President, Prince Edward mark first Slovenia-UK Friendship Day
Vinica, 14 May - President Borut Pahor and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, marked the first Day of Slovenia-UK Friendship on Tuesday in Gornji Suhor, a village in south-eastern Slovenia, where a British bomber crashed in 1945. They laid wreaths at the memorial plaque commemorating the crew, five of whom were taken to safety by local Partisans.
Gornji Suhor pri Vinici
President Borut Pahor (right) and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex (centre) attend a ceremony commemorating the crew of a WWII bomber that crashed near Vinica.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA
Gornji Suhor pri Vinici
President Borut Pahor (left) and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex (centre) attend a ceremony commemorating the crew of a WWII bomber that crashed near Vinica.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA
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