STA, 21 August 2021 - Prime Minister Janez Janša and Interior Minister Aleš Hojs were heckled by anti-government protesters at a mountain hut below Mt Triglav, Slovenia's tallest peak, on Friday evening.
Video shared on social media and reports by media including N1 and Reporter show Janša and Hojs filmed being confronted by a group of protesters as they were sitting in front of the Kredarica mountain hut.
This was after anti-government protesters, who usually stage bicycle rallies in the centre of Ljubljana, marked the 70th week of protests by climbing Mt Triglav, bicycle in tow.
Various social media posts suggest the protesters and the government officials met by chance.
The interchange lasted several minutes, during which Janša and Hojs faced a barrage of criticism and insults while periodically exchanging statements with the protesters.
The authors of the video said Defence Minister Matej Tonin was also there, but he is not seen on video.
Tonin's party, New Slovenia (NSi), confirmed Tonin had climbed Mt Triglv on Friday independently, with a group of ministry officials.
On the way up he encountered protesters who hurled some insults at him and behaved inappropriately.
Reporter says a helicopter landed at the mountain hut at around 9:45 PM and took the officials to the valley.
The prime minister's office would not comment on the events beyond saying that Janša had gone to Triglav in his spare time.
Uroš Urbanija, the head of the Government Communications Office, tweeted that the actions by the protesters were "a primitive attack".
One of the activists, trade unionist Tea Jarc, subsequently wrote on Twitter that an opponent of the protest movement had punched her.
