The people of County Roscommon are about to become more familiar with a country nestled in the heart of Central Europe, Slovenia. Each county has been “paired” with a specific Member State of the EU for the period of the presidency and County Roscommon has been paired with Slovenia. Leitrim has been paired with Cyprus, Longford with Hungary, Mayo with The Netherlands, Sligo with Lithuania and Westmeath with Sweden. The programme of visits by Ambassadors will commence in July, following the opening of Ireland’s EU Presidency term. In 1990, Slovenia established democracy for the first time since World War I. Slovenia had to face the wrath of the Yugoslavian military during its independence from Yugoslavia.

Source: The Herald January 17, 2026 20:22 UTC