SREČNO 2009 Zdravo!
jacket worn bottle ready, sparklers in hand: "Come on, uncorked, toast and watch the fireworks go off in the other, but now it '?". A look at the television and Borut Pahor, the prime minister, is already 'toast with dancers and musicians. The cell and 'pitiful: midnight and two minutes: "Hurry up! I popped the cork? "," No ". Bum (in hand): "Congratulations! Cin! ". While we celebrate the historic Czech Republic Presidency of the Council of Europe in Slovakia comes the Euro, while the Lithuanian Vilnius and Linz in Austria to become European Capital of Culture, we are back home 'cause in these parts is much more' cold Belgrade: the celebration for the new year so they turn to an end.
The question arises: who the hell 'Borut Pahor? Well, despite the name, '' beauty 'of the Slovenian policy "man of dialogue" when he was Prime Minister little more' than a month ago, when 'the elections were won by the left undermined by the chair of Prime Minister Janez Janša (first president of the European Council Mr. Bruni), a member of the Slovenian Democratic Party (which in these parts and 'curiously placed to the right) to the news particularly well known Finnish because of a corruption scandal for the supply of armored-Patria, the Finnish manufacturer at the expense of a producer Canada. For the record, it appears that from the Finnish leaders have been imprisoned while in Slovenia more 'or less everyone is sleeping soundly: the former Defence Minister Karel Erjavec, a member of the Pensioners' Party, is actually the link between two governments (currently governs the ministry of the environment).
Because of a territorial issue related to the width of the Bay of Piran, the Government Pahor is freezing the path of European integration in Croatia: the case of 25 km of sea, that Croatia would like to resolve with international arbitration but that Slovenia, despite several warnings Europeans, is stubbornly considering the issue as "vital national interest". Basically it is a "tit for tat" because Rome behaved 'in a similar way against Ljubljana: then it was to guarantee our countrymen the right to buy property in Slovenia has always been denied ever since Yugoslavs, who seems to be particularly relevant in the context of the "Single Market @ the European Union represents. and of course 'that relations between Slovenia and Italy have never been too linear: Italian rule is not 'never went down' to the Slavs who, after World War II, did not hesitate to slam into foibe a large part of Italian civilians. So far, the Slovenian media are very concentrated on the evolution of the protection of the Slovenian minority in Italy, considered (probably incorrectly) not protected enough (for the record should be mentioned that some tensions with Austria, especially where Haider was governor of Carinthia ). It goes back a few days ago the idea of \u200b\u200bmeeting a meeting of peace between Croatia, Italy and Slovenia, which was launched by the Croatian President Mesić, flatly rejected by Turk, the Slovenian Presidency.
It 'hard to describe Slovenia, this country bit 'Austrian, a bit' Italian and a bit 'Slavic (woe to say "Yugo", the South, as you look around here in Prague and Bratislava more' in Belgrade and Zagreb). The sight and alpine 'definitely Austria, speaks German as well as the Slovenian intelligentsia, however, moving to the sea, it becomes difficult to trace the border with Italy, both on the sociological landscape that (language: in fact, often in the menu the first foreign language 'just the language of Dante, and not just on the coast, where' the public domain) as well Trieste (landlocked Austro-Hungarian Empire, Cities' historically Italian on the border with Yugoslavia), infuse , represents the Central Europe, which includes also Slovenia. A Slavic country, a Catholic, perched on its traditions (including cooking) and Culture: an agricultural town and mountain, where people "work" and speaks fair Slovenian, speech attributable to the South Slavic languages, but sufficiently different from the Serb- Croatian (or at least the Slovenians are sufficiently rich to emphasize this difference in every home language). In the village of
Srečno Katanec (hero of the shield and the historical doriano Slovenian euro 2000 qualifiers and World Cup of 2002), tele Capo d'Istria (Kopper in Slovene) and the famous white horses of Lipica, there are more 'there' there Zastava Yugo (if there were) and Dacia never arrived: homogeneous distribution of wealth seems (in the absence of a large town) and also the immigration and 'substantially minimum (mainly from the Balkans, bound to the brick). At the time of Yugoslavia, Slovenia was the "rich and developed suburbs' has always been impatient in coexistence with the more 'relaxed Southern Slavs, and yet members of the first order in the political landscape eraon Yugoslav Slovenia, for example Kardelj (father of the Constitution' 74) and half Tito. Reliable and 'if the war has had devastating effects elsewhere (for example in Bosnia the conflict between Serbs and Croats and' was very bloody) in Slovenia and 'treatment of mainly political operation lasted 10 days: "I remember that normally we went on holiday on the Croatian coast, but a year because of the war, we went to Kranjska Gora ". While micronationalism Slavs (still, just watch the latest events in Mitrovica, for example) destroyed a country leaving the field deaths, wounded and disabled in the ranks of ordinary people splitting entire families, in Slovenia, the problem was the holiday destination. Cohesive and determined, the communities' Slovenian began a long journey that has led the European Union and the single currency.
But when the young Slovenians (who are struggling to find points in common with the rest of the Balkans) are in the "south", suddenly find their childhood in the chocolates and sweets Croatian, disappeared from the banks Slovenian supermarket, replaced by those of Swiss, Italian and German. Kras is not 'only confectionery company, but it' also albums, stickers and games that continue to bring a smile to the younger generation Croatian, Serbian, Montenegrin, Macedonian and Bosnian, as well as a time also happened around Ljubljana, a charming capital pocket of this country of 2 million inhabitants - Luxembourg instill not 'so small! - But capable of getting medals in the last five Olympic Games (the same proportion as Italy should get more than 120, of-thumb), Slovenia is sitting there, ten hours from Belgrade, with its relaxed atmosphere and quiet. Just try it.
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