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In modern times, when face-to-face meetings are all too often replaced by conversations on social networks and phones, while face-to-face socialising is far less common, people seem to be much more individually oriented in their own lives.
Ana Kocjan from Miklavž near Ormož says she is addicted to knitting. She first picked up knitting and crochet at the age of six, for which she is grateful to her mother, who passed on her love of manual skills to all three of her daughters.
There are entrepreneurs and there are entrepreneurs with a heart; entrepreneurs who are rooted in the right values, such as mutual support and helping each other.
Have you ever thought that the market is not only the best place to buy vegetables, fruit and other foodstuffs, but also the best classroom?
Elvis Debelec, known among his friends as "Elvisio", is a simple and warm-hearted man, a humble boy from Lopata near Celje.
Jaša Malič has understood the importance of work since childhood. While other children ran after the ball on summer days, he stood behind the counter of the family ice cream parlour, washing bowls, mixing creams and watching something magical emerge from simple ingredients.
Mrs Jožica Kancler was a dedicated class teacher all her life in her home town, Poljčany.
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