Dr. Rozina Švent’s Slovenski begunci v Austriji 1945-1950 is an important addition to the growing literature on the Slovene political migration. Its scope is admirably summarised by dr. Joze Rant on its back cover: The book describes the life and activities of those post-war Slovene refugees from communism, whom the British did not return to Jugoslavia in 1945. The study fills one of the gaps in recent Slovene history. On the basis of numerous primary and secondary, written and oral sources it inventories the part of the Slovene families abroad from May 1945 until the emigration overseas of the majority of them, mostly to Argentina.

Dr. Rozina Švent’s Slovenski begunci v Austriji 1945-1950 is an important addition to the growing literature on the Slovene political migration. Its scope is admirably summarised by dr. Joze Rant on its back cover: The book describes the life and activities of those post-war Slovene refugees from communism, whom the British did not return to Jugoslavia in 1945. The study fills one of the gaps in recent Slovene history. On the basis of numerous primary and secondary, written and oral sources it inventories the part of the Slovene families abroad from May 1945 until the emigration overseas of the majority of them, mostly to Argentina.

Articel is published on SLO pages.

Articel is published on SLO pages.

This article analyzes the current external migration of population from Međimurje county to the countries of Central Europe - Austria, Germany and Switzerland, in the period after the Second World War, especially after 1961. After the World War II, the Međimurje county was among the first in the former country to experience trends in the external migration of labour due to high economic underdevelopment, the inability of employment in Međimurje county, etc. The impact on the external migration towards the researched European countries had the geographical proximity and relatively good transport connections, historical-political and economic relations of mentioned countries with Croatia and individual personal contacts with relatives or friends abroad as active participants in creating a network of mutual connectivity in the areas of residence and work. The research results show that workers from Međimurje county doing temporary work abroad, who mainly acquired the conditions for retirement, return to the place of origin where they build houses, catering facilities, invest in the local infrastructure, entrepreneurships etc. and thus significantly contribute to the transformation of Međimurje settlements.
KEY WORDS: Međimurje county, external migration, returnees, transformation of Međimurje settlements

This article analyzes the current external migration of population from Međimurje county to the countries of Central Europe - Austria, Germany and Switzerland, in the period after the Second World War, especially after 1961. After the World War II, the Međimurje county was among the first in the former country to experience trends in the external migration of labour due to high economic underdevelopment, the inability of employment in Međimurje county, etc. The impact on the external migration towards the researched European countries had the geographical proximity and relatively good transport connections, historical-political and economic relations of mentioned countries with Croatia and individual personal contacts with relatives or friends abroad as active participants in creating a network of mutual connectivity in the areas of residence and work. The research results show that workers from Međimurje county doing temporary work abroad, who mainly acquired the conditions for retirement, return to the place of origin where they build houses, catering facilities, invest in the local infrastructure, entrepreneurships etc. and thus significantly contribute to the transformation of Međimurje settlements.
KEY WORDS: Međimurje county, external migration, returnees, transformation of Međimurje settlements

This contribution presents the Slovenian writer Zofka Kveder (1878–1926) as Editor-in-Chief of the literary magazine Domači prijatelj (1904–1915), which was issued in Slovenian in Prague and published by the owner of a grain coffee factory, František Vydra. The magazine was neither for sale nor was it possible to be subscribed to it, as it was distributed free of charge only to Vydra's customers. Besides the renown Slovenian writers and poets, such as Ivan Cankar, Anton Aškerc, Ksaver Meško and others, also beginners and less asserted writers of the time, such as France Bevk and Prežihov Voranc, to whom the editor Kveder was also a mentor, had a chance to publish their work. Kveder's mentor skills are evident from the analysis of answers in the rubric Editorial portfolio.
KEY WORDS: Domači prijatelj, Slovenian literary magazines, Zofka Kveder, Slovenians in the Czech Republic, František Vydra, Ivan Cankar, France Bevk, Prežihov Voranc, Prague.

This contribution presents the Slovenian writer Zofka Kveder (1878–1926) as Editor-in-Chief of the literary magazine Domači prijatelj (1904–1915), which was issued in Slovenian in Prague and published by the owner of a grain coffee factory, František Vydra. The magazine was neither for sale nor was it possible to be subscribed to it, as it was distributed free of charge only to Vydra's customers. Besides the renown Slovenian writers and poets, such as Ivan Cankar, Anton Aškerc, Ksaver Meško and others, also beginners and less asserted writers of the time, such as France Bevk and Prežihov Voranc, to whom the editor Kveder was also a mentor, had a chance to publish their work. Kveder's mentor skills are evident from the analysis of answers in the rubric Editorial portfolio.
KEY WORDS: Domači prijatelj, Slovenian literary magazines, Zofka Kveder, Slovenians in the Czech Republic, František Vydra, Ivan Cankar, France Bevk, Prežihov Voranc, Prague.

The authors analyse the constitutional concept of autochthony in Slovenia and its rather uncritical and poorly informed introduction into Slovenian law and social science from the (post)colonial era. This was demonstrated also in the 1998 Opinion of the Constitutional Court which designated the constitutional concept of autochthony as pertains to the Italian and Hungarian minority in Slovenia, and to Slovenians in the neighbouring countries, as unclear in meaning and legal consequences. The authors proceed to describe the circumstances in which the 2007 bill on Romany minority protection was prepared and passed. In conclusion, they offer an alternative model of minority protection that renounces the racist model of ‘blood quantum’, but instead builds on protection of cultural landscapes which have hosted, and may host presently, specific cultural, linguistic, class and ethnic processes of difference and coexistence. Insisting on primordialist usage of the concepts of autochthony as a designation of living people they see as a threat to all minorities in Slovenia, and as the danger of permanent, radical ethnicisation of the national space.
KEYWORDS: Romany, legislation, primordialism, autochthony, models of minority protection

The authors analyse the constitutional concept of autochthony in Slovenia and its rather uncritical and poorly informed introduction into Slovenian law and social science from the (post)colonial era. This was demonstrated also in the 1998 Opinion of the Constitutional Court which designated the constitutional concept of autochthony as pertains to the Italian and Hungarian minority in Slovenia, and to Slovenians in the neighbouring countries, as unclear in meaning and legal consequences. The authors proceed to describe the circumstances in which the 2007 bill on Romany minority protection was prepared and passed. In conclusion, they offer an alternative model of minority protection that renounces the racist model of ‘blood quantum’, but instead builds on protection of cultural landscapes which have hosted, and may host presently, specific cultural, linguistic, class and ethnic processes of difference and coexistence. Insisting on primordialist usage of the concepts of autochthony as a designation of living people they see as a threat to all minorities in Slovenia, and as the danger of permanent, radical ethnicisation of the national space.
KEYWORDS: Romany, legislation, primordialism, autochthony, models of minority protection