PM warns against hate speech at WWII commemoration

Ljubljana, 8 May - Prime Minister Robert Golob underlined that history must not be abused for hate speech, as he laid a wreath on Monday at a monument commemorating 77 partisans who fell near the village of Orle just before the end of World War II in what was the final push to liberate the Nazi-occupied Ljubljana.

Orle Prime Minister Robert Golob lays a wreath at the monument commemorating 77 partisans. Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Orle
Prime Minister Robert Golob lays a wreath at the monument commemorating 77 partisans.
Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Orle Prime Minister Robert Golob lays a wreath at the monument commemorating 77 partisans. Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Orle
Prime Minister Robert Golob lays a wreath at the monument commemorating 77 partisans.
Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Orle Ljubljana Mayor Zoran Janković addresses an event commemorating 77 partisans. Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Orle
Ljubljana Mayor Zoran Janković addresses an event commemorating 77 partisans.
Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Orle Prime Minister Robert Golob lays a wreath at the monument commemorating 77 partisans. Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Orle
Prime Minister Robert Golob lays a wreath at the monument commemorating 77 partisans.
Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Orle Prime Minister Robert Golob lays a wreath at the monument commemorating 77 partisans. Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Orle
Prime Minister Robert Golob lays a wreath at the monument commemorating 77 partisans.
Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Orle Prime Minister Robert Golob lays a wreath at the monument commemorating 77 partisans. Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Orle
Prime Minister Robert Golob lays a wreath at the monument commemorating 77 partisans.
Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Orle Prime Minister Robert Golob (centre), his partner (left) and Ljubljana Mayor Zoran Janković arrive at an event commemorating 77 partisans. Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

Orle
Prime Minister Robert Golob (centre), his partner (left) and Ljubljana Mayor Zoran Janković arrive at an event commemorating 77 partisans.
Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA

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