Folklorna Skupina Kres Picnic
On Saturday, August 11, over 70 members from all of Folklorna Skupina Kres’s age groups performed at the Slovenska Pristava. Hundreds of guests attended the event on what a beautiful summer day with barely a cloud in the sky. The performance included several lively stylized polkas, a traditional folklore number from the region of Premurkje, a toe-tapping swing number and a romantic waltz.
Luka DonÄić heads to Texas to play for Dallas!
The pearl of European basketball will now start playing on the courts of the NBA league. Luka DonÄiÄ was selected as the third pick in the NBA draft, initially putting on the Atlanta Hawks team hat.
France Rode, inventor of pocket calculator HP-35
As a young electrical engineer, France Rode (1934-2017) joined Hewlett-Packard, where he worked on the team that invented the first pocket calculator. This was only one of his many ground-breaking achievements facilitating the development of modern electronics in what has since become known as Silicon Valley.
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Slovenian Oven Pumpkin Seed Oil
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An Uprising Under the Alps
These days, Tolmin is a quiet, almost sleepy town in the foothills of Slovenia’s Julian Alps. In the early 18thcentury,…