Italian MEP Compares Foibe to Nazi Concentration Camps

Strasbourg, 13 April - The recent stirring of old differences between World War II foes Italy and Slovenia has moved to the European Parliament, where an Italian MP today called for "the forgotten and denied" story about foibe to be laid bare. This prompted a response from a Slovenian MEP, who said Italy was using the story as an alibi for its own war crimes.