Turkish Ambassador Proclaimed Foreign Diplomat of the Year
Turkish Ambassador to Slovenia Balkan Kizildeli has been voted foreign diplomat of the year 2005 in Slovenia for his contribution to openness and development in Slovenian society, Radio Slovenia International proclaimed on Friday.
The award has been conferred for the second year running by two of the largest Slovenian media outlets oriented at foreigners, the newspaper Slovenia Times and the Radio Slovenia International radio station.
At the ceremony staged at the popular ski resort of Kranjska Gora (NW) on Thursday, the two media outlets also awarded the title of most popular foreigner living in Slovenia in the areas of business, sports and culture, as chosen by their readers and listeners.
Austria's Andreas Maierhofer, management board member of Slovenia's No. 2 mobile operator Simobil, became foreigner of the year in the field of business.
Russia's Edvard Koksarov, member of the country's handball champions Celje Pivovarna Lasko, was named sportsman of the year.
In the field of culture, the winner of the popularity contest was Chinese painter Wang Huiqin, who has lived in Slovenia for the past 20 years.
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