Greater Slovenia

Greater Slovenia () is a term applied to certain radical trends within Slovene nationalism.

Overview

The main objective of the ideology is that the borders of Slovenia are to be enlarged according to the Slovene ethnic border (current or that of the pre World War I or II era). This territory, also known as historically as the Slovene Lands, includes southern Carinthia (Koroška), Province of Gorizia (Goriška), Province of Trieste (Trst), Canal valley (Kanalska dolina), Venetian Slovenia (Beneška Slovenija), Resia (Rezija), all of Lower Styria (Spodnja Štajerska), Szentgotthárd (Monošter), and northern parts of Istria (Istra). A 19th century theory of an ethnologic and partly linguistic nature is that the people of northern Croatia confined to the traditional Kajkavian dialect are rightfully Slovenes, a view shared by right-wing Serbs whose own optimal choice would be a state taking in other large parts of Croatia (Greater Serbia) .

More extreme views suggest that a true Slovene state should also incorporate: Upper Styria, Zgornja Štajerska (Austria); Friuli-Venezia Giulia Furlanija-Julijska Krajina (Italy); Eastern Lombardy, Vzhodna Lombardija (Italy); The Veneto, BeneÄ?ija (Italy); Tyrol, Tirolska in its entirety (Italy and Austria); Salzburg, Solnograško (Austrian city on border with Bavaria); and Lower Pannonia, Spodnja Panonija as far remote as eastern Hungary.

In his book, titled Slovenci : Misli in vprašanja published in Toronto, 1987. Zdravko JelinÄ?iÄ? explains various themes. Among those Geographical borders of Slovenia. In Slovene lands he includes lands bordered with Italy are set on the river Plava, in worst case Livnica. This line goes north to the spring of the river Drava where would be the tripoint with Austria. From this point the boundary goes from the spring of the river Mura, and divides the Sopron lake in half. There would be the tripoint with Hungary, and the border continues to the Balaton lake including river Raba. The southern border with Croatia is ordained in a way that parts of MeÄ‘imurje, entire Å½umberak and ÄŒabar would be ceded to Slovenia, but it is wauge weather the Piran bay would be also in its entirety ceded to Slovenia or would be divided in half.

Zdravko JelinÄ?iÄ? explains how this could be possible if Slovenes learned Russian a form an aliegence with Russia which would make the dream of Greater Slovenia possible. He explains how Croats and Serbs will not act in the interest of Slovenia to reach the natural borders of Slovenia.

Border dispute with Croatia
Border disputes between Croatia and Slovenia are sizable, since both countries gained independence in 1991. The greatest point of contention is the sea border at the Gulf of Piran and the land border between the two countries. In 2001, former Slovenian prime minister (later president) Janez Drnovšek and former Croatian prime minister have reached an agreement under which Slovenia would retain larger parts of the Gulf of Piran and a corridor leading to the international part of the Adriatic Sea while Croatia would gain territory on the southern bank of the Dragonja river. While Slovenian Parliament ratified it, Croatia later rejected the agreement and informally offered international arbitration over the sea border. Slovenia has expressed its willingness to enter arbitration at the International Court of Justice in the Hague, under the condition that the subject of it would be not only the sea border but also the land border.

Slovenian National Party (SNS) and its leader have placed a motion in the Slovenian Parliament on April 2 2007 for a resolution that would proclaim parts of Croatia (Istria, Å½umberak and parts of ) Slovenian territory. JelinÄ?iÄ? commonly threatens blocking Croatia's European Union entry by a referendum in Slovenia, if his radical views are not met. Because his party is marginal in the Slovenian Parliament, it is doubtful if any such threats can be carried out. Recently there has been rumors that Slovenia is actively blocking Croatia's entrance in EU in the fields of fisheries, law and justice and some other areas of negotiations. While Slovenian government has consistently denied this, it has been seen as a violation of good and friendly neighbour connection between the states that provocked Croatian President Stipe MesiÄ‡ to say that this would mean breaking of this friendship that lasted since the two nations came to contact in the time of settlement in 6 century.

Carinthian Plebiscite

A referendum was held in southern Carinthia on October 10, 1920 that finally determined the border between Austria and Slovenia (then part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes).
The territory in question was divided in zones A and B, but the referendum was only held in zone A since the voting in B would only take place if zone A voted for the Kingdom of SHS.
The outcome was in favour of Austria with about 59% of the votes. This means that many Slovenes also voted to remain in Austria considering that they formed the majority (at least 60%) in zone A.

== Privately owned Institute for guarding of national heritage "25 of June" ==
It is a group of citizens of Slovenia which organized themselves in a civil non-governmental organization that want Croatian territories of Pince, Hotiza, Štrigova, territory claimed that was (still) under the occupation by the Independent State of Croatia, SekuliÄ?i, Trdinov vrh, SeÄ?ovlje-Mlini, Bay of Piran..

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