Major reportage, guests and European news are featured in the magazine “We Europeans” (Twitter), presented by Eléonore Gay and broadcast on Sundays at 10:40 a.m. on France 3, as well as late Thursday evenings on France 2. For this new issue of season 3, head to Slovenia, a small central European country of two million inhabitants which has made life in the open air, nature and sport an art of living. Nicknamed the “Switzerland of the Balkans”, because of its emblematic mountains and a high standard of living for the region, the country has chosen to make sustainable development a tourist argument…
More than a third of the territory is classified as a Natura 2000 zone, this is the highest proportion in the whole of the European Union. Ljubljana is also one of the greenest capitals on the continent, with a 100% pedestrian city centre. A shadow on the board: the policy pursued by Prime Minister Janez Janša, in office since 2020, whom some criticize for his “trumpisation” of power and the war he is waging against the media.
Slovenia: small country, big champions!
> THE GREAT REPORT
Tadej Pogača in cycling, Tina Maze in alpine skiing: these are the headliners of the Slovenian sporting world, but the country has many other champions And it offers itself a record number of medals. So, what is the secret of the sporting successes of this small country of great champions?
A report by Jérôme Tournier and Edouard Mounier.
> THE GUESTS
– Janez Kozelj, deputy mayor of Ljubljana.
– Magnificentone of the most famous Slovenian singers.
– Barbara Strukeljjournalist for the STA press agency.
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