Situation difficult after last week's frost, minister says

Ljubljana, 26 April - Agriculture Minister Dejan Židan presented the government on Friday with initial estimates regarding last week's frost that has decimated crops in Slovenia, saying that the situation on the ground was difficult. His ministry is already preparing a new emergency law to deal with the natural disaster.

Ljubljana
Agriculture Minister Mateja Dejan Židan speaks to the press after the cabinet session.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Agriculture Minister Mateja Dejan Židan speaks to the press after the cabinet session.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Agriculture Minister Mateja Dejan Židan speaks to the press after the cabinet session.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Agriculture Minister Mateja Dejan Židan speaks to the press after the cabinet session.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Borovnica
Cherry tree damaged by the 2017 late-April frost.
Photo: Aljoša Rehar/STA
File photo

Borovnica
A vine damaged by the late-April frost.
Photo: Aljoša Rehar/STA

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