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Ada Bridge

Twelve companies submitted bids, with the winning design by the Slovenian company Ponting.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Fiesa

Fiesa, Portorož, a street in the settlement of Portorož on the Adriatic coast in southwestern Slovenia

Fimbriation

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

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.

Gibina

Gibina, Sveti Andraž v Slovenskih Goricah, a village in the Municipality of Sveti Andraž v Slovenskih Goricah, northeastern Slovenia

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.

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.

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

Kopriva

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

Ljubija

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

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.

Nedelja

Velika Nedelja, settlement in the Ormož Municipality in northeastern Slovenia

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.

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.

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.

Rabensberg

Koprivnik Castle, a castle ruin in the Municipality of Moravče, central Slovenia

Rakitna

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

Razbore

Razbore, Šmartno pri Litiji, a village in the Municipality of Šmartno pri Litiji, 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.

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

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.

Stopno

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

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.

Tkalec

Marko Tkalec, a retired professional tennis player from 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.

Triglav Film

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

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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