The European Parliament’s Committee on Petitions has adopted a resolution on preserving the memory of the victims of the post-war communist period in Slovenia. This is the last step before the vote at the July plenary session of the European Parliament. Romana Tomc, Member of the European Parliament and Vice-President of the European People’s Party …
“This unfortunate and uniquely uncultured attitude towards the dead must be overcome as soon as possible, and the relatives must be allowed to have the final say, as is the case in cultured societies. No bigshot, not even the mayor of Ljubljana, has the right to simply impose his will and to take sides in …
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On this week’s episode of the show “Beremo” (“Reading Together”), host Metod Berlec spoke to Dr Milko Mikola, a renowned historian and expert on communist crimes in Slovenia. Dr Mikola, author of books such as “Red Violence: Repression in Slovenia after 1945” (“Rdeče nasilje: Represija v Sloveniji po letu 1945”) and “Unforgivable: Communist Crimes against Women …
Historian: The Kidrič Government Carried Out A Massacre Against Its Own Nation Read More »
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, a period that deeply shaped Slovenia and the world. In a recent statement, the Slovenian Bishops’ Conference (SŠK) highlighted the tragic extrajudicial killings that followed the end of the war, and called for truth, reconciliation and respect for the dignity of all …
This May marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War – a date that the ruling left and its associated institutions present as a glorious moment in Slovenian history. Ceremonies, speeches about “freedom”, “victory over fascism”, and the “national liberation movement”, the raising of flags and the worship of the partisan …
A conference entitled “The End of World War II and the Crimes of Communism,” organised by Croatian MEP Stephen Bartulica, was held at the European Parliament in Brussels to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. An exhibition on communist crimes in Croatia, documenting the massacres, persecutions and repression carried …
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Historian Dr Mitja Ferenc has once again pointed out to the European Parliament the injustices being inflicted by the current government on the victims of the communist regime. Slovenian MEP Romana Tomc has called on other Members of the European Parliament to send a special mission to Slovenia to find out the real situation and …
On Saturday, at St Ulrich’s Hill (Sv. Urh), in front of a modest audience of the heirs of the greatest crime on Slovenian soil, a member of the ruling Freedom Movement party (Gibanje Svoboda) made a bunch of controversial and verifiably false and unconstitutional statements, which historian Dr Jože Dežman commented on for the media …
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The Government Commission on Concealed Mass Graves in Slovenia has declared 2024 as the Year of Commemoration of 15 years since the entry into St Barbara’s Tunnel – the Barbara Pit in Huda Jama near Laško, where the victims of a massacre were found, and the dialogue on the burial of the unburied dead. The …
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