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5 unusual facts about Slovenia


Adamovo

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

Robert Skulj

Robert Skulj, born in 1975, was a Slovenian hacker who discovered a security hole in a banking e-commerce system called Klik in year 2002.

Žirje

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


Bossman

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

Brezen

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

Charles II, Archduke of Austria

In 1580, Charles founded a stud for horses of Andalusian origin in Lipica, Slovenia, thereby playing a leading role in the creation of the Lipizzan breed.

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

Fiesa

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Humberto Castro

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

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.

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

Mekinje

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

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.

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.

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.

Pipistrel Virus

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

Radovna

Radovna, a village in the Municipality of Gorje, Slovenia

Resia, Friuli

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

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.

Southern Bavarian

The speech area historically included the former linguistic enclaves in Carniola (present-day Slovenia) around Gottschee (Gottscheerish in the Gottschee region), Sorica (Zarz) and Nemški Rovt (Deutsch Ruth).

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

Svetozar Vukmanović

According to some accounts, this happened near Zidani Most in Slovenia, and according to others it took place in Austria.

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.

Tkalec

Marko Tkalec, a retired professional tennis player from Slovenia

Torre Valley dialect

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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)

Fimbriation

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

Hladno pivo

After the December 12, 1998 concert in Celje, Slovenia, Hadžo left the band, and was replaced by Šokec (bass guitar).

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 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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

Okrog

Okrog, Šentjur, a village in the Municipality of Šentjur, eastern 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

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

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.

Žurnal24

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