Borut Mekina
Journalist Borut Mekina works for the Slovenian weekly Mladina.
Updated: 18 January 2017
By Borut Mekina
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Slovenia: The placid people’s revolt
14 December 2012 – Jutarnji List (Zagreb) 15 398
In early December, thousands of demonstrators took to the the streets of Maribor to drive out the local mayor. What was the motive for the eruption of discontent in a city where people are usually so well behaved? The economic crisis and the impunity of the country’s political elite, a Slovenian journalist explains.