VIEWS FROM THE CAPITALS – LJUBLJANA: A euro storm in Slovenia’s tea-cup stirs up old communist divisions

europe's world
30.05.2011
Author: Cirila Toplak
The Bank of Slovenia sparked a political storm when it decided earlier this year to issue a commemorative euro coin featuring Franc Rozman Stane, the commander-in-chief of the country’s partisan army during World War II.

Conservative politicians objected to a well-known communist adorning the €2 coins, even though he died during the war and is regarded as a national hero in Slovenia. Right-wing politicians also protested about the accompanying Red Star, which is a symbol of Slovenia’s anti-Fascist resistance as well as international communism. They feared the coin sent the wrong message to fellow ex-communist EU member states, some of which have banned the Red Star from public life.....more....
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