http://www.slovenija.si Spotlight sl-si http://www.slovenija.si/spotlight/2010030509515893/ Ljubljana is the tenth city to receive UNESCO’s Title - World Book Capital. Its 'mandate' will last from April 2010 to April 2011. This represents a very important opportunity to promote both the city and the country as a whole, since Ljubljana has long proclaimed itself a city of culture and civilisation. http://www.slovenija.si/spotlight/2009122910083722/ The new and renovated Museum of Modern Art was opened with an exhibition of works by Zoran Mušič (1909 - 2005) on 24 November, thereby concluding the Year of Mušič. There are 140 of Mušič’s paintings on display, with major emphasis placed on his early work. http://www.slovenija.si/spotlight/2009102115042780/ Over the last twenty years Slovenia's main film festival has really got under our skin. The curtains rise on the Ljubljana International Film Festival (LIFFe) each November. What was once a festival of art films has slowly become a mainstream festival and an unmissable event in the capital. Expectations are particularly high this year, since this will be the twentieth edition of the festival. http://www.slovenija.si/spotlight/2009081408451187/ Foreigners say that Slovenia is a land of countless attractions, a country that surprises you at every step. This small corner of Europe brings together the picturesque characteristics of the Alpine, Mediterranean, Karst and Pannonian worlds. Situated at the crossroads of diversity, this attractive country has many appealing faces. So why not visit it? Here are just a few reasons to visit Slovenia... http://www.slovenija.si/spotlight/2009070914104772/ A million and a half and the number keeps growing. This isn’t the jackpot lottery fund, but the number of YouTube visitors who have watched the arrangement of Toto's Africa performed by Perpetuum Jazzile. And this within six weeks only! The success has taken everyone by surprise and Perpetuum Jazzile has caused a real little web euphoria. http://www.slovenija.si/spotlight/2009061108295574/ Once again this year, summer in Ljubljana can also be a wonderful holiday, thanks to the outstanding programme put together by the organisers of the Ljubljana Festival. This year's festival season in Ljubljana begins on 6 July with a performance of the Teatro alla Scala's production of Roland Petit's Pink Floyd Ballet and ends on 27 August 2009 with the final performance of the Bolshoi Theatre’s production of Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin. http://www.slovenija.si/spotlight/2009042411315859/ In April, the Slovenian cities of Ljubljana and Maribor were awaiting an interesting cultural event. Under the spiritual patronage of the Council of Europe, which in 2008 took the initiative to establish Routes of Roma Culture and Heritage in an effort to draw attention to the status of this people, Slovenia played its part in this initiative with the first Roma Culture Month. http://www.slovenija.si/spotlight/2009032013255233/ Here in Planica, everything started. Here, in this famous valley of ski jumping hills, the ski flying was born in the year of 1934. Here, in Planica, the man was able to ski-fly first over 100 metres then over 200 metres for the first time in the history. Here, in Planica, more than 30 world records were reached, although not all of them officially recognized by FIS. http://www.slovenija.si/spotlight/2009012614382204/ The readers of the women’s magazine Jana have been choosing the Slovenian Woman of the Year for more than twenty years – a woman who, by her diligence, efforts, unselfishness, imagination, creativity, courage and success, has marked and enriched our society. A woman who, by her actions and missions, has earned the respect and admiration of the readers. This year’s Slovenian Woman of the Year is the poetess Neža Maurer. http://www.slovenija.si/spotlight/2008121114323195/ December is a merry month, full of celebration, expectation and happiness that culminate in Christmas. In Ljubljana, like every year, the series of festive events set to be held in December. Festive events will culminate on 31 December with New Year's Eve celebrations and a firework display launched from Ljubljana Castle at midnight to announce the beginning of a new year.