Locals unwilling to sacrifice trees for Magna jobs

Hoče, 3 June - The government's plan to secure replacement farmland for the plots lost to the planned Magna Steyr plant in the north-east of the country by cutting part of a nearby forest, appears to have failed after the locals decided on Friday not to surrender a single hectare of the woodland.

Rogoza,
Zbor krajanov naselja Rogoza.
Predstavnik civilne iniciative Rešimo Rogoški gozd Simon Žlahtič.
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Rogoza,
Zbor krajanov naselja Rogoza.
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Rogoza,
Zbor krajanov naselja Rogoza.
Državna sekretarka Tanja Strniša.
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Rogoza,
Zbor krajanov naselja Rogoza.
Državna sekretarka Eva Štravs Podlogar.
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Rogoza,
Zbor krajanov naselja Rogoza.
Foto: Andreja Seršen Dobaj/STA

Rogoza,
Zbor krajanov naselja Rogoza.
Foto: Andreja Seršen Dobaj/STA

Rogoza,
Zbor krajanov naselja Rogoza.
Foto: Andreja Seršen Dobaj/STA

Rogoza,
Zbor krajanov naselja Rogoza.
Foto: Andreja Seršen Dobaj/STA

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