Slovenia

Climate crisis will make Europe’s beer cost more and taste worse, say scientists
Experts say hop yields and quality will continue to drop by 2050 if farmers don’t adapt to higher temperatures
Ajit Niranjan
10, Oct, 2023 @3:00 PM

Sava review – a mighty river speaks in lush landscape documentary
Matthew Somerville’s travelogue follows the course of the Sava from Slovenia to Belgrade, generating complicated ideas about national identity and nostalgia
Phuong Le
25, Sep, 2023 @6:00 AM

From Cornish pasties to Slovenian potica, food is a language that everyone understands
What we eat defines us as a nation but it also crosses borders and, like Esperanto, helps us communicate globally
Rachel Cooke
17, Jun, 2023 @3:00 PM

Berg review – mesmeric documentary evokes terrifying majesty of the natural world
Long static shots of Slovenian mountains combine with ambient drones in this abstract, contemplative film that contemplates nature’s patterns
Leslie Felperin
25, Apr, 2023 @10:00 AM

The ‘nice, ordinary’ family suspected of being Russian spies - podcast
When a new couple and their children moved into a sleepy suburb of Slovenia’s capital, their neighbours thought they seemed very normal. But were they really who they seemed?
Presented by Nosheen Iqbal with Shaun Walker; produced by Natalie Ktenaand Rudi Zygadlo; executive producer Phil Maynard
11, Apr, 2023 @2:00 AM

The ‘ordinary’ family at No 35: suspected Russian spies await trial in Slovenia
Couple arrested with huge amount of cash and history of extensive European travel now allegedly pawns in diplomatic game
Shaun Walker in Ljubljana
24, Mar, 2023 @4:03 PM

‘Songs should be alive’: Slovenian trio Širom on their ‘imaginary folk’ music
Born of Slovenia’s rural DIY free festival scene, the band’s revelatory mix of improvisatory acoustics, post-jazz and drone music is coming to the UK this month
Phil Harrison
06, Mar, 2023 @8:06 AM

The Wire review – locals deal with razor-sharp border fence in migrant study
Documentary sheds light on responses to a fence designed to keep migrants of the EU Schengen area, a dizzyingly complex issue
Phil Hoad
30, Jan, 2023 @7:00 AM

Nataša Pirc Musar to become Slovenia’s first female president
Former broadcaster and lawyer to Melania Trump was backed by centre-left government and defeated conservative rival
Philip Oltermann in Berlin
13, Nov, 2022 @8:28 PM

‘Everyone loved each other’: the rise of Yugonostalgia
While many citizens of the former Yugoslavia miss the lower prices and global recognition, others warn against over-romanticising the Tito era
Jessica Bateman
25, Aug, 2022 @4:00 AM

Pro-EU politicians hail defeat of Slovenia’s hard-right prime minister
Robert Golob’s victory against Janez Janša is ‘a chance to make Europe stronger’
Jennifer Rankin in Brussels
25, Apr, 2022 @3:42 PM

‘Europe stands with you’: EU leaders vow support for Ukraine during Kyiv visit
Leaders of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia express ‘unequivocal support’ for Ukraine after making perilous journey by train to meet Zelenskiy
Daniel Boffey and Jennifer Rankin in Brussels
16, Mar, 2022 @1:10 AM
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