A century ago, May Declaration helped launch national movement

Ljubljana, 27 May - "All territories on which Slovenians, Croats and Serbs live should unite under the sceptre of the Hapsburg-Lothringian dynasty into an independent state body free of any foreign rule and built on democratic foundations." A century ago, this statement triggered a movement whose consequences are tangible to this day.

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