Culture

Matthew talks about being a big fan of the L.A. Kings hockey team and recalls going to one of the players’ weddings in Slovenia. Source: youtube.com (Jimmy Kimmel Live)

Slovenia has managed to get EU special status for the Kranjska sausage as the European Commission announced on Wednesday it had approved its addition to the register of Protected Geographical Indications. The popular sausage is the 22nd Slovenian product to be registered with the European Commission and the 11th to have protected geographical indication. The label designates agricultural products or ...

As part of the 60th anniversary celebrations at Slovenian Association Melbourne on Saturday 29th November, there was also a formal opening of the new museum and library. In this interview, we speak to Dragica Gomizelj who is now in charge of this and gives us a guided tour of what kind of articles you can find there, including a suitcase, ...

These days the Slovenian community in Melbourne is celebrating the 60th anniversary of its largest organisation, the Slovenian Association Melbourne. All current and potential members are invited to join in celebrations that will start on Saturday, 29 November, and end on Sunday, 30 November. The program is available on the Association’s website. On 5 December 1954, the first meeting that ...

Publishers from Scotland, Russia and Croatia will join scores of Slovenian exhibitors for the 30th edition of the Slovenian Book Fair at Ljubljana’s Cankarjev dom this week. Participation by foreign publishers is a novelty this year, as organizers seek to go international and expand the content and the events outside the cultural centre of Cankarjev dom. Another novelty is the ...

The New York Branch of Slovenian Union of America organized the annual Martinovanje event at the Church of Saint Cyril in New Yorkon Sunday, November 9. On behalf of the Branch 93 Tanya Vajk welcomed honored guests, who came from Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C. and as far as south of Argentina. Father Krizolog also greeted the parishioners ...