Eugenija Carl is a no-holds-barred reporter. She recently revealed how market sellers buy their products at the Trieste vegetable market and then sell them as "home grown" to Slovenian buyers at a higher price. She has so found herself in the elite company of women, who have in one way or another changed Slovenia.

"She is a real investigative reporter"
Explaining its decision, the Jana magazine wrote: "She is a real investigative reporter who no one can stop. When you sing praise to people, everything is nice, but when you catch them lying, you get warned, you receive threats and court justice. She says she does her work for herself and for others who have the right to know the truth. It's difficult to be a good reporter in today's dishonest world, ruled by political and financial lobbies and money. It's not easy to stand up to people, who put thousands of people on the verge of existence with unfair action. With her reporting she often does the work that law enforcement authorities are supposed to."

Against Časar, Prijatelj, Türk
RTV Slovenia's correspondent from the coastal region fearlessly tackles every topic - for example she reported about the suspicious deals of the former head of the Luka Koper port operator Robert Časar and former MP Srečko Prijatelj, she revealed the illegal building of minister Igor Maher, who then had to step down after a week because of the findings, and she also revealed the luxurious "fruit drying house" of Vitoslav Türk.

Recognition for her work and for the national television service
Upon her nomination Mrs. Carl told MMC that she was honoured to be among this year's nominees: "It's a big recognition for my work, fuelled by the search for truth, how pathetic that might sound. It's also a message for others to recognize my work done by the highest moral, ethical and professional standards of journalism."

She also adds: "At the same time it is also a recognition for the national television service, where we try to contribute on the path to changing our political and business culture; to create an environment which would condemn those outwitting the law, those working against the interests of the community, abusing privileges and giving false moral that already runs deep in pores of our society."

Nominated for the flattering title Slovenian Woman of the Year are also actress and singer Lara Jankovič, Mateja Korošec, the founder and director of Center Korak, which helps those suffering brain damage, the doyen of Slovenia's landscape architects Juta Krulc, official receiver Alja Markovič Čas, who also worked on saving the Maribor TAM factory, social worker Jožica Mikić Horvat and Luigia Negro, the president of the cultural association Rezijanski dom (Resian home), which looks after the conservation of the Resian dialect and cultural heritage. Among the nominees are also Draga Potočnjak, who wrote a book about the death of her brother-in-law, Toni Mrlak, a pilot who was shot down on the first day of Slovenian independence war, Pika Rajnar, who teaches techniques enabling you to achieve emotional freedom, Marija Volčjak, the editor-in-chief of the Gorenjski glas magazine, Helena Žigon, one of the oldest and most endurable Slovenian runners, and Nina Wabra, a young journalist whose life changed after an accident and is now in a wheel chair.

Last year the distinguished title, that has given out by the Jana magazine for 25 year now, was awarded to judoka Urška Žolnir.