Farmers want protection from Austrians buying Slovenian land

Murska Sobota, 15 January - Farmers in the north-eastern region of Pomurje are afraid they could be left without land as Austrian farmers have been increasingly buying agricultural land in Slovenia, especially in the Apače Plain along the state border.

Gornja Radgona The seat of the Radgona Chamber of Agriculture in the north-eastern region of Pomurje. Photo: Marjan Maučec/STA

Gornja Radgona
The seat of the Radgona Chamber of Agriculture in the north-eastern region of Pomurje.
Photo: Marjan Maučec/STA

Dol pri Ljubljani Slovenians farmers from Prekmurje, north-east, afraid Austrian farmers will buy all land in the Apače Valley. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA File photo

Dol pri Ljubljani
Slovenians farmers from Prekmurje, north-east, afraid Austrian farmers will buy all land in the Apače Valley.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA
File photo

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