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Nothing to be ashamed of. Read what Italian journalist Paolo Rumiz wrote about Slovenes:Originally Posted by Aëlwenn
"We are speaking about incredible people. They are more stubborn than Germans, more mysterious than Finns, prouder than Magyars and greater perfectionists than Swiss".
Living closer to Ljubljana (Slovene capital) than Zagreb (Croatian capital) they are very familiar to me.
My personal attitude towards Slovenes is neutral to reserved, because our countries are not in best relations neither very friendly.
Slovenes are rather special Slavs, most Westernized, individualist of them all, even more so than Czechs in my opinion. They are isolated mountain people between Italians, Austrians and Hungarians and only Slavs bordering them are Croats, which are quite different people with different historical experiences.
Slovenes are Caranthanian Slavs, today South Slavs but with lot of West Slavic influences (even linguisticaly), they were part of Holy Roman Empire and inner Austria so we did not have that much contact with them as one may expect.
Country is small but beautiful, quality always tops quantity and Slovenia is by far one of more quality Slavic countries to live in and visit. Population is educated, quiet, speaks several foreign languages and not much different than any Western Europeans, yet they preserved their uniqueness and folklore.
As person who doesnt really favor Slovenia I can tell you they are respectable and cultured people worth to know more about.
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