Milena Zupančič, the multi-award wining Slovenian theatre and film actress, was decorated with the Golden Order for Merits by President Borut Pahor on Thursday. Perhaps the best known Slovenian actress, Zupančič was honoured for her “valuable” oeuvre in the theatre and on film, which is also recognised internationally, and for her promotion of “culture of […]
Skier Tina Maze has become a character in a children’s picture book. While the cartoon Maze merrily races down the slopes, the real-world Maze, who put her sports career on hold last year, hinted at Wednesday’s book launch that she is unlikely to ever return to professional skying. I’ve known for a while what I […]
Slovenian photographer Andrej Tarfila has won a prestigious award at one of the world’s biggest photography competitions, the Sony World Photography Awards. Tarfila won in the Open Travel subcategory with the sublime landscape image of a church on the fields of Široko Polje, which was picked among 95,000 submissions to the Open section, one of […]
People from France, Spain, England, Ireland, Finland and even Australia, the US and New Zealand are applying for a dream job offer of a shepherd at the foot of the picturesque Velika Planina plateau. The campaign, lunched earlier this month, is part of promotion of Slovenia as a tourist destination. The emerging Eco resort at […]
Potica takes first place among traditional festive pastries in Slovenia. This is especially true during Easter. It is a rolled pastry made of leavened dough filled with any of a great variety of fillings. Slovenian housewives also love baking poticas at non-festive times to pamper their loved ones. In households, grandmothers and mothers often have […]
As Slovenians set their tables for Holy Saturday, the traditional decorated Easter eggs or “pirhi” form the colourful centrepiece. Egg decoration as an Easter tradition in Slovenian dates back to the 17th century. The word “pirh” has indo-European origins, meaning fire. It later evolved to signify red-coloured or fire-coloured, Marko Snoj from the Slovenian Academy […]
Ljubljana – The art of making bobbin lace, which has a tradition in Slovenia dating back to the 17th century, has been declared intangible heritage of national importance. Lace making has been declared heritage of national importance to spread its name and to promote preservation, the government said on Wednesday. Bobbin lace is best known […]
Rome – Radio and Juliet, a ballet by acclaimed Slovenian choreographer Edward Clug, will appear on Monday and Wednesday in Rome, Italy with the cast of the Maribor Ballet. The production, which is to be performed at the famous Italian Teatro Brancaccio theatre, is based on Shakespeare’s famous love tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, which Clug […]
The son of the great and, sadly, prematurely deceased mountain climber Tomaž Humar has set a new record. He is the youngest man to have ridden a bicycle around the world. On his adventure, which we’ve already written about on our website, he’s beaten the previous record set by the British Tom Davies from by […]
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