Agriculture Minister Fails to Convince Farmers Not to Protest on Monday

Ljubljana, 24 July - The trade union of Slovene farmers will stage a protest rally in front of the government building on Monday, it became clear after the union met on Wednesday with Agriculture Minister Franci But. "As we've been highlighting the burning issues for some time, and have so far heard only promises, we have no other way to address the issues," said the union's president Marjan Gorenc after meeting Minister But.