Tag Archives: Australia

Peter Krope, president of Triglav Club in Sydney invites to attend their Folkloric reunion and the Sydney book launch of the Anthology of Slovenian Musicians in Australia, which will take place on Sunday, March 20th. Listen below. Presentation of a new book Anthology of Slovenian Australian Musicians which is the culmination of six years research about the musicians of Slovenian ...

Helena Drnovšek Zorko, Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia in Australia, amongst other topics, spoke about the reciprocal health agreement between Australia and Slovenia. In this interview, you can also hear more about the other work undertaken by the Slovenian Embassy in Canberra.   Source: Lenti Lenko | Radio SBS Australia

Draga Gelt OAM is working on a website ‘Slovenians In Australia‘ that promotes the Slovenian Community in Australia. She spoke with Lenti Lenko on radio SBS, about this massive project which aims to give an online presence to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd generations of Australian Slovenians. Website Link: http://sloveniansinaustralia.com.au/ Source: Radio SBS | Lenti Lenko

Overview of 2015, from Slovenian Radio Program on Radio SBS, Australia. Many events, some happy and others not so much, filled the news bulletins from around the world, in Australia and of course, within their Slovenian community in Australia. Please listen to their Slovenian program below.   Source: Radio SBS | Slovenian Program

Štefan Šernek will continue in his roll as president of the Slovenian Association Sydney for 2015-2016. He spoke to us about the latest events and activities occurring within the association. The biggest news is the building of a huge new restaurant which should hopefully be completed sometime next year. The committee for 2015 is: President – Stefan Sernek – 0417 ...

Slovenian Drama group Melbourne performed their newest comedy Oh, this love at the Slovenian cultural and religious centre Merrylands. After the show, we spoke with the director Draga Gelt, as well as 2 of the actors, Meta Lenarčič and Romana Žetko.   Source: Radio SBS Australia

The Slovenian Association Ivan Cankar in Geelong celebrated its 60th anniversary on the weekend of the 7th and 8th of November with a special program and dinner dance that were held on the Saturday evening. A highlight of the program itself was the speech given by Councillor Eddy Kontelj, a popular member of the Slovenian Community in Geelong and 2nd ...

Helena Drnovšek-Zorko is the new Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenija in Australia. In her first interview with radio SBS, she spoke about her life and work as a diplomat. She looks forward to getting to know the Slovenian community in Australia again which has changed markedly since she worked here as the Charge d’Affaires of the Republic of Slovenia ...

Romana Žetko was elected the new president of the Slovenian Association Jadran in Melbourne which this year celebrates 44 years since its foundation. Members of the association gathered at the the club premises on Sunday, August 9th this year for their AGM and to elect a new management committee for 2015-2016.

On Sunday June 14, the 14th annual Slovenian of the year awards for NSW for 2014 were held at Club Triglav. In this interview, we spoke with members of the choir Južne zvezde, or Southern Stars, who were one of this year’s winners. http://media.sbs.com.au/audio/slovenian_150703_423391.mp3 Source: http://www.sbs.com.au/