SUBSCRIBE to Next Media Animation: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=NMATV<br /><br />Call it Kranjska vs Krainer. Slovenia has applied to the EU's European Commission for official recognition and protected status for the Kranjska klobasa, or "Krainer Wurst", a sausage it claims for its own.<br /><br />Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NMAtv<br />Webpage: http://www.nma.tv/<br />Twitter @nmatv: https://twitter.com/#!/nmatv<br />Tumblr: http://nmatv.tumblr.com/<br /><br />Slovenia claims the sausage, of which a cheese-filled version known as a 'kaesekrainer' is extremely popular in Austria, was invented in Northern Slovenia in the 19th century.<br /><br />Complicating the claim is the fact that Slovenia was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the time.<br /><br />Should the EU side with Slovenia then Austria would be forced to change the name, much to the chagrin of kaesekrainer lovers in Vienna.<br /><br />The two countries have six months to come to a settlement in their battle over the pork-filled delicacies. Should they fail to do so then the EU Commission will be forced to make a ruling.
