Before the upcoming General meeting of one of Slovenia's most important companies, and its only port - Port of Koper - the Slovenian coastal and harbor city of Koper hosted the historic event "We have Risen - the Rest of Slovenia will Follow!". The PanSlovenian Investors' & Shareholders' Association (VZMD) was also gathering proxies from 11,300 minority shareholders to vote at the General meeting. The VZMD President, Mr. Kristjan Verbič, addressed an audience that had mushroomed to over 4,000 attendees when concerned citizens joined port workers. In his speech, he stressed the catastrophic management by the government of the public property of the Republic of Slovenia and all of its citizens, pointed out minority shareholder problems in advance of Friday's meeting and called for sanctioning of the persons responsible in his speech.