Slovenian Programme

Slovenian Programme

Tuesday 6.00pm to 6.45pm

Saturday 6.00pm to 7.00pm

The Slovenian Group started broadcasting at Radio 4EB from February 1979 and the first committee members were:-

Convenor ~ Alfred Milner

Other Committee Members: Franc Vodopuvic, Yulka Vodopuvic, Vera Milner, Mimi Grilanc and Maryan Gomolj

Slovenia is situated in Central Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. The Alps — including the Julian Alps, the Kamnik-Savinja Alps and the Karavanke chain, as well as the Pohorje massif — dominate Northern Slovenia along its long border to Austria. Slovenia's Adriatic coastline stretches approximately 43 km (27 mi) from Italy to Croatia. Its part south of Sava river belongs to Balkan peninsula - Balkans.

The term "Karst" originated in southwestern Slovenia's Karst Plateau (Slovene: Kras), a limestone region of underground rivers, gorges, and caves, between Ljubljana and the Mediterranean.

On the Pannonian plain to the East and Northeast, toward the Croatian and Hungarian borders, the landscape is essentially flat. However, the majority of Slovenian terrain is hilly or mountainous, with around 90% of the surface 200 meters or more above sea level.