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The people’s pop & inter-cultural translation
updated 20 hours ago
While sketching the cultural landscape of Slovenia for our Culture.si portal and database, we came upon a curious challenge of how to translate the possibly most often performed musical genre in contemporary Slovenia: narodno-zabavna glasba. What follows is a short and hopefully curious venture into the reasoning behind the translation that we choose – folk pop music.
EU funding
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Poster Culture! successfully raises from the EU programes for the culture and audiovisual sectors, 2002-2012.
The interactive infographics represents the data related to the EU funding for culture, film and audiovisual media raised by Slovene organisations in the period 2000–2018. In 19 years 220 organisations have been involved in 925 projects with the European dimension.
In 2013 a data mining and interoperability project was performed by the teams of the Creative Europe Desk Slovenia and Culture.si with the aim of presenting the whole bunch of data in a graphic way, and incite further analyses and comparative researches. Since then the infographic is being regularly updated as soon as results are announced.
Bologna Children's Book Fair 2025
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Every year, for four exciting days, Bologna becomes the world capital for book publishing, illustration, animation, multimedia and licensing. Three distinct yet interconnected events unfold simultaneously: the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, the world’s largest and most significant fair dedicated to children’s and youth literature; BolognaBookPlus, focused on general book publishing; and the Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kid, highlighting brands and content for children, teens and young adults.
The panel discussion at the Bologna Children's Book Fair 2025 about the EU funding opportunities for literature and publishing sector.
Slovenia - Guest of Honour Country at the Bologna Children's Book Fair 2024
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Over 900 titles for children and teenagers are published in Slovenia annually, representing almost a quarter of all book production. The appearance of Slovenia as honorary guest at the Bologna Children's Book Fair is a unique opportunity to focus attention on our book publishing industry and rich creativity and tradition in the field of books for children and young adults.
Slovenian Literature in Translation
updated 21 hours ago
As a country with a "lesser-used" EU language – publishing new works in Slovenian language and translations of foreign titles into Slovenian language is critical for preserving linguistic diversity and cultural identity. But what about Slovenian literature as a foreign export? What activities are taking place to increase its value and the visibility of Slovenian authors on the international market, especially in light of upcoming international book fairs? Alenka Štrukelj (Literarna lekarna) discusses the recent dynamics and looks at some past and future projects.
Motovila Institute
updated 21 hours ago
Motovila, Centre for the Promotion of Cooperation in the Cultural and Creative Sectors, established in 2013 as a non-governmental and non-profit institute based in Ljubljana, focuses on encouraging international collaboration in the cultural and creative sectors as well as in related and complementary sectors.
Motovila’s programme encompasses counselling, training, networking, promotional and research activities in order to facilitate international cultural connections. The team strives to equip cultural workers with skills that are necessary for successful access to cooperation opportunities available within the EU and other international mechanisms.
EU funding for culture 4 observations from Slovenia
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The European Commission’s launch of its new funding scheme (Creative Europe programme, 2014–2020) seemed a good opportunity to collect and analyse the related experience of the Slovenian culture, film and audiovisual sectors in the period 2002–2013. The Cultural Contact Point Slovenia and the MEDIA Desk Slovenia offices (today united in Creative Europe Desk Slovenia) have joined forces with the Culture.si team and prepared a few interactive charts under the title Kultura!/Culture!. What have we learned?
Murska Sobota Development Centre
updated 21 hours ago
Murska Sobota Development Centre is a regional institution dedicated to enabling balanced economic, social, and cultural development in the Pomurje region and its administrative center, the city municipality of Murska Sobota. The center is helping local organizations with the implementation of various regional projects while encouraging sustainable use of resources, strengthening competitiveness of the economy and increasing the quality of life of all residents of Pomurje. Many of these projects involve cross-border cooperation with neighbour countries of Croatia, Austria and Italy, as well as with other European countries.
Greening Practices in Culture: Slovenian Organisations in Action
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If you’re an artist or a CCS professional dealing with environmental sustainability in your work, then you’ll be thrilled by the wide range of cultural organisations incorporating green practices in Slovenia. Given that more and more artists and organisations are introducing sustainable practices not only in their internal operations but also in their production and other activities, you’ll surely find plenty of options for cooperation.