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4 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.

Loče

Loče may refer to the following settlements in Slovenia

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.

Žirje

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


Adamovo

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

Bossman

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

Brezova

Brezova, Celje, a village in the Municipality of Celje, eastern Slovenia

Bukova Gora

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

Chiusaforte

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

Cyclamen purpurascens

Subtypes include the Lake Bled form (silver with a netted pattern of veins near the margin), selected from plants near Lake Bled in the Julian Alps of Slovenia, and the Limone or Lake Garda form (silver with a very thin green border and gray arrowhead pattern in the center), selected from plants near Limone sul Garda near Lake Garda in Italy.

Dolenje

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

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).

Elvir Rahimić

Before the start of a unified league of FSBIH and Croat League, Rahimić moved to Slovenia for Interblock Ljubljana, then Austrian side SK Vorwärts Steyr before he moved to Russia.

Florjan pri Gornjem Gradu

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

Frank Linke-Crawford

Although Frank Linke-Crawford was originally buried at Pobrežje Cemetery in Maribor, now Slovenia, after the war, in 1919, he was reinterred in Salzburg.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

Jože Pučnik

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

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.

Kosovo Campaign Medal

The Air Campaign refers to any flight operations which are performed in the land area and air space of Serbia (including Kosovo), Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia, Bosnia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Greece, Bulgaria, Italy, and Slovenia, as well as the waters and air space of the Adriatic and Ionian Sea, provided such flight operations are in direct support of Kosovo peacekeeping actions.

Ljubija

Ljubljanica, a river in Slovenia, known in the Middle Ages as Ljubija.

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.

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

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.

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.

Murboden Cattle

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

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.

NIET

Niet, a punk rock and hardcore punk band from Ljubljana, Slovenia

Oto Pestner

Oto Pestner is one of the most prominent singers and composers of popular music from Slovenia, born in 1956 in Ljubljana.

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.

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.

Radovna

Radovna, a village in the Municipality of Gorje, Slovenia

Rakitna

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

Sella Nevea

Because both Italy and Slovenia are members of the European Schengen area, skiers are able to freely cross the border between Italy and Slovenia, effectively merging the Sella Nevea and Bovec ski resorts into one large ski resort covering both sides of the Canin mountain.

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.

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.

Stari Trg

Stari Trg, Ivančna Gorica, a settlement in the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica, southeastern Slovenia

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.

Torre Valley dialect

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

Valley View Winery

Through the years, Valley View has won numerous national and international awards including a Double Gold medal for the 1990 Chardonnay in the World Wine Championships in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Žirovnica

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


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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

Cven

Cven, Ljutomer, a settlement in the Municipality of Ljutomer, Slovenia

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.

Drava

The Drava flows through Innichen/San Candido in Italy, Lienz, Spittal an der Drau, Villach, and Ferlach in Austria, Dravograd, Vuzenica, Muta, Ruše, Maribor, Ptuj, and Ormož in Slovenia, Varaždin and Osijek in Croatia, and Barcs in Hungary, being navigable for about 90 km from Čađavica in Croatia to its outfall.

Franc Kangler

Due to corruption allegations, pre-trial processes and criminal charges made against him, the citizens of Maribor, Slovenia demanded his resignation in two separated November's and one December's protest under the slogan Gotof je! (literally meaning He is done! in Styrian dialect).

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.

Gigolo FRH

They repeated this double gold feat three times – in 1993 at Lipicia, Slovenia; in 1995 at Mondorf, Luxembourg; and in 1997 at Verden, Germany.

Gomila

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

Gorenje Gradišče, Dolenjske Toplice

Gorenje Gradišče is a small settlement on the right bank of the Sušica River in the Municipality of Dolenjske Toplice in Slovenia.

Humberto Castro

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

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.

Nelly Erichsen

During the years of the First World War and especially after the intervention of the United States, the three women became organisers of aid work for the families of soldiers, particularly after the huge losses of the Battle of Caporetto (now Kobarid, Slovenia) in 1917.

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.

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.

Perovo

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

Pipistrel Virus

On 8 January 2012, Slovenian pilot Matevž Lenarčič launched an around-the-world flight attempt from Slovenia in a turbocharged Virus SW914.

Platform of European Memory and Conscience

The Executive Board members include Andreja Valič Zver (Study Centre for National Reconciliation, Slovenia), Siegfried Reiprich (Stiftung Sächsische Gedenkstätten, Germany), Paweł Ukielski (Warsaw Rising Museum, Poland), and Zsolt Szilágyi (Head of Cabinet of László Tökés, Vice-President of the European Parliament).

Primož Peterka

However, at the World Championships in Oberstdorf he won another bronze team medal for Slovenia (together with Jure Bogataj, Rok Benkovič and Jernej Damjan).

Rabensberg

Koprivnik Castle, a castle ruin in the Municipality of Moravče, 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.

Rožić

Rožič Vrh, settlement in the hills, west of Črnomelj in the Bela Krajina area of Slovenia

Setnica

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

Slovenska Vas

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

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.

Triglav Film

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

Visoko

Visoko pri Poljanah, an estate in the Škofja Loka municipality of Slovenia where the writer Ivan Tavčar lived