The swearing-in of Donald Trump as president of the united States has been followed throughout the world but with a special pride in Sevnica, the town of Slovenia where he was born Melania, the wife of the president and new first lady of the united States.
“it Is a great encouragement, a great opportunity for our people. A place like Sevnica is easily lost among the numerous cities of Central Europe, but Melania has placed Sevnica in the map of the world”, said today to Efe Srecko Ocvirkl, the mayor of this small industrial city of about 5,000 inhabitants.
A view of the departments in the district of Sevnica, where was born the current first lady of the united States, Melania Trump (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
he Explained that it is a “great opportunity to get to know the local businesses, for tourism and for the opening of Sevnica in the global world”.
The mayor attended today a presentation of new products of Sevnica bearing name related to Melania, a few hours before the swearing-in of Donald Trump.
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Since last summer have been appearing in the town of new products, from sweets and cakes to slippers and tourist visits, which carry names such as “Melania”, “First lady” or “White House”. For example, the new red wine “First Lady”, prepared by four local wineries with the grapes typical local “Plava frankinja”, and the “Salami of Sevnica” a sausage made according to a traditional recipe.
Bottles of wine and salamis, local that carry the brand First Lady (AP Photo/Darko Bandic).
Also other local products bearing the mark “First lady”, as creams are cosmetic made with natural ingredients from the local environment, chocolates, seasonings, and teas.
The mayor stressed that the official entry today of Melania in the White House represents “a very important message to the whole world, especially to young people,” that “people of small places, if they are persevering and responsible, can get to the top of the world”.
The chef Elvis Suhodoljac you prepare a burger called the Presidents burger in Sevnica (REUTERS/Srdjan Zivulovic)
The centre of Sevnica do not seem any different today than other days, but many neighbors, such as Wet, 29-year-old, claim to be “happy and proud”.
“We are excited and proud that our conciudadana, slovenian has reached so high,” sums up those feelings Jure, of 38 years, another fellow countryman of Melania Trump.
In the central café “Central” has been organized for this evening for a live transmission of the inauguration of Trump on a large screen.
A waiter passes in front of the screen that transmits the ceremony of assumption in Sevnica, Slovenia(REUTERS/Srdjan Zivulovic)
To celebrate the occasion, the drinks are served adorned with a gold powder special and will be offered to each customer a portion free of the already very popular cake “Melanija”.
The authorities of Sevnica, representatives of the U.S. embassy and companies in the country in Slovenia, local entrepreneurs and many others have been invited to a great feast to follow the investiture in a well-known restaurant on the outskirts of the city.
Melania was born in 1970 in Sevnica and it was here at the college, then studied industrial design in the capital, Ljubljana, where she began her modeling career before moving to Italy and then to the united States
despite the pride that queen by the wife of the new american president, Sevnica not ashamed of their communist past.
Two men provide while they watch TV the asunciónd and Trump in the hometown of Melania, Sevnica, Slovenia (REUTERS/Srdjan Zivulovic)
The school was Built is still called Savo Kladnik, a partisan communist, a national hero in the former Yugoslavia, of which Slovenia was part until 1991.
Also, the street in which is located the building in which it was born, Built still bears the name “Heroje Marok”, another famous member of the movement an anti-fascist leader of yugoslavia Josip Broz “Tito”.
In the rustic restaurant Tonckov is now sell pancakes “Melania”, but also preserves intact “the room of Titus,” in memory of when the communist leader stayed here in 1974. EFE
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