Slovenia recognizes Holodomor as genocide

The National Assembly has passed a declaration whereby Slovenia recognizes the Holodomor, a famine with which the Soviet authorities starved millions of Ukrainians to death in 1932 and 1933, as genocide.

The declaration in remembrance of the Holodomor was backed by all deputy groups bar the Left. With it, Slovenia joins more than 20 countries that have already recognised the man-made famine in Ukraine as genocide.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed the step on his Twitter account: "I am grateful to Slovenian parliamentarians for adopting the declaration honouring...