Rupel to Receive Slovene Minority Before Visiting Rome

Ljubljana, 22 February - RUPEL/MINORITY/ITALY
Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel will receive a joint representation of Slovenes in Italy on 6 March, before he is to leave for a working visit to Rome. The Italian Parliament's renewed postponement of the passing of the protection bill for Slovene minorities has caused worry among the Slovene minority in Italy and Slovenia as a whole.