President calls for unity, cooperation on national holiday

Ljubljana, 26 December - President Borut Pahor welcomed some 500 visitors at the Presidential Palace on Tuesday to mark Independence and Unity Day, remembering the day in 1990 when the outcome of the independence referendum was declared, his office said. He also received beekeepers after 20 May was recently declared World Bee Day on Slovenia's initiative.

Ljubljana President Borut Pahor (right) gives a Slovenian flag to the head of the Slovenian Beekeepers' Association, Boštjan Noč. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana
President Borut Pahor (right) gives a Slovenian flag to the head of the Slovenian Beekeepers' Association, Boštjan Noč.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana President Borut Pahor welcomes visitors on Independence and Unity Day. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana
President Borut Pahor welcomes visitors on Independence and Unity Day.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana President Borut Pahor welcomes represrenantive of Slovenian beekeepers on Independence and Unity Day. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana
President Borut Pahor welcomes represrenantive of Slovenian beekeepers on Independence and Unity Day.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana President Borut Pahor welcomes represrenantive of Slovenian beekeepers on Independence and Unity Day. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana
President Borut Pahor welcomes represrenantive of Slovenian beekeepers on Independence and Unity Day.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana President Borut Pahor welcomes represrenantive of Slovenian beekeepers on Independence and Unity Day. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana
President Borut Pahor welcomes represrenantive of Slovenian beekeepers on Independence and Unity Day.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana President Borut Pahor poses with Honeybee Princess and Honebee Queen. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana
President Borut Pahor poses with Honeybee Princess and Honebee Queen.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana President Borut Pahor welcomes visitors on Independence and Unity Day. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana
President Borut Pahor welcomes visitors on Independence and Unity Day.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana President Borut Pahor welcomes visitors on Independence and Unity Day. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana
President Borut Pahor welcomes visitors on Independence and Unity Day.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana President Borut Pahor welcomes visitors on Independence and Unity Day. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana
President Borut Pahor welcomes visitors on Independence and Unity Day.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana President Borut Pahor welcomes visitors on Independence and Unity Day. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana
President Borut Pahor welcomes visitors on Independence and Unity Day.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana President Borut Pahor welcomes visitors on Independence and Unity Day. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana
President Borut Pahor welcomes visitors on Independence and Unity Day.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana President Borut Pahor welcomes visitors on Independence and Unity Day. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana
President Borut Pahor welcomes visitors on Independence and Unity Day.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana President Borut Pahor (right) gives a Slovenian flag to the head of the Slovenian Beekeepers' Association, Boštjan Noč. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana
President Borut Pahor (right) gives a Slovenian flag to the head of the Slovenian Beekeepers' Association, Boštjan Noč.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

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