War suspends town twinning between Kočevje and Bucha

Kočevje, 11 April - The Kočevje municipality in southern Slovenia had been forging ties with the Bucha municipality near Kyiv before the war in Ukraine erupted in February. The two were preparing to become twin towns, a process to continue after the war. In the meantime Kočevje is trying to help Bucha, an area now notorious for reports of atrocities.