Joras applied for permission to rebuild the old house, which he bought several months ago with several members of the Slovene People's Party and the Civil Initiative for a Fair Border in Istria, and there was a risk that the deadline would run out for his request to be granted or rejected, the television said.
Slovene Foreign Minister Ivo Vajgl told the same TV network that the local authorities in Piran had requested an opinion on the matter from his ministry, which said that "the area in question is under dispute, but Slovenia considers it its territory, and it is necessary to avoid any activities that might lead to an incident".
Despite the ministry's opinion, urban planners from Piran inspected the disputed area and found that there was no reason why they should refuse Joras permission for the reconstruction.
The group of Slovene citizens who bought the house plan to convert it into premises for their activities.
Joras is running in Slovene parliamentary elections on October 3 as a candidate of the People's Party in the Ljubljana district of Siska.