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BreakingNews.ie
16-05-2025
- Politics
- BreakingNews.ie
Police investigate disappearance of Melania Trump statue in her native Slovenia
Police in Slovenia are investigating the disappearance of a bronze statue of US first lady Melania Trump from her home town. The life-size sculpture was unveiled in 2020 during President Donald Trump's first term in office near Sevnica in central Slovenia, where Mrs Trump was born in 1970. Advertisement It replaced a wooden statue that had been set on fire earlier that year. A bronze sculpture representing Melania Trump stands in the village of Rozno, near her hometown of Sevnica, Slovenia (Darko Bandic/AP) Police spokeswoman Alenka Drenik Rangus said on Friday that the police were informed about the theft of the statue on Tuesday. She said police were working to track down those responsible. According to Slovenian media reports, the bronze replica was sawn off at the ankles and removed. The original wooden statue was set on fire in July 2020. The rustic figure was cut from the trunk of a linden tree, showing her in a pale blue dress like the one she wore at Mr Trump's presidential inauguration in 2017. Advertisement Franja Kranjc, who works at a bakery in Sevnica that sells cakes with Melania Trump's name in support of the first lady, said the stolen statue will not be missed. 'I think no one was really proud at this statue, not even the first lady of the USA,' he said. 'So I think it's OK that it's removed.'
CTV News
16-05-2025
- Politics
- CTV News
Police investigate disappearance of Melania Trump's statue in her native Slovenia
A bronze statue representing Melania Trump is seen in the village of Rozno, Slovenia, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic) LJUBLJANA, Slovenia — Police in Slovenia are investigating the disappearance of a bronze statue of U.S. first lady Melania Trump that was sawed off and carried away from her hometown. The life-size sculpture was unveiled in 2020 during President Donald Trump's first term in office near Sevnica in central Slovenia, where Melanija Knavs was born in 1970. It replaced a wooden statue that had been set on fire earlier that year. Police spokeswoman Alenka Drenik Rangus said Friday that the police were informed about the theft of the statue on Tuesday. She said police were working to track down those responsible. According to Slovenian media reports, the bronze replica was sawed off at the ankles and removed. The original wooden statue was torched in July 2020. The rustic figure was cut from the trunk of a linden tree, showing her in a pale blue dress like the one she wore at Trump's presidential inauguration in 2017. The replica bronze statue has no obvious resemblance with the first lady. The Associated Press
CBS News
16-05-2025
- Politics
- CBS News
Melania Trump statue in her native Slovenia disappears, after previous one was set on fire
Police in Slovenia are investigating the disappearance of a bronze statue of U.S. first lady Melania Trump that was sawed off and carried away from her hometown. The life-size sculpture was unveiled in 2020 during President Donald Trump's first term near Sevnica in central Slovenia, where Melanija Knavs was born in 1970. It replaced a wooden statue that had been set on fire earlier that year. Police spokeswoman Alenka Drenik Rangus said Friday that the police were informed about the theft of the statue on Tuesday. She said police were working to track down those responsible. According to Slovenian media reports, the bronze replica was sawed off at the ankles and removed. The ankles of a sawed-off and taken-away bronze statue that represented Melania Trump remain on the tree stump where it was placed in 2020, in the village of Rozno, Slovenia, May 16, 2025, near Melania Trump's hometown of Sevnica. Relja Dusek/AP The original wooden statue was torched in July 2020. The rustic figure was cut from the trunk of a linden tree, showing her in a pale blue dress like the one she wore at Mr. Trump's presidential inauguration in 2017. The original statue met with mixed opinions by locals, with one resident telling Reuters in 2019 that the Melania depicted in the sculpture "does not look as beautiful as she normally is," while another local told BBC News it looked like "Smurfette." It had been carved out of a tree trunk by local chainsaw artist Ales Zupevc, BBC News reported. The replica bronze statue that replaced it has no obvious resemblance with the first lady.
