Campaign

The Guest Star campaign, which is being presented by The Slovenia Times and Radio Slovenia International and their partners, seeks to reveal and recognize those individuals from the expat community whose talent and personality directly contributes to the development and openness of Slovenian society.

The purpose of the campaign is to celebrate Slovenia’s expat community by identifying the most remarkable of those individuals in our society who are not of Slovene descent, but have decided to live and work in Slovenia. The Guest Star team believes that expatriates are a vital element in creating a modern cosmopolitan society in Slovenia; one that is based on its cultural heritage and enriched by the influence of others. In a world that is becoming ever smaller international relations are increasing in importance and cooperation between those from different cultural backgrounds allows us to build and develop cohesive societies. In this light, expatriate communities are essential not only for their host nations but also for their motherlands.

Past campaigns

Guest Star project was first realized in 2004, the year of Slovenia’s accession into the EU.

Categories

Since expats are active in many different fields, all equally important, the Guest Star committee has separated them into the following categories:

• Diplomacy
• Business
• Sports
• Culture

Rules

The only rule in accepting nominations was that candidates had been active in Slovenia for more than six months.