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Archives for October 30th, 2007

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Austro-Hungarian soldiers in the Alps during World War I. [source]

Foreign media stories about Slovenia usually involve explaining what a cute and quaint country this is and how Ljubljana is like a mini-Prague. But things have been a bit macabre lately:

Life and death on Slovenia’s forgotten front in the Telegraph is about the 90th anniversary of the Battles of the Isonzo/Soča,

Slovenia digs up proof of slaughter is a long story about the unearthing of people massacred after the Second World War.

Despite the grim reading, it’s nice to see some stories with actual substance coming from abroad…

(Thanks Les!)

Posted on Tuesday, October 30, 2007 to Slovenia ¦ Comments (26)