Diapozitiv 1

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SLOVENIA
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The Republic of Slovenia

• Slovenia is a coastal sub- Alpine country
• It is located in southern middle Europe
• It borders Austria, Croatia, Hungary and Italy
• Became indipendent in 1991

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History

• Slavonic ancestors settled this area in 6th
  century.
• Carantania, first stable Slavonic state
• Freising manuscripts
• After 1918 Yugoslavia
• 25. June 1991 independent Slovenia

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Politics

• The head of state is the president
• The parlament - National Assembly (90 seats)?
• - National Council
  (40 seats)?
• Executive branch - Prime minister
• - Other ministers
• Justics branch - Constituir court
• - Suprime court

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Economy

• Slovenia is a high income economy with a
  relatively high rate of inflation.
• We joined EU in 2004 and adopted euro in 2007.

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Regions

• Traditional Slovenian historic regions are
• - Upper Carniola (Gorenjska)?
• - Inner Carniola (Notranjska)?
• - Lower Carniola (Dolenjska)?
• - Styra (tajerska)?
• - Transmurland (Prekmurje)?
• - Gorizia (Gorika)?
• - Carinthia (Koroka)?
• - Slovenian Istra (Slovenska Istra)?

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Geography

• The Alps, the Dinaridies, Pannonian Plain,
  Mediterranean
• Triglav
• 55 land covered with forest
• Submiteraranean, Alpine and Continental climate

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Demographics

• 89 Slovenians
• 10 Serbs,Croats,...
• 0.5 minorities
• Official language is Slovenian
• 95 people per square km
• Life expectancy is
• - 79 years for women
• - 71 years for men

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Culture

• First printed books Catechismus and Abecedarium
  (Primo Trubar, 1550)?
• -Famous people
• France Preeren, Ivan Cankar, Joe plecnik, Jurij
  Vega

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LJUBLJANA
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- BASIC INFORMATION

• The capital of Slovenia
• Located in the centre of Slovenia
• 280.000 citizens
• 275 km²
• River Ljubljanica flows through

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- HISTORY

• Emona, the earliest name of the present Ljubljana
  
• A rapid growth in 13th century
• In 1597, Jesuits arrived in Ljubljana and founded
  a gymnasium which later developed into a college

• The year 1701 saw the establishment of Academia
  philharmonicorum
• In the first half of the 19th century the
  appearance of Ljubljana changed considerably
  (Preeren times)?

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The Upper Secondary School of Electrical and
Computer Engineering Ljubljana
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SER Lj.

• Temporarily home for about 1050 students and 78
  teachers.
• Current headmaster is Mr. Silvester Tratar.
• It has 38 classrooms.

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History

• Build in 1875
• First name Realka (Real School).
• Concentrated on natural sciences, technology.

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History

• In 1959 the Realka closed.
• The Secondary School for Electrotechnics was
  established.
• The computer science department joined in 1991.
• In 1997 first technical grammar classes were
  added.

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Sources

• www.vegova.si
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• http//www.az-sp.si/images/prekmurje.jpg
• http//www.zupancicregent.com/Koper.jpg
• http//www.makspecar.si/2005/Eurocamp202006/40
• www.ljubljana.si
• http//www.burger.si/TriglavNationalPark/Slovenia.
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• http//www.az-sp.si/images/prekmurje.jpg
• http//www.zupancicregent.com/Koper.jpg
• http//www.makspecar.si/2005/Eurocamp202006/40