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- Slovenia
is a small country nestling between Italy, Austria,
Hungary and Croatia. As such it should be regarded
as a central European
country and although the population is Slavic, historically
it has always seen itself as a part of the 'west'.
- The population
numbers around 2 million,
300,000 of whom live in the capital, Ljubljana.
- The language
is Slovene, a Slavic
language somewhere between
Czech and Serbian.
- Although
Slavic, Slovenes do not
go in for kisses and cuddles on greeting.
- The political
system is a parliamentary
democracy, using the
proportional representation format.
- Slovenia
is a member state of the EU.
- Historical
and cultural influences
are a mixture of Germanic, Italian and Hungarian.
- National
heroes include: France
Prešeren (poet), Oton Zupančič (poet), Ivan Cankar
(novelist), Jože Gale (director), Zoran Predin (singer-songwriter),
Laibach (rock band) and Magnifico (crazy musician.
Well, I like him).
- The currency
is the EURO.
- Public
Holidays
- Slovenia
is far and away the best
country in Europe for a holiday.
There is only one, very important
rule in Slovenia:
RULE NUMBER
1: Do not, ever, ever make the mistake of saying
that Slovenia was a part of Czechoslovakia. That was
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