I feel SloveNIA
I feel SloveNIA
Slovenia in brief
• Central European Country
• Alps and the Mediterranean Sea
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Slovenia in brief
• Population of 2 million
• The capital is Ljubljana
• EU member since 2004
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Slovene language
• the Southern Slavic language group
• Slovene is one of official language of EU
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• Good morning! Dobro jutro!
• Good afternoon! Dober dan!
• Good night! Dober večer!
• Thank you! Hvala!
• Good bye! Adijo! Nasvidenje!
Climate and weather
• 4 seasons• 3 district climate types
Mediterranean, Continental and Alpine
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• average summer temperature is 77F/ 25C
• average winter temperature is 28F/-2C
Food• Austro-German influence: grilled sausage and
apple strudel • Italian influence: žlinkrofi (like ravioli)• Hungarian influence: golaž (goulash) and
paprikaš (beef or chicken stew)• Balkan influence: čevapčiči and burek
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Food
• breads made for special occasions
• štruklji
• potica
• gibanica
• beef broth with thin egg noodles
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Economics5
• the economic front-runner of the countries that joined the EU in 2004
• first new member which adopted the euro in 2007
• held the presidency of the EU in the first half of 2008
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