Entries by Uredništvo

Urša from Graz: Getting the Most out of Both Worlds

Urša has moved to Graz three times. The first time, she moved there as an Erasmus exchange student, then she returned for her master’s studies, and ultimately moved there together with her husband in hopes of starting a new life. As she told us in the interview, she is not planning on returning to Slovenia […]

NUK presents friendship between Slovenian, Serbian linguists

Ljubljana, 13 May – The National and University Library (NUK) launched on Thursday an exhibition on distinguished Slavic linguists, Slovenia’s Jernej Kopitar (1780-1844) and Serbia’s Vuk Karadžić (1787-1864). Minister for Slovenians Abroad Gorazd Žmavc labelled their cooperation an “exemplary synergy” between South Slavic nations. Žmavc, acting as interim culture minister, said Kopitar was the “defender […]

Minority translator Fabjan Hafner dies

Klagenfurt – Fabjan Hafner, a Klagenfurt-based poet, literary scholar and translator who is considered one of the most prominent translators of Slovenian literature into German, has died aged 49, the web portal of the public broadcaster RTV Slovenija reported on Wednesday. Considered an undisputed authority in literary translation in German-speaking countries, Hafner was a great […]

Bringing the Zither Closer to People

Her love for the zither took Urška Matjašec, who is originally from Logatec, to the prestigious Mozarteum University in Salzburg where she will finish her studies this June. Her goal is to bring the instrument closer to the people and prove that it can conjure up more than just the soundtrack of Cvetje v Jeseni […]

Club of Minority Students in Ljubljana Brought back to Life

Last year, the Club of Minority Students was once again brought to life. The first generation of minority students arrived in Ljubljana in the 50’s. Some individuals might have even come before that. At the time, the club had about 30 members who mostly dealt with finding accommodation for students, the official recognition of thesis […]

Ski-jumping champ gets his own stamp

After a record-breaking season in which he won virtually all available trophies, Slovenian ski-jumping champion Peter Prevc has now been honoured with his own postage stamp. The special edition stamp, with a nominal value of 2.25 euros, is essentially a photo of Prevc with all the trophies he won in the 2015/2016 season and a […]

First Slovenian kids go to Kickstarter

24 Hands Stands: New Stand for Kids by Kids is a unique Kickstarter campaign, first of it’s kind in Slovenia, since it is made by children aged 9 to 13 who have first been learning about Kickstarter for four months at Tri sestre Society’s entrepreneurial workshop Otroci grejo na Kickstarter (Kids go to Kickstarter). And then […]

Interview: Actors Patrizia and Lara

Patrizia Jurinčič and Lara Vouk are actors. While Lara is still a student, we can often see Patrizia on the stages of big Slovenian theaters. The girls are connected by the fact that they come from Italy and Austria. Patrizia is a Slovenian from Trieste and Lara a Slovenian from Carinthia, namely Rinkole pri Pliberku. […]