WWII

Ljubelj – A ceremony marking the 77th anniversary of the liberation of the Ljubelj concentration camp noted the importance of recalling horrible events in the past to prevent new horrors of war. Speakers at Saturday’s ceremony urged efforts to prevent the spread of evil and called for peace in light of the war in Ukraine.

Trieste – Slovenian literary historian and academician Boris Paternu died in the Italian city of Trieste at the age of 95 on Friday, the Primorski Dnevnik newspaper reported. His expertise was Slovenian literature of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, while he also extensively studied the poetry of Slovenia’s greatest poet France Prešeren.

Portorož – Ex-internees and political prisoners from Nazi and Fascist camps as well as stolen children and exiles gathered for their 60th annual get-together in Portorož on Sunday. The closing ceremony was held under the auspices of President Borut Pahor, who honoured one of the main organisers with a special recognition.

Ljubljana – The celebrations of the 30 years of Slovenia’s sovereignty and independence will culminate with the main national ceremony on Statehood Day on Friday, 25 June, in memory of the day in 1991 when the Slovenian parliament passed several key documents for the country to leave the former Yugoslavia and become fully independent.

Dražgoše – President Borut Pahor honoured the 79th anniversary of a major World War II battle as he laid a wreath at the Dražgoše memorial in the north-west of the country on Sunday. Addressing the media, he was hopeful the nation would celebrate the 30th anniversary of Slovenia’s independence united.

The 'Faces of Resistance' exhibition, which pays tribute to people who took a stand against violence during turbulent periods of Croatia's history, opened on Wednesday in Vukovar.

BELGRADE - A memorial march and a concert by a Ministry of Defence orchestra marked the 73rd anniversary of the WWII liberation of Belgrade on Thursday.

Jean-Luc Melenchon, the left-wing French leader, recently denied his country's responsibility over the roundup and deportation of French Jews during the WWII.

Romania's Foreign Minister Titus Corlatean on Friday issued a message on October 24, the United Nations Day, the Romanian Foreign Ministry (MAE) reports.