Melbourne – On Sunday, 21st February over 200 people gathered in the church hall at the Slovenian Catholic Mission, Sts Cyril and Methodius in Melbourne, to celebrate the wonderful achievements of musicians of Slovenian heritage which have been so carefully documented by Katarina Vrisk in the book ‘Anthology of Slovenian Australian Musicians’. After the official opening […]
Moscow – The girl choir Carmina Slovenica has won a Golden Mask national theatre award in Russia. The Maribor-based choir has been selected the winner in the category best foreign production presented in Russia in 2015 for its performance in When the Mountain Changed its Clothing by Heiner Goebbels. Goebbels and choir master Karmina Šilec will […]
CŠOD PLANINKA, from July 30 to August 6 2016 Slovenian World Congress organizes 20th Youth camp for Teenagers of Slovenian Origin from Abroad from July 30 to August 6 2016 in CŠOD Planinka, close to Maribor. The main purpose of Youth camp is to bring Slovenia closer to minds and hearts of youngsters who live abroad. Divided […]
The government established on Thursday the Slovenian Cultural Centre in Berlin, which will be launched on 15 April. Slovenia’s second cultural centre abroad will operate as part of the country’s embassy. The government aims to boost the promotion of Slovenia with the move, the government Communication Office said after today’s cabinet session. The centre will serve […]
Slovenia places twelfth in the visa restriction index put together annually by UK consultancy Henley & Partners and the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Germany tops the ranking, as its citizens may travel visa-free to 177 countries and territories. Sweden is second, as its citizens can travel without restrictions to 176 countries and territories. Finland, […]
A chair that Slovenian architect Jožef Plečnik designed for Czech President Tomaš Masaryk in the 1920s sold for EUR 40,740 at an auction in Prague on Sunday, almost eight times the asking price. The chair was sold to an anonymous buyer, according to the radio report. The wooden chair in black leather was made by Plečnik […]
The 2016 ASEF Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Dr. Ronald M. Sega, a Slovenian-American Professor at Colorado State University and a retired NASA astronaut for unwavering and exemplary leadership in furthering educational opportunity internationally. Ronald come from a Slovenian immigrant family. He received a bachelor of science degree in mathematics and physics from the United States Air […]
After a stellar weekend at the box office in 60 countries worldwide, the film about the Marvel superhero Deadpool was surpassed in Poland’s charts by Planeta Singli (Planet Single), a Polish film made by Slovenian director Mitja Okorn. Okorn began his filming career in Poland in 2011, when he made the award-winning Letters to Santa, […]
Slovenian culture is being promoted in Italy’s Trieste this month by two local Slovenian minority associations. Guided tours of the city are being organised, while a comical play is to present the Slovenian language and customs this evening. The project Culture Back in the Centre was launched on 4 February with the presentation of a […]
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