EUR 2.4m for municipalities with Italian, Hungarian minorities
Ljubljana, 13 February - The municipalities populated by members of the Italian and Hungarian ethnic minorities will receive a total of EUR 2.37 million in 2025 to finance bilingual projects and implementation of constitutional rights of the two minorities, the government decided on Thursday.
Koper
Flag of Koper, one of the Slovenian municipalities populated by the Italian ethnic minority.
Photo: Eva Jakomin/STA
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Under the legislation governing the financing of municipalities, municipalities with the Italian or Hungarian ethnic minority are entitled to 0.15% of total municipal expenditure every year, the Government Office for National Minorities said after the government session.
In 2025, average per capita funding for municipalities stands at EUR 771.33, while 0.15 % of it at the annual level is EUR 2.37 million.
Italians live in the municipalities of Koper, Ankaran, Izola and Piran, and Hungarians in Lendava, Moravske Toplice, Dobrovnik, Hodoš and Šalovci.