Commuter workers protesting over unemployment in NE Slovenia

Murska Sobota, 17 January - Slovenian workers who commute to Austria are up in arms following Tuesday's fatal car accident in which two migrant workers died returning home from work across the northern border. The workers' trade union is protesting over the government's inaction regarding the region's economic stagnation and unemployment.

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Paradajz, a company growing tomatoes, one of the more successful companies in the region of Prekmurje.
Photo: Marjan Maučec/STA
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