Removal of Revolution Monuments Urged at Ceremony

Ljubljana, 15 May - Around 1,500 people attended in Ljubljana on Friday a ceremony remembering the start of democratic changes in Slovenia 25 years ago to hear the first Slovenian PM Lojze Peterle argue that "a bloody revolution that divided Slovenians" should not be celebrated as part of the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII.

Ljubljana
Slovenia's first Defence Minister and former PM Janez Janša addresses a ceremony.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Slovenia's first Defence Minister and former PM Janez Janša addresses a ceremony.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Slovenia's first Defence Minister and former PM Janez Janša addresses a ceremony.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

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