Centenary of May Declaration celebrated

Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici, 28 May - The centenary of the May Declaration, a political programme that articulated the demand that south Slavic nations in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy be united into an autonomous political unit, was marked on Sunday at the birthplace of Anton Korošec, the Slovenian MP who read the declaration in the Austrian parliament on 30 May 1917.

Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici.
President Borut Pahor addresses a ceremony celebrating the centenary of the May Declaration, a political programme that articulated the demand that south Slavic nations in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy be united into an autonomous political unit.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici.
President Borut Pahor (left) greets Carinal Franc Rode at a ceremony celebrating the centenary of the May Declaration, a political programme that articulated the demand that south Slavic nations in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy be united into an autonomous political unit.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici.
President Borut Pahor (left) and Mayor of Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici Miroslav Petrovič arriving at a ceremony celebrating the centenary of the May Declaration, a political programme that articulated the demand that south Slavic nations in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy be united into an autonomous political unit.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici.
President Borut Pahor (left) and Mayor of Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici Miroslav Petrovič arriving at a ceremony celebrating the centenary of the May Declaration, a political programme that articulated the demand that south Slavic nations in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy be united into an autonomous political unit.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

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