<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<p>The Slovene community in Italy paid the utmost attention to the events in Slovenia at the time of the declaration of independence in June 1991 and the subsequent attack of the Yugoslav People’s Army. Drawing from newspaper reports, the article focuses on some major public events, charities and youth activities that were the result of cooperative activities of the Slovene community in Italy during the events in Slovenia. Thereby, the Slovene minority tried to influence the decisions of the Italian and European political leaders to intervene in the event of military aggression and support Slovenia’s independence, while also involving the public and successfully encouraging it to participate en masse in public events and charity campaigns to help Slovenia.</p>
</abstract>

The Slovene community in Italy paid the utmost attention to the events in Slovenia at the time of the declaration of independence in June 1991 and the subsequent attack of the Yugoslav People’s Army. Drawing from newspaper reports, the article focuses on some major public events, charities and youth activities that were the result of cooperative activities of the Slovene community in Italy during the events in Slovenia. Thereby, the Slovene minority tried to influence the decisions of the Italian and European political leaders to intervene in the event of military aggression and support Slovenia’s independence, while also involving the public and successfully encouraging it to participate en masse in public events and charity campaigns to help Slovenia.

Three Aspects of Public Activity of the Slovene Community in Italy at the Time of Slovenia’s Independence

Treatises and Documents, Journal of Ethnic Studies / Razprave in Gradivo, Revija za narodnostna vprašanja

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Slovene community in Italy paid the utmost attention to the events in Slovenia at the time of the declaration of independence in June 1991 and the...

Three Aspects of Public Activity of the Slovene Community in Italy at the Time of Slovenia’s Independence

Published Online: Sep 29, 2023

Page range: 7 - 23

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36144/rig87.dec21.7-23

Keywords
Slovenia’s independence, war of independence, Slovenes in Italy, Crisis Unit in Aid of Slovenia, Aid to Slovenia ’91

© 2021 Robert Devetak, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Three Aspects of Public Activity of the Slovene Community in Italy at the Time of Slovenia’s Independence

Published Online: Sep 29, 2023

Page range: 7 - 23

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36144/rig87.dec21.7-23

KeywordsSlovenia’s independence, war of independence, Slovenes in Italy, Crisis Unit in Aid of Slovenia, Aid to Slovenia ’91

© 2021 Robert Devetak, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Slovenia’s independence, war of independence, Slovenes in Italy, Crisis Unit in Aid of Slovenia, Aid to Slovenia ’91