On Tuesday, June 11th, 2013, The President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia Dr. Ernest Petrič received this year’s Kugy Award from the Association of Carinthian Slovenians. The Secretary-General Mag.Filip Warasch and the Financial Advisor Mag.Štefan Lesjak were also present at this ceremony and congratulated to the prizewinner in the name of the Alps-Adriatic Centre.
From the left: Mayor of Municipality Eisenkappel Jožef Smrtnik, President of the Association of Carinthian Slovenes Bernard Sadovnik, Brigadier Willibald Liberda ( third Kugy awardee ), Prof.Dr. Ernest Petrič, Minister for Relations between the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovenian Minorities abroad Tina Komel, Asis. Prof.Dr. Herta Maurer-Lausegger ( sixth Kugy awardee ), Vice-President of the Association Mag. Zalka Kuchling and Vice-President of the Association Dr.Reginald Vospernik.
