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3 unusual facts about Slovenia


Dinaric race

According to the Dinaric model, Dinarics were to be found in the mountainous areas of Southeast Europe: Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Slovenia, Austria, part of northwestern Bulgaria, and northwestern Republic of Macedonia.

Movement for Justice and Development

The Movement did however serve as the president's personal platform during the last years of his presidency, especially in rallying public support during his conflict with Prime Minister Janez Janša in 2007.

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The movement was founded in a mass rally in the Turjak castle in Lower Carniola, to which several important Slovenian political figures attended, mostly from the left-wing and liberal political spectrum.


Bossman

Peter Bossman, a Ghanaian-born Slovenian doctor and politician, the first black mayor in Slovenia

Bukova Gora

Bukova Gora, Kočevje, a settlement in the Municipality of Kočevje, Slovenia

Chiusaforte

Chiusaforte borders the following municipalities: Dogna, Malborghetto Valbruna, Moggio Udinese, Bovec (Slovenia), Resia, Resiutta, Tarvisio.

Daniel Landin

In 1987 he directed Laibachs Geburt Einer Nation ("Birth of a Nation"), filmed on various locations in Slovenia and in a "Third Reich"-style, a typical pop video but with an exaggeration of certain Riefenstahl-like elements.

Denis Avdić

Denis Avdić (born 31 January 1982) is a Slovenian comedian and radio host, most known for impersonating politicians in Slovenia, including Janez Janša and Zoran Janković.

Dolenje

Dolenje, Sežana, a settlement in the Sežana municipality, Slovenia

FIFPro

Board members Bobby Barnes (PAA, England), Louis Everard (VVCS, Netherlands), Rinaldo Martorelli (Fenapaf/Sapesp, Brazil), David Mayébi, (AFC, Cameroon), Mads Øland, (Spillerforeningen, Denmark), Fernando Revilla (SAFAP, Peru), Luis Rubiales (AFE, Spain), Brendan Schwab (PFA, Australia), Dejan Stefanovic (SPINS, Slovenia), Leonardo Grosso (AIC, Italy)

Florjan pri Gornjem Gradu

Florjan pri Gornjem Gradu is a settlement in the hills north and east of Gornji Grad in Slovenia.

France Bučar

During this period, Bučar insisted on providing a sound legal basis for Slovenia's independence from Yugoslavia, and rejected all voluntaristic political actions, gaining a label of legalist.

Franjo Arapović

He then moved to Trapani in Italy, BC Žalgiris in Lithuania, KK Krka Telekom in Slovenia, Fenerbahçe S.K. in Turkey, Hapoel Migdal Jerusalem in Israel, again Žalgiris, and again Zrinjevac, Croatia osiguranje, Cibona.

Geography of Slovenia

The Alps — including the Julian Alps, the Kamnik-Savinja Alps and the Karavanke chain, as well as the Pohorje massif — dominate Northern Slovenia along its long border to Austria.

Gomila

Gomila, Destrnik, a settlement in the Municipality of Destrnik, northeastern Slovenia

Gregor Tomc

Under the impression of the Helsinki Accords, he founded the association People for a Free Society in order to promote the notion of personal freedoms in the socialist society in Slovenia.

Gustav Globočnik Edler von Vojka

Brestanica is a small town located approximately 60 km from Zagreb, Croatia, and 100 km from Ljubljana, Slovenia.

HDK Maribor

Hokejsko Drsalni Klub Maribor, commonly referred to as HDK Maribor or simply Maribor, is an ice hockey club from Maribor, Slovenia.

History of Rijeka

Along these roads, marked by several castles and outposts (Senožeče, Gotnik (Guettenegg) and Prem) guarding the land communications from the Quarnero towards Carniola, the contemporary Slovenia.

Jason

Jason has connections outside of the classical world, as he is seen as being the mythical founder of the city of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia.

Josip Iličić

Josip Iličić was born in Prijedor, present day Bosnia and Herzegovina and moved to Slovenia after the death of his father when he was only one year old, together with his mother Ana and brother Igor.

Josip Vidmar

Their sister Meta Vidmar studied with the famous Mary Wigman in Dresden and upon returning to Ljubljana in 1930 established the first school of modern dance in Slovenia.

Jože Pučnik

In 2007, the Government of Slovenia named the main international airport in Slovenia, the Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport, after him.

Kopriva

Kopriva, Razkrižje, a small settlement in the Municipality of Razkrižje in eastern Slovenia

Ljubija

Ljubija, Mozirje, a settlement in the Municipality of Mozirje, Slovenia.

Luze

Luže, Šenčur, a village in the Municipality of Šenčur, Slovenia

MAL Hungarian Aluminium

The company set up subsidiaries in Germany and Romania, and acquired majority holdings in the SILKEM, producing zeolites and ground alumina in Kidričevo, Slovenia, and Rudnici Boksita Jajce, which operates a high-grade bauxite mine near Jajce, central Bosnia.

Mala Gora

Mala Gora, Zreče, a settlement in the Municipality of Zreče, Slovenia

Matej Andraž Vogrinčič

1994 Paints garments and makes fashion accessories for Hej Salvador, a music-fashion performance (directed by Matjaž Pograjc, produced by Glej theatre), Ljubljana, Slovenia

Max Cosyns

Following a take off from Hour-Havenne in Belgium, they flew over Germany and Austria before landing near the village of Ženavlje (now in Slovenia).

Mekinje

Mekinje nad Stično, a settlement in the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica, Lower Carniola, Slovenia

Milan Kučan

At the peace talks began at Brioni, with the European Community as a mediator, the Army started its withdrawal from Slovenia.

Murboden Cattle

Murboden Cattle are bred primarily in Carinthia, Styria and Lower Austria in Austria, and in the bordering Slovenia.

Naklo, Naklo

The name Naklo appears elsewhere in Slovenia and in other Slavic countries—for example, Nakło (Poland) and Náklo (Czech Republic).

Nedelja

Velika Nedelja, settlement in the Ormož Municipality in northeastern Slovenia

Nenad Firšt

(The prestigious awards are named in honour of Slovenia's national poet, France Prešeren).

Neue Slowenische Kunst

Neue Slowenische Kunst (a German phrase meaning "New Slovenian Art"), a.k.a. NSK, is a controversial political art collective that announced itself in Slovenia in 1984, when Slovenia was part of Yugoslavia.

Oberdrauburg

The name of the town corresponds with the municipality of Dravograd in Slovenia, former Unterdrauburg, where the Drava crosses the border from Carinthia to Lower Styria.

Pavel Fonda

After 1990, he served as an International Psychoanalytical Association's trainer for the trainees in psychoanalysis from Slovenia and Croatia, until the local branch of the Sigmund Freud University Vienna was opened in Slovenia.

Perovo

Perovo, Ribnica, a small settlement in the Municipality of Ribnica, Slovenia

Potarje

Potarje, Tržič, a settlement in the Municipality of Tržič, Slovenia

Rakitna

Rakitna, Brezovica, a village in the Municipality of Brezovica, central Slovenia

Resia, Friuli

Many Slovenian folk and folk rock groups, such as Katalena and Terrafolk, have drawn their inspiration from the Resian folk tradition.

Setnica

Setnica, Dobrova–Polhov Gradec, a settlement in the Municipality of Dobrova–Polhov Gradec, Slovenia

Stanko Vraz

Born in the small village of Cerovec in Lower Styria, Austrian Empire (today in Slovenia), Stanko Vraz was one of the most important figures of the Illyrian Movement in the Kingdom of Croatia and Slavonia.

Steve Jehu

In 2004, Jehu survived a 33-foot fall from a hotel window in Ljubljana, Slovenia by completing a mid-air loop and gymnasts' landing to escape with only a broken ankle.

SŽ series 310

InterCitySlovenija links the major cities of Slovenia in one line: Koper (only in summer), Ljubljana, Zidani Most, Celje and Maribor, with frequent service that acts as a high-speed shuttle.

Torre Valley dialect

Most of the dialect’s territory is in Italy, except for the area around Breginj and Livek in Slovenia.

Toussaint Hočevar

After the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941, he moved back to Slovenia and continued his studies in the prestigious Bežigrad Grammar School in Ljubljana, graduating in 1945.

Žirje

Žirje, Slovenia, a village in the Sežana municipality in Slovenia

Žirovnica

Žerovnica, a settlement in the Municipality of Cerknica, Slovenia, formerly also known as Žirovnica

Žurnal24

Žurnal24 is a free, widely circulated daily newspaper published in Ljubljana, Slovenia.


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Adamovo

Adamovo, Slovenia, a settlement in Velike Lašče Municipality of Slovenia

Anna Lapushchenkova

Her run of summer successes having improved her ranking sufficiently to afford her direct entry to a WTA Tour main draw for the first time, despite the fact that she had never succeeded in qualifying for one in five attempts, the young Russian came up against an inspired Nathalie Viérin in the first round of the Tier IV event at Portorož, Slovenia, and could only take one game from her in suffering a fairly comprehensive drubbing at her hands.

Brezen

Brezen, Vitanje, a village in the Municipality of Vitanje, northeastern Slovenia

Celje Castle

Celje Castle (also known as Celje Upper Castle or Old Castle) (Slovene Celjski grad, Celjski zgornji grad or Stari grad) is a castle ruin in Celje, Slovenia, formerly the seat of the Counts of Celje.

Drenchia

Drenchia is located on the western slopes of the Kolovrat Range, dividing Italy from Slovenia, and borders the following municipalities: Grimacco, Kanal ob Soči (Slovenia), Kobarid (Slovenia), and Tolmin (Slovenia).

Fimbriation

The arms of Mozirje, in Slovenia, show an example of fimbriation that itself is fimbriated.

Humberto Castro

In 1983 15th International Biennial of Graphic Art, Museum of Modern Art (Moderna Galerija), Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Igor Bavčar

On the same year, he became the chairman of the Istrabenz holding company from Koper, which made him one of the most powerful managers in Slovenia.

Jože Mencinger

Mencinger appears in Boris Malagurski's documentary film The Weight of Chains where he talks about the effects of Slovenia joining the European Union.

Kaplja Vas

Kaplja Vas, Komenda, a former village in the Municipality of Komenda, northern Slovenia

Károly Doncsecz

When he was still alive, travel groups from the motherland Slovenia often visited him in his kétvölgyian workshop, and Doncsecz did not only tell about his craft, but also about biographies of man Slovenes from the Raba region in his mother tongue.

Milivoj Lajovic

Born in Ljubljana, Slovenia, in what was then the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, he emigrated to Australia after the establishment of the Titoist regime in Yugoslavia in 1945.

Nedim Durić

Durić started out playing for FK Krajina Cazin's U19 team before he was transferred into the senior team where he played for seven months until he was taken into the Slovenian team FC Luka Koper's U19 team.

Neočekivana Sila Koja Se Iznenada Pojavljuje i Rešava Stvar

During the same year, with the Ljudmila Stratimirović Hat Theater, the band had a successful tour of Slovenia, and on Spring of the following year, the band performed in Zagreb and Ljubljana on the Druga Godba festival.

Pečice

Pečice, Brežice, a village in the Municipality of Brežice, southeastern Slovenia

Pinus cembra

Pinus cembra, also known as Swiss pine, Swiss stone pine or Arolla pine, is a species of pine tree that grows in the Alps and Carpathian Mountains of central Europe, in Poland (Tatra Mountains), Switzerland, France, Italy, Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Slovakia (Tatra Mountains), Ukraine and Romania.

Razbore

Razbore, Šmartno pri Litiji, a village in the Municipality of Šmartno pri Litiji, central Slovenia

Slovenska Vas

Slovenska Vas, Šentrupert, a settlement in the Municipality of Šentrupert, southeastern Slovenia

Sonja Merljak Zdovc

In 2004, she successfully defended her PhD thesis on Tom Wolfe's New Journalism in Slovenia and USA at the University of Ljubljana.

Stopno

Stopno, Makole, a village in the Municipality of Makole, northeastern Slovenia

Ten-Day War

However, the incident sparked renewed public debate after the footage was shown on Serbian TV station B92 in 2006, with many claiming that the soldiers were shot and killed by Slovenian TO troops and that Slovenia is trying to cover up the affair.

Triglav Film

It is named after Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia, which is also the name of a pagan deity.

Vlado Kreslin

Kreslin was born in the village of Beltinci in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia, then part of Yugoslavia.