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05/29/2023
This is not the way to address Climate Change.
Two Joe Bros Versus the People of Appalachia Listen now (2 min) | If poohbahs of the national Democratic Party wonder why working-class families, which once formed the party’s solid base of political support, have gone astray – they might ponder the awful message they’re sending by constantly smooching Sen. Joe Manchin’s flabby tail.
02/02/2021
Minnesota Bird Songs | Minnesota Conservation Volunteer This interactive illustration will help users identify and listen to 24 birds common to Minnesota.
08/20/2019
Views around Slovenia with music by Marko Hatlak
05/17/2019
http://www.vlada.si/en/media_room/newsletter/slovenia_weekly/news/article/women_beekeepers_62551/
Women beekeepers Beekeeping runs in the Slovenian genes, and many families have a beekeeper in their midst.
Restavracija Strelec
Exquisite contemporary cuisine, focusing on local ingredients.
Michelin reccomended restaurant, overlooking the town of Ljubljana.
04/20/2019
Traditional, but still modern
19 April 2019
Potica at food market Open kitchen in Ljubljana. Photo: Jošt Gantar/STO
One of the main activities in many Slovenian homes this weekend will be the baking of potica cakes. Potica is Slovenia’s number one culinary speciality. Last year, Slovenia protected potica with the “traditional specialty guaranteed” label. This label means protection of the recipe, the production method or the traditional ingredients, but does not impose geographical restrictions on the production of products with that label.
Podbreška potica, the culinary speciality of the village of Podbrezje, has garnered a string of successes and awards since the brand was established, and its filling, made of dried apple slices and dried Williams and snow pears, was sampled in September by members of the European Parliament. This original Slovenian dessert will be available today at the Open Kitchen in Ljubljana, and will also be sent to the Vatican, where the pope and other dignitaries at the Vatican will be able to try it this Easter.
We often ask ourselves which dish is the “most Slovenian”, or what is the characteristic aroma of Slovenia. There are many different opinions, but in the end the majority always choose Slovenian walnut potica, which has that little extra something. Therefore for the third year in a row Slovenia is holding a potica festival, where master bakers take account of all of the protections conferred by the European document that officially designated Slovenian potica as a traditional specialty guaranteed.
04/10/2019
Pioneers of Artificial Intelligence: Slovenia to Set Up International AI Research Centre with UNESCO Slovenia- one of the unsung pioneers and largest contributors to artificial intelligence (AI), has announced plans to set up Europe’s first international AI research centre with the help of UNESCO.
03/25/2019
Handling forests with care, using water sparingly
22 March 2019
International days such as this year’s International Day of Forests are intended to raise the public’s awareness about the significance and understanding of forests for all generations, while the purpose of World Water Day is to focus on the importance of water and the sustainable management of water resources. Two features should be highlighted in relation to water and forests, which are specific to Slovenia and prove how great a meaning Slovenians attribute to forests and water resources.
Slovenia has abundant water resources, ranking at the very top of Europe in terms of water quantity and quality. In Slovenia, the right to drinking water is protected at the very highest legal instance, as it was included in the Constitution in 2016. Accordingly, everyone has the right to drinking water, and water resources are a public good, serving primarily and sustainably to supply the population with drinking and household water.
Although they help themselves in the long run, Slovenian forests sometimes require help due to natural disasters. The nationwide volunteer reforesting campaign entitled “Let’s Restore the Forests”, which will take place at several locations in Slovenia for the second time this year, will see over 10,000 saplings of various tree species planted, contributing to the restoration of forests and preservation of nature.
Without forests and water resources there would be no life This week we are celebrating the International Day of Forests and World Water Day.
03/08/2019
http://www.vlada.si/en/media_room/newsletter/slovenia_weekly/news/article/woman_62288/
Women in Slovenia live longer than men and do better at school When assessing the position of women on International Women’s Day, we like to take a lead from the data provided by international rankings, in which Slovenia scores highly, although there is still room for improvement.
02/17/2019
The Voices of the Dead is a contemporary fantasy series set in Ljubljana and the surrounding countryside with some side trips up into the Slovenian Alps and across the Atlantic to the main character’s childhood home in East Tennessee. The story combines elements of Slovenian history, Slavic mythology, and old-fashioned Appalachian ghost story telling.
Victoria Raschke spent a year falling in love with Ljubljana in the early 1990s while studying at the University of Ljubljana in the Slovenian Language program and then spent nearly two decades figuring out how to get back to there on a more regular basis. The kernel for the first book in the series came from taking the self-guided Emona tour during Ljubljana’s bimillennial celebrations in 2014. The third book in the series, Like a Pale Moon, was released on January 29, 2019. More information can be found at www.readvictoria.com.
08/20/2019