A delegation of the Alka Society, which gathers participants in the traditional jousting tournament dating back to the Middle Ages, will attend the commemoration marking the 60th anniversary of the suffering of the Bleiburg victims at the end of World War II, representatives of the Alka Society said on Monday.
The May 14 event will be attended by Parliament Speaker Vladimir Seks, and Mass will be conducted by the Archbishop of Bosnia, Cardinal Vinko Puljic, the Honorary Bleiburg Platoon said in a statement today.
The commemoration is held in tribute to members of the armed forces of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) and civilians who were executed by Yugoslav partisans in 1945 after having been handed over by Allied forces.
The commemoration will also be attended by delegations of the Croatian government, the Bosnian parliament, civil associations from Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatian emigrants.