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Časoris, Information and Education Institute
updated 6 hours ago
Časoris, Information and Education Institute is the publisher of the eponymous online newspaper Časoris, founded in 2015. The newspaper is aimed at young children and is available as a website and as a mobile app. It publishes daily free and age-appropriate news from Slovenia and around the world, each accompanied by questions for reflection. In this way, Časoris provides its children readers with reliable information, helps them understand the world around them and fosters their critical thinking and media literacy. In 2024, the newspaper’s editor Sonja Merljak Zdovc received the Prometheus of Science award for Časoris’s media literacy portal, and in 2025, Časoris received the 1st prize at the SozialMarie Award Ceremony in Vienna.
IGLU
updated 6 hours ago
Iglu Cultural Society was founded by three renowned Slovenian improvisers in order to advance and promote the art of improvisational theatre. To fulfill this mission, they established Iglu Theatre, one of the few professional Slovenian theatres dedicated exclusively to improvisation. Iglu Theatre regularly presents evenings of improvisational theatre, showcasing a range of different approaches and concepts, and often inviting acclaimed international guests. Another key activity of the Iglu Society is their Impro School which teaches improvisational theatre techniques to numerous newcomers in the field. Iglu is a member of the network of European improvisers Ohana and International Theatresports Institute.
Egon March Institute
updated 15 hours ago
Egon March Institute (EMI) was founded by Slovene media art pioneer Marko Košnik in 1986 as a unit for reflection, research, and production in interdisciplinary arts. From its beginning it was conceived as a platform for the joint research of artists originating in different fields of artistic activities.
Franja Partisan Hospital
updated 18 hours ago
The Franja Partisan Hospital at Dolenji Novaki near Cerkno is a cluster of functionally arranged Partisan hospital facilities located in the narrow, barely accessible Pasice Gorge, which is itself a natural attraction. The hospital complex comprises 14 wooden buildings and several small auxiliary facilities that were gradually established from December 1943 to May 1945.
A view of the reconstructed barracs of the Franja Partisan Hospital in May 2010.
The Franja Partisan Hospital is temporarily closed due to storm damage in August 2023.
Butik Festival
updated 2 days ago
Butik Festival: German DJ Gerd Janson performing on the main stage on the beach near the Soča River
Founded in 2019, Butik is an electronic music festival located in Tolmin at one of the most picturesque festival sites in Europe. Surrounded by the Julian Alps, the confluence of the emerald-green Soča River and the ice-cold Tolminka River provides a breathtaking backdrop for a unique festival experience.
Vasko Atanasovski Trio
updated 2 days ago
Vasko Atanasovski Trio group portrait by Matjaž Vrečko, 2010
Performing their uplifting blend of Balkan bop, gypsy swing, and other shades of Slavic influenced jazz since 2009, Vasko Atanasovski Trio is composed of Vasko Atanasovski on saxophone, clarinet, and voice, Dejan Lapanja on guitar, and Marjan Stanić on drums. The band is closely tied to other projects by Atanasovski, an extraordinary musician whose creative output in the recent decade or so has made him one of the more prolific Slovene jazz musicians. All three artists have collaborated together before in Atanasovski's other ensembles; some of the compositions that they play as a trio come from those previous groups.
While the latest album was released in 2012, the trio has toured a lot in recent years, building its repertoire and profiling its sound. Notably, the group has made a name for themselves in China, where they first toured in 2009, earning many festival invitations and returning for another tour in 2011.
Glasbarium Institute
updated 2 days ago
Glasbarium Institute was founded in 2012 by composer and musician Vasko Atanasovski. Although it was initially focused on production of music events, concert tours and music albums, it gradually expanded its activities to include musical, humanistic and cultural research and several collaborative projects. One such project, named Musicville – Green European Opera, reinvented the form of opera as a new and creative collaboration inspired by environmental awareness, nature, local crafts, and traditions. Another project, named Arthanatos, explored the subject of death by combining music, philosophy and theatre. With Magdalena Germek, Atanasovski also developed a special methodology of combining philosophy and music, named Philo Klang.
Open House Slovenia Festival
updated 2 days ago
Guided tour of Cankarjev dom, the largest cultural and congress centre in Slovenia, Open House Slovenia Festival 2023. Author: Špela Koščak
Every year, the largest architecture festival in Slovenia, Open House Slovenia Festival, allows architecture enthusiasts and members of the public to visit architectural projects across the country free of charge. The festival aims to present examples of the best practices of contemporary Slovenian architectural production and important cultural heritage as part of Slovenian culture and national identity.
Afront, Institute for spatial innovation
updated 2 days ago
Afront, Institute for spatial innovation is a non-governmental organisation working in the field of culture, popularisation of architecture and architectural heritage. Since 2013, the institute has organised the Open House Slovenia festival and managed the Open House Slovenia online platform. Another project of the Afront Institute is Invisible Houses, another online platform presenting important Slovenian architectural achievements which have been demolished or never built, are not accessible to the public or simply not sufficiently known and understood. The Institute is also the producer of Odprto, a podcast dedicated to topics related to space, architecture and design.