressing protest over the municipal administration's refusal to extend the contract to the Slovenian cultural associations for the management of the Resian culture centre. Chinese reacted fiercely.