Govt secures EUR 2.2m to municipalities for support of minorities
Ljubljana, 25 January - The government adopted on Thursday a decree that provides municipalities with members of the Italian and Hungarian minorities with a total of EUR 2.2 million in co-funding from the state this year for the support of bilinguality and the securing of minorities' constitutional rights.
The decision is in line with legislative provisions stipulating that such municipalities are to be allocated funds for each budget year equal to 0.15% of the municipality's total eligible expenditure.
Funds will be secured for the municipalities of Koper, Ankaran, Izola and Piran, which have an Italian community, and for Lendava, Moravske Toplice, Dobrovnik, Hodoš, and Šalovci, home to the Hungarian minority.