Slovene Embassy Intervenes at Italy's Foreign Ministry over A.M. Slomšek Teachers' College

Ljubljana, 24 April - SLOVENIA/ITALY/MINORITY/TEACHERS/COLLEGE
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia reported Thursday that the Slovene embassy in Rome intervened at Italy's Foreign Ministry over the announced rationalization of the school network in Italy, which includes a merger of the Triest-based A. M. Slomšek Teachers' College with the Slovene teaching language with the France Prešeren secondary school, also in Triest. The embassy handed a document to Italy's foreign minister stressing the step constitute a violation of international legal standards that both countries pledged to abide by.