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Vasja Rupnik (born June 6, 1977 in Ljubljana, Slovenia [1] ) is a Slovenian biathlete.
Rupnik represented Slovenia at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
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Vasja Rupnik (born June 6, 1977 in Ljubljana, Slovenia [1] ) is a Slovenian biathlete.
Rupnik represented Slovenia at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Idrija is a town in western Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Idrija. It is located in the traditional region of Inner Carniola and is in the Gorizia Statistical Region. It is notable for its mercury mine with stores and infrastructure, as well as miners' living quarters, and a miners' theatre. Together with the Spanish mine at Almadén, it has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2012. In 2011, Idrija was given the Alpine Town of the Year award.
Leon Rupnik, also known as Lav Rupnik or Lev Rupnik was a Slovene general in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia who collaborated with the Fascist Italian and Nazi German occupation forces during World War II. Rupnik served as the President of the Provincial Government of the Nazi-occupied Province of Ljubljana from November 1943 to early May 1945. Between September 1944 and early May 1945, he also served as chief inspector of the Slovene Home Guard, a collaborationist militia, although he did not have any military command until the last month of the war.
The Slovenia men's national basketball team represents Slovenia in international basketball competitions, and is managed by the Basketball Federation of Slovenia. Since the independence of Slovenia in 1991, the national team has competed at every EuroBasket, and reached the knockout stage at every championship since 2005. Their greatest achievement overall at the tournament came at EuroBasket 2017, where they won all nine games and became European champions.
The Slovene Home Guard was a Slovene anti-Partisan military organization that was active during the 1943–1945 German occupation of the formerly Italian-occupied Province of Ljubljana. It consisted of former Village Sentries, part of Italian-sponsored Anti-Communist Volunteer Militia, re-organized under Nazi command after the Italian Armistice.
Lyenko Urbanchich was a Slovenian-born Australian political activist. During World War II he was a propagandist for the Slovene Home Guard, a Nazi collaborating anti-Partisan military organisation.
Erwin Friedrich Karl Rösener was a German Schutzstaffel (SS) commander during the Nazi era. During World War II, he was responsible for mass executions of civilians in Slovenia. Rösener was put on trial for war crimes and sentenced to death on 30 August 1946, then executed by hanging on 4 September 1946. He was posthumously included in the indictment at the Nuremberg Trials for war crimes.
Juro Adlešič was a Slovenian lawyer and politician.
Lokve is a village in western Slovenia in the Municipality of Nova Gorica. It is located on the Trnovo Forest Plateau, above the Vipava Valley in the Gorizia region of the Slovene Littoral. It is a popular tourist center, serving as a summer resort for people from the towns of Nova Gorica and Gorizia (Italy). Škol Hill rises north of Lokve.
Goli Vrh is a dispersed settlement in the Municipality of Gorenja Vas–Poljane in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It includes part of the hamlet of Suhi Dol in the eastern part of the settlement.
Žirovski Vrh Svetega Antona is a dispersed settlement above Gorenja Vas in the Municipality of Gorenja Vas–Poljane in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.
Žirovski Vrh Svetega Urbana is a dispersed settlement above Todraž in the Municipality of Gorenja Vas–Poljane in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.
Zadlog is a settlement northwest of Črni Vrh in the Municipality of Idrija in the traditional Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.
The national anthem of Slovenia is based on "Zdravljica", a carmen figuratum poem by the 19th-century Romantic Slovene poet France Prešeren, inspired by the ideals of Liberté, égalité, fraternité, and set to music by Stanko Premrl. As the country's national anthem, it is one of the state symbols of Slovenia.
Luka Rupnik is a Slovenian professional basketball player who plays for Semt77 Yalovaspor and the Slovenian national basketball team. Standing at 1.86 m, he plays at the point guard position.
The Rupnik Line, was a line of World War II–era fortifications and weapons installations that Yugoslavia constructed along its terrestrial western and northern border. The construction of the line, named after General Leon Rupnik, was a safety measure taken in order to counter the construction of Alpine Wall, a line built by the bordering country Italy, as well as against the imposing danger of a German invasion following the Anschluss of Austria.
The Slovene Covenant was an underground anti-communist organisation formed in Slovenia in April 1942 by a number of non-communist political parties after the killing of Avgust Praprotnik (1891–1942) by operatives from the Security and Intelligence Service, a forerunner of the Yugoslav secret police. It "adopted a political programme that strongly echoed the political positions of the OF". In 1943 anti-communist forces including the Slovene Covenant engaged in armed conflict against Partisan forces in the country and were defeated.
Jure Rupnik is a Slovenian bicycle racer, currently with the DCBank Pro Cycling team.
Rupnik is a surname. People with the surname include:
Košarkarski klub Cedevita Olimpija, commonly referred to as KK Cedevita Olimpija or simply Olimpija, is a men's professional basketball club based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The club competes in the ABA League and the EuroCup, as well as in the Slovenian League.
Lidija Rupnik was a Slovenian gymnast. She competed in the women's artistic team all-around event at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Additionally, she competed at the 1938 World Championships where she placed 7th in the individual all-around competition and led her team in scoring to win the team silver medal.
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