Many Portuguese individuals moved to Slovenia for work or study opportunities, particularly in fields like tourism, language teaching, and business.

[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] In recent years some Portuguese international footballers have moved to Slovenia in order to play for Slovenian clubs.

[23][24] The Portuguese community in Slovenia retains strong ties with its homeland and, between 2000 and 2021, it has sent approximately 2.21 million euros (€) to Portugal in remittances.

The Portuguese language has a remarkable and projection in Slovenia, it is taught at the University of Ljubljana, and numerous works by great Portuguese-speaking writers and poets have been translated into Slovene in recent years.

[27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34] As of today, the Portuguese are part of a wider Portuguese-speaking community in Slovenia, comprising around 60 people from PALOP countries (the majority being from Guinea-Bissau), Timor-Leste or Macau and around 350 Brazilians.