Features

Carnival Festivities Getting Under Way

February 2011

There are many different Shrovetide customs and more than one hundred different types of mask in Slovenia, but the most attractive and the most famous can be seen at the Kurentovanje in Ptuj. This year the carnival is expected to attract some 200,000 people.

Collectors of medals

February 2011

Many sports lovers ask: where does little Slovenia, with its population of just two million, get such a fantastic team of athletes, competing in almost all disciplines and winning numerous medals? Particularly in winter sports, Slovenia is incredible. Alpine...

Boris Pahor – Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres

February 2011

Trieste-born writer Boris Pahor has been made a Commander of the French Order of Arts and Letters. This is the third honour which Boris Pahor has received from France. France has awarded him this distinction for his outstanding literary talent and for his...

Tartini’s violin heard once again

February 2011

Tartini's birth house in Piran contains a memorial Tartini Collection including Tartini’s violin, the property of the great master and an outstanding exhibit, which the people of Piran now want to promote as one of the cult items of Piran’s history.

Slovenian Woman of the Year - A Victory for Female Success!

February 2011

It may be a journalist, human rights activist or animal rights activist, a doctor, politician, sportswoman, global traveller or just a woman whose efforts have left their mark on the lives of her fellow Slovenes. That is the Slovenian woman of the year.

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