Slovenian street name row highlights tensions over former dictator

Mayor aims to remove all reference to former Yugoslav leader Marshall Tito from street in Radenci
Marshal Josip Broz Tito was ruthless in suppressing dissenting opinion and nationalist movements. Photograph: Reuters
Marshal Josip Broz Tito was ruthless in suppressing dissenting opinion and nationalist movements. Photograph: Reuters
Mon 5 Jul 2021 00.15 EDT
Thirty years after Slovenia achieved independence, a bitter dispute over a street that since 1979 has been named in honour of Marshal Josip Broz Tito has highlighted how the former leader of the federation of Yugoslavia continues to divide opinion in central Europe.
A municipal decree changing the name of Tito Road, or

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