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Last Returns of The Play In Agony at Villa Zlatica!

Only in December, the Villa Zlatica hosts the kammerspiel In Agony. The unique theatre project stages the second play of the Glembay trilogy, written in 1922 by one of Croatia’s greatest 20th-century authors Miroslav Krleža (1893–1981). The play took stage in the bourgeois Villa Zlatica in Ljubljana’s Rožna Dolina district, once the home of Ljubljana’s […]

FSK with Suzana Tratnik at the Prague Book Fair

The Forum of Slavic Cultures (FSK) will once again take part in the Svět knihy (World of Books) International Book Fair and Literary Festival in Prague, taking place from 15 to 18 May 2025. As part of the professional programme, FSK will present the Hundred Slavic Novels collection and the Women Writers Route, a cultural […]

Marking Zofka Kveder’s Birthday with the Screening of the Documentary The Genes of My Children

Ljubljana, 22 April 2025 – The Forum of Slavic Cultures (FSK) and the Women Writers Route once again marked the birthday of writer Zofka Kveder with a special event. This year, the celebration featured the screening of the documentary The Genes of My Children, directed by Croatian photographer and filmmaker Vladimira Spindler, a great-great-granddaughter of Zofka Kveder. Following the screening, […]

Working Meeting in Podgorica

Podgorica, Montenegro, 24 April 2025 – The Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Montenegro hosted a working meeting between Minister Tamara Vujović, Vice-Chair of the Board of the Forum of Slavic Cultures (FSC), FSK Director Dr. Andreja Rihter, and Pavel Douša, ŽIVA Prize judge from the Czech Republic. The meeting was also […]

FSK at the ICARUS International Conference

Opatija, Croatia, 2 April 2025 – The 10th International Conference Networks and Routes of Cultural Heritage – Archives as Places of Stories and History was held in Opatija, Croatia, 25-29 March 2025, organised by ICARUS and ICARUS Croatia. At the invitation of the organisers, the conference was attended by Dr. Andreja Rihter, Director of the […]

International Conference on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe

14–16 April 2025 | Nova Gorica – Gorizia The Forum of Slavic Cultures, in cooperation with the Lojze Bratuž Cultural Centre in Gorizia, within the framework of the Ljubka’s Trail project, invites you to the International Conference on the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe, which will take place in Nova Gorica and Gorizia […]

Screening of the film My Children’s Genes

In honour of the birthday of the writer Zofka Kveder, we cordially invite you to a screening of the film Genes of my children (Geni moje djece) by Croatian photographer and director Vladimira Spindler, which will take place on Tuesday, 22 April, at 18:00 in the Projection Hall of the Ljubljana City Museum at 15 […]

Ivan Hribar and the Ljubljana Bourgeoisie

Permanent exhibition Listen to the story of Ljubljana Mayor Ivan Hribar in Villa Zlatica. The main entrance to the villa leads through a windmill with a bust of Ivan Hribar to the staircase, the walls of which are adorned with numerous diplomas that Ivan Hribar received for his achievements in various fields of activity. On […]

The jury for the ŽIVA Award 2025 will gather in Ljubljana this June

The call for the Živa Award 2025, a prestigious recognition honoring outstanding achievements in the preservation of Slavic cultural heritage, officially closed on March 31. This year, 26 museum institutions from 10 Slavic countries submitted their applications in the categories of Best Slavic Museum and Best Heritage Site. A significant novelty marks this year’s edition […]

Screening of a Film About Zofka Kveder

In honor of the birthday of writer Zofka Kveder, we cordially invite you to a screening of the film Genes of My Childrenby Croatian photographer Vladimira Spindler. The screening will take place on April 22 at 6 PM in the Projection Hall of the Ljubljana City Museum. The film explores four generations of women in the director’s family who […]

Members of the WWR gather at the General Assembly in Celje

Celje, March 25, 2025 – The Women Writers Route association celebrated a milestone with its 6th General Assembly, held in person for the first time on March 25, 2025, in Celje, Slovenia. Members from across Europe gathered to reflect on the past year’s achievements, welcome new collaborators, and chart an ambitious course for the future. […]

Closing of the Živa Awards 2025 Call on March 31, Awards Ceremony in Trebinje

The Forum of Slavic Cultures (FSK) announces that the call for the Živa Awards 2025 will close on March 31. This prestigious award recognizes outstanding achievements in the preservation of Slavic cultural heritage. The Živa Awards 2025 Ceremony will be held in Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, from October 8 to 12, 2025. Trebinje, a city with a rich history and […]

International Conference on the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe

As part of the Interreg project Ljubka’s Trail, implemented by the Forum of Slavic Cultures (FSk) in cooperation with the Lojze Bratuž Cultural Centre in Gorizia, an international conference on the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe will take place from 14 to 16 April in Gorizia, Nova Gorica and Tolmin under the title: Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe: Identifying […]

First certified guides and first public walks on the Ljubka’s Trail

Gorizia, 7 and 8 March 2025 – The Forum of Slavic Cultures and the Lojze Bratuž Cultural Centre celebrated International Women’s Day in a very pleasant and working way. On Friday, 7 March, they awarded tourist guides and students of the Cankar Vega Zois Higher Secondary School with certificates for the successful completion of the […]

Extended Deadline for Applications

We are pleased to announce that the application deadline for the Živa 2025 Awards has been extended to 31 March 2025. For a decade, the Živa Awards have brought together museums, as well as natural and cultural heritage sites, from 13 Slavic countries. This year, the awards introduce two important innovations. For the first time, alongside […]

Heritage in Motion 2025 Open for Submissions

The European Museum Academy (EMA) and the International Foundation Forum of Slavic Cultures (FSK) are pleased to announce the opening of submissions for Heritage in Motion (HIM) 2025. This distinguished international award recognizes outstanding achievements in the innovative use of multimedia and digital technologies to interpret, preserve, and promote cultural heritage. Cultural institutions, filmmakers, digital […]

Celebrate International Women’s Day with a Guided Tour along the Ljubka’s Trail

Join us on March 8th at 11:00 AM for a special event in celebration of International Women’s Day. The partners of the Interreg project, the Forum of Slavic Cultures, and the Lojze Bratuž Cultural Centre, in collaboration with the Women Writers Route, invite you to explore the Ljubka Trail. Discover the life and legacy of […]

Call for the 16th International Summer School of Museology is out!

The 16th International Summer School of Museology this year explores the evolving role of museums as dynamic spaces that bridge the past and the future! At the heart of this theme lies the understanding that heritage is not a static collection of artifacts, but a living and evolving narrative that continues to influence our present […]

The Singing Echo of Ljubka’s Trail Delighted the Audience

Gorizia, 19 February 2025 – The concert The Singing Echo of Ljubka’s Trail took place in the Large Hall of the Lojze Bratuž Cultural Centre which delighted the audience and in a remarkable way revived the memory of Ljubka Šorli on her  birthday. The concert brought together more than 200 young singers, and the audience rewarded them with […]

Press Conference Announces ‘The Echo of Ljubka’s Trail’ Concert

Gorizia, 11 February 2025 – The Lojze Bratuž Cultural Centre and the Forum of Slavic Cultures (FSK), within the framework of the Ljubka’s Trail project, held a press conference at the Gorizia Trade Centre to announce the upcoming children’s choir concert, The Echo of Ljubka’s Trail. The concert will take place on 19 February at the Lojze Bratuž Cultural […]

The Choral Echo of Ljubka’s Trail

You are cordially invited to a concert of children’s and youth choirs performing the poetry of Ljubka Šorli. The concert will take place on Wednesday, 19 February 2025, at 7 p.m. in the Lojze Bratuž Cultural Centre. The event, held as part of the cross-border Interreg SPF Italy-Slovenia project Ljubka’s Trail, combines the purity of young […]

Training for Tourist Guides on Ljubka’s Trail

January 11, 2025, Nova Gorica – The third module of the tourist guide training program within the Ljubka’s Trail project took place at the University of Nova Gorica. This session focused on the rich historical and literary heritage of the Goriška region, as well as the life and work of poet Ljubka Šorli. Historian Dr. Petra Svoljšak guided […]

Celebrating Slovenian Culture at Villa Zlatica

On the occasion of Prešeren Day, Slovenian Cultural Holiday, on Saturday, 8 February 2025, at 5 PM, we warmly invite you to Villa Zlatica for a literary evening dedicated to the novel Filio ni doma (Filio is not at Home) by Berta Bojetu Boeta. This remarkable novel, which continues to raise important questions about freedom, social systems, […]

Ljubka’s Trail Becomes Part of the ECOC Nova Gorica – Gorica 2025 Programme

22 January 2025, Nova Gorica – Ljubka’s Trail has been included in the official programme of the European Capital of Culture Nova Gorica – Gorica 2025. This cultural and tourist trail is dedicated to the poet Ljubka Šorli and other women writers from the Goriška region, whose creative works have left a lasting impact on […]

Živa Awards 2025 – Call for Applications

Živa Awards 2025: Celebrating Excellence in Slavic Museums and Heritage – Applications Now Open The Forum of Slavic Cultures (FSK) is delighted to announce the opening of applications for the Živa Awards 2025, a prestigious recognition honoring outstanding achievements in the preservation and promotion of Slavic cultural heritage. Established in 2012, the Živa Awards have grown […]

Živa Awards 2025 Introduces New Category to Celebrate Slavic Heritage Worldwide

The 10th anniversary of the Živa Awards marks a significant milestone for the Forum of Slavic Cultures (FSK), with a major expansion in its mission to promote Slavic cultural heritage. For the first time in 2025, the Živa Awards will introduce a groundbreaking new category: Best in Preserving Slavic Heritage Worldwide. This new initiative aims to […]

Živa Award 2025 Jury Announced: A Prestigious Group of Experts

The Živa Award, a distinguished recognition of exceptional museum practices in the Slavic world, has unveiled its 2025 Jury. Known for their professional evaluations and deep engagement with museums, the Živa Jury takes an unprecedented approach by visiting all participating and nominated museums in person. This rare in-situ practice allows the judges to gain invaluable […]

Živa Awards 2025 Ceremony to be Held in Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Forum of Slavic Cultures (FSK) is excited to announce that the Živa Awards 2025 Ceremony will take place in the beautiful city of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, from October 8 to October 12, 2025. Known for its rich history, stunning architecture, and vibrant cultural scene, Trebinje provides the perfect backdrop for this prestigious event celebrating excellence in the […]

Forum of Slavic Cultures Concludes Jubilee Year with a Festive Event

January 9, 2025, Ljubljana – To mark the New Year, the Forum of Slavic Cultures (FSK) held its traditional New Year’s reception, bringing together colleagues, partners, and friends. This year’s event was particularly special, as it celebrated the Forum’s 20th anniversary. Organized in collaboration with the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria, the reception took place […]

LUV fest – History of Love in Villa Zlatica

Just as rulers and nations have changed throughout history, so too have the ways in which people were allowed—or forbidden—to love. In light of this, you are warmly invited to join a special guided tour of Vila Zlatica. During this tour, you will be taken through the charming bourgeois villa, with a focus on love, which […]

Slavic Literatures Celebrated at Third Annual Festival

December 10–12, 2024 – The Forum of Slavic Cultures (FSK), with the support of the Slovenian Book Agency (JAK), organized the 3rd Festival of Slavic Literatures. Following the successful production of Miroslav Krleža’s salon drama In Agony, staged in the historical setting of Vila Zlatica and co-produced by the Association and FSK, this year’s festival focused […]

Forum of Slavic Cultures at the Pula Book Fair Once Again

3–5 December 2024, Pula, Croatia – The Forum of Slavic Cultures (FSK), for the sixth time in a row, participated in the Pula Book Fair(y) as a partner of the Slavic Garden programme. The program’s host and curator, Ivana Peruško, welcomed two prominent authors to the Slavic Garden: Ukrainian poet and writer Andrij Ljubka and Russian writer Mihail Shishkin. The […]

Training for Tourist Guides on the Ljubka Trail

As part of the European Union-funded project Ljubka’s Way, a cross-border literary trail celebrating poetry and equality, the Forum of Slavic Cultures and the Lojze Bratuž Cultural Centre are organizing a training course for tourist guides. The next session will take place on 11 January 2025 in Nova Gorica. The lecture module will focus on the […]

Invitation: New Year’s Gathering with the Forum of Slavic Cultures

The Forum of Slavic Cultures cordially invites you to a New Year’s gathering on Thursday, 9 January 2025, at 12:00, at the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria, Stara Ježica 9A, Ljubljana. Our guests will be welcomed by the Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria, H.E. Krassimir Bojanov, and the Director of the Forum of […]

FSK and Slovak Matica Discuss Closer Collaboration

December 3, 2024, Vila Zlatica – A pleasant meeting between the Forum of Slavic Cultures (FSK) and Slovak Matica took place in Vila Zlatica, focusing on strengthening collaboration and fostering ties among Slavic nations. The Slovak delegation was led by the President of Slovak Matica Dr. Marián Gešper, accompanied by Peter Schvantner, Katarina Konáriková, Lukáš Perný, and Lukáš Havlík. They presented […]

20 Years of the Forum of Slavic Cultures Celebrated with a Special Program in Serbia

The Forum of Slavic Cultures celebrated its 20th anniversary on Wednesday, November 13, with the opening of the 20 Years Together exhibition at the National Library of Serbia. On the same day, the FSK Editorial Board and Program Council held their meetings. Andreja Rihter, the Director of the Forum of Slavic Cultures, stated, „This anniversary […]

Training for Tourist Guides on the Ljubka Trail has Started

In the framework of the European Union-funded project Ljubka’s Trail, a cross-border literary trail of poetry and equality, the partners Forum of Slavic Cultures and the Lojze Bratuž Cultural Centre organised a training for tourist guides, which met four times in November. The training was attended by licensed tourist guides from Slovenia and Italy, joined […]

Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe Meeting in Villa Zlatica

On the occasion of the European Cultural Heritage Days, which this year were held under the theme Heritage of Routes, Networking and Connections, representatives of the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe that cross Slovenia met in Villa Zlatica, joined by representatives of Slovenian thematic routes. Villa Zlatica was not chosen for the gathering […]

Forum of Slavic Cultures to Celebrate 20th Anniversary with Program in Serbia

The Forum of Slavic Cultures will mark its 20th anniversary with a celebratory program in Serbia. Scheduled to start on November 13, the program will include a meeting of the FSK’s Editorial Board and Program Council. The 20 Years Together exhibition will be officially opened by Dr. Andreja Rihter, Director of the Forum of Slavic Cultures, […]

Villa Zlatica Hosts International Symposium in Honor of Poet Ada Škerl

On Tuesday, October 8, 2024, the Forum of Slavic Cultures, in collaboration with ARGOS, hosted the 2nd International Symposium, this time focusing on the Life and Work of the Poet Ada Škerl. Held in the picturesque setting of Villa Zlatica in Ljubljana, the event marked the 100th anniversary of Škerl’s birth, bringing together experts from […]

European Museum Academy Annual Conference – Museums: Challenge of Change

Dr. Andreja Rihter, President of the European Museum Academy, attended the academy’s annual conference and the award ceremony honoring the best museums of 2024. This prestigious event, which has been promoting and supporting European museums since 2010, was held from October 3rd to 5th this year in Nicosia, Cyprus. Last year’s Živa Award winner, the […]

Villa Zlatica Hosts International Symposium in Honor of Poet Ada Škerl

On Tuesday, October 8, 2024, the Forum of Slavic Cultures, in collaboration with ARGOS, hosted the 2nd International Symposium, this time focusing on the Life and Work of the Poet Ada Škerl. Held in the picturesque setting of Villa Zlatica in Ljubljana, the event marked the 100th anniversary of Škerl’s birth, bringing together experts from […]

Women Writers Route receives international recognition for „Bold and Borderless“

At this year’s Annual Advisory Forum of the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe, held in Visegrad and Budapest, Hungary, the Women Writers Route, the only Cultural Route of the Council of Europe based in Slovenia, in which the FSK actively participates, received the Best Practice Award 2024. The Best Practice Awards are presented […]

FSK at the International Conference of Slavists in Belgrade

On the occasion of its 20th anniversary, the Forum of Slavic Cultures presented itself at the 54th International Conference of Slavists which took place at the Faculty of Philology in Belgrade. On 11 September, Dr. Andreja Rihter, Director of the FSK, and Mladen Vesković, Editor-in-Chief of the 100 Slavic Novels collection, discussed the work of […]

Heritage in Motion 2024 Award Ceremony: A Night to Remember!

Yesterday, we celebrated an unforgettable Heritage in Motion 2024 Award Ceremony at the Regional Ethnographic Open-Air Museum ETAR in Gabrovo, Bulgaria, with a live broadcast on YouTube for all to join. The event was presented by Andreja Rihter, Director of the Forum of Slavic Cultures, and Massimo Negri, Scientific Director of the European Museum Academy. Together, they guided us through an exciting evening, […]

The 10th Živa Award conference and ceremony is starting

10th edition of the Živa Award ceremony with a conference will be held from 25 to 29 September 2024 at the Regional Ethnographic Open-Air Museum ETAR in Gabrovo in Bulgaria. This year, 20 museums from 10 countries are nominated for the award. The Olympic Museum Sarajevo, Public Institution City Museums The Museum of Herzegovina, Trebinje […]

Working meeting of Andreja Rihter and Nikola Selaković in Belgrade

The Foundation’s Director, Andreja Rihter, visited Nikola Selaković, Serbian Minister of Culture and President of the Board of the Forum of Slavic Cultures. They discussed the future activities of the Foundation and possibilities for closer cooperation between the Member States. They stressed the importance of preserving the cultural heritage of the Slavic countries and promoting […]

Transformations exhibition again at the Ljubljana City Hall

The Historical Atrium of the Ljubljana City Hall is once again hosting the exhibition Transformations: FROM Slavic Clothing Traditions TO Modern Designs. Alongside the collections from the first cycle of the project, which were created under the curatorial guidance of Jožica Brodarič, this time also the creations of five fashion designers from the second cycle, […]

FSK at the International Conference of Slavists in Belgrade

On the occasion of its 20th anniversary, the Forum of Slavic Cultures will present itself at the 54th International Conference of Slavists which will take place at the Faculty of Philology in Belgrade. On 11 September, Dr Andreja Rihter, Director of the FSK, and Mladen Vesković, Editor-in-Chief of the 100 Slavic Novels collection, will speak […]

Poet Lili Novy and Ljubljana

When learning of Ljubljana’s history, we usually talk about wars, kings, and emperors. But how does the city’s past look through the eyes of a woman poet and translator? Discover the untold stories of Lili Novy, who spent many of her creative years in Ljubljana, facing the hardships and cruelties of the 20th century. Our […]

FSK at Slovenian Book Days

The Forum of Slavic Cultures took part in the Slovenian Book Days in Maribor and Ljubljana by discussing the 100th book published in the 100 Slavic Novels collection, the Serbian translation of Berta Bojetu Boeta’s novel Filio ni doma (Filio is not at Home).  This year, the 100th book in the 100 Slavic Novels collection, […]

FSK at Slovenian Book Days

The Forum of Slavic Cultures took part in the Slovenian Book Days in Maribor and Ljubljana by discussing the 100th book published in the 100 Slavic Novels collection, the Serbian translation of Berta Bojetu Boeta’s novel Filio ni doma (Filio is not at Home).  This year, the 100th book in the 100 Slavic Novels collection, […]

International Summer School of Museology on the Green Transformation

This year’s International Summer School of Museology was held for the 15th time, this time under the title Museums and Green Transformation.  The school, held at the Regional Museum in Koper, was attended by students, curators and museum directors from Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Italy, Norway, Serbia, Slovenia, Sweden, Syria, Ukraine and the United Kingdom. In […]

An evening of Serbian poets at Villa Zlatica

As part of the Month of Serbian Culture in Slovenia, three Serbian poets presented themselvesto the Slovenian audience in Villa Zlatica. Three poets from Novi Sad took part in the Evening of Serbian Poets, organised by theEmbassy of the Republic of Serbia in Slovenia and the Forum of Slavic Cultures. SelimirRadulović, Igor Mirović and Nenad […]

Exhibition on Slovenian-Czech Literary Contacts Opens at Villa Zlatica

On the occasion of World Book Day and to celebrate the birthday of the writer Zofka Kveder, an exhibition »Slovenian Literary ‚Moderna‘ in the Czech Environment« was opened at Villa Zlatica. It will be on display until 22 May. The exhibition, which was created as part of the research project Transformations of Intimacy in the […]

FSK at Slovenian Book Days in Maribor

On the occasion of its 20th anniversary, the FSK will once again be in Maribor, this time with books. Books from the 100 Slavic Novels collection and other titles will be available at bargain prices at FSK’s stand at the Le korak do knjige („Just a Step to the Book“) fair, which will take place […]

FSK na Slovenskih dnevih knjige v Mariboru

Ob 20. obletnici bo FSK znova gostoval v Mariboru, tokrat s knjigami. Knjige iz zbirke Sto slovanskih romanov in druga knjižna produkcija bodo po ugodnih cenah na voljo na FSK-jevi stojnici na sejmu Le korak do knjige, ki bo na Grajskem trgu v Mariboru potekal od 22. do 25. maja. Obiščite nas!   Vabljeni tudi […]

FSK at Slovenian Book Days in Maribor

On the occasion of its 20th anniversary, the FSK will once again be in Maribor, this time with books. Books from the 100 Slavic Novels collection and other titles will be available at bargain prices at FSK’s stand at the Le korak do knjige („Just a Step to the Book“) fair, which will take place […]

21 Museums in the Competition for the 10th Živa Award

The call for entries for the 10th edition of the Živa Award presented by the Forum of Slavic Cultures is now closed. Judges will visit the 21 entries from 10 countries and, after an expert consultation, will select the winners and the recipients of the special recognitions.   The judges are on the road, the […]

FSK at the Leipzig Book Fair

After a successful promotion at the Frankfurt Book Fair last October, one of the international activities that kicked off the 20th anniversary of the Forum of Slavic Cultures was a presentation at the Leipzig Book Fair. With the publication of the 100th volume in the 100 Slavic Novels series, the FSK wanted to present this […]

The 100th book in the 100 Slavic Novels series is published!

We are proud to announce that the 100th book in the 100 Slavic Novels series has recently been published. The novel Filio ni doma by the Slovenian writer Berta Bojetu has been published in Serbian translation. The project 100 Slavic Novels has so far involved: 9 countries 108 writers 59 translators and translators 7 publishing […]

From poet Lili Novy to mayor Ivan Hribar: A guided tour of Ljubljana

When we talk about Ljubljana’s history, we usually mention wars, kings and emperors. But what does the city’s past look like through the eyes of a poet and translator? Discover the unheard stories and experiences of a poet who spent her life in the city along the Ljubljanica river, where she faced the many cruelties […]

Guided tour of the poet Lili Novy’s trail

On March 8, we celebrated International Women’s Day with the tour of the trail of the Poet Lili Novy, which is part of the Women Writers Route. Our guide was Mateja Kregar Gliha, president of the Association of regional tourist guides of Slovenia. The tour began on the Prešeren Square, where we had a good […]

Guided tour of the poet Lili Novy’s trail

On March 8, we celebrated International Women’s Day with the tour of the trail of the Poet Lili Novy, which is part of the Women Writers Route. Our guide was Mateja Kregar Gliha, president of the Association of regional tourist guides of Slovenia. The tour began on the Prešeren Square, where we had a good […]

Call for the 15th International Summer School of Museology is out!

This year’s International Summer School of Museology that will take place in Koper, Slovenia, from 27 to 30 May, focuses on the climate change with the special emphasis on relations to museums and cultural heritage. Title: Museum and Green Transformations Climate change and global warming are reality and we all facing significant environmental problems. Natural […]

Presentation of the Ljubka’s Trail

On the occasion of 8 March, International Women’s Day, we presented Ljubka’s Trail – a cultural and tourist route dedicated to Ljubka Šorli and the women writers of Goriška. The presentation took place on Thursday, 7 March 2024, at 11.00 in the Conference Hall of the Trgovski dom at 52 Corso Verdi in Gorizia. The […]

Presentation of the monograph „Ivan Hribar – Public. Creative. Private.“

On Thursday, 15 February, a new monograph on Ivan Hribar, the former mayor of Ljubljana, was presented at Villa Zlatica. The present monograph brings a number of new facts about Hribar’s public life, as well as interesting facts about his – rather unconventional – private life. After introductory texts by Zoran Janković, Milena Mileva Blažić […]

Prešeren Day in Villa Zlatica

Once again in Villa Zlatica was lively. On the occasion of the Slovenian Cultural Day, we opened the doors of the villa free of charge and introduced visitors to Hribar’s former home, reminding them in particular of the Mayor’s poetic exploits and his admiration for Prešeren. On the last Saturday in January, we walked the […]

FSK New Year’s gathering

The Forum of Slavic Cultures held its traditional New Year’s gathering for individuals and institutions with whom we had been revitalising the creativity of Slavic cultures in 2023. Dr. Andreja Rihter, director of the Forum of Slavic Cultures, said on this occasion, „We have become a reference platform for intercultural dialogue and a connecting centre […]

Open Call for Submissions: Heritage in Motion Returns!

Heritage in Motion, the prestigious award that recognizes innovative multimedia and audiovisual projects that promote, explore or safeguard Europe’s cultural heritage, returns.  The Heritage in Motion Award was founded in 2012 by the joint initiative of the European Museum Academy and Europa Nostra. Since the beginning of 2023, the project is managed jointly by EMA […]

We invite you to a public guided tour of Hribar’s Ljubljana!

On the last Saturday of every month, we offer a special guided walking tour of the city, including a visit to Villa Zlatica. The walk starts in the centre of Ljubljana’s Old Town, where we gather in front of the steps of the City Hall. After a short introduction, we walk through Prešeren Square to […]

President of the Board pays a pre-New Year visit to the FSK

At the end of 2023, the President of the Board of the FSK, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Culture of the Republic of Serbia Maja Gojković, visited the headquarters of the Forum of Slavic Cultures in Ljubljana. At the working meeting, the President of the Board, Maja Gojković, and the Director of the FSK, […]

Call for 2024 Živa Award is out!

We kindly invite you to sign up for the Živa Award 2024 for the Best Slavic Museum and for the Best  Slavic Heritage Site. The Award does not require any application fee. The call will be open until the 14 March 2024 and to enter on-line form has to be filled-in and submitted with a […]

Slavic Garden in Pula on the Power of the Weak

For the fifth time in a row, the book fair in Pula hosted the Slavic Garden (Slavenski đardin) programme, organised by the FSK in cooperation with the organisers of the book fair Pula Book Fair(y). This year’s main guests were Bulgarian poet and writer Rene Karabash and Montenegrin writer Andrej Nikolaidis. The curator of the […]

„This Happy Day of Culture“ at Villa Zlatica

On December 3rd, for the Slovene national holiday „Ta veseli dan kulture“ (This Happy Day of Culture), Villa Zlatica hosted a special tour of the city with a focus on the heritage of our former mayor, Ivan Hribar. The tour starts in front of the mayor’s workplace, the City Hall, and continues through the center […]

FSK’s Main Achievement is its Network

After a few years‘ break, the Forum of Slavic Cultures presented itself at the Slovenian Book Fair. A discussion with the Director, Dr. Andrea Rihter, took place in the framework of the programme organised by Serbia, this year’s country „in focus“. Mladen Vesković, representative of the Serbian Ministry of Culture, long-time friend of the FSK […]

Festival of Slavic Literatures in its Autumn Edition

The central guests of the autumn edition of the second Slavic Literature Festival were Serbian writers Vladimir Pištalo and Ivan Antić, with a number of other events. The second part of this year’s Festival of Slavic Literatures coincided with the Serbian guest appearance at the Slovenian Book Fair, which is why Serbian authors Vladimir Pištalo […]

Piranova in Bitola

From 28 to 30 November 2023, the Piranova International Colloquium »Museums – That Matter: Permanent Museum Exhibitions and Work with Visitors« took place in Bitola, North Macedonia. The event was organised in collaboration with the NI Institute and Museum Bitola.    During the international colloquium, Dr Andreja Rihter, director of the Forum of Slavic Cultures, and […]

Transformations at Belgrade Fashion Week

Following the successful exhibition Transformations: from the Slavic Clothing Tradition to Contemporary Designs, which was in September on display in the Museum of Applied Arts in Belgrade, the fashion designers participating in the Transformations project presented their creations at Belgrade Fashion Week (52nd Perwoll Fashion Week), which has a tradition of more than 20 years. […]

Wim van der Weiden passed away

On 28 October 2023, Wim van der Weiden passed away. Van der Weiden was a distinguished personality in the European museum world and a founder of European Museum Academy (EMA) in 2009. He created the pioneering museums Museon and Naturalis. After working for several years as a history teacher, he got the job at the […]

On Connections and Museums Facing Crises in Villa Zlatica

First seminar of the International Golden Museological Programme Villa Zlatica with the title Connections and Museums facing Crises, which took place between 22 to 24 October in Villa Zlatica, Ljubljana, was focused on current crisis issues and their connections with the museum’s theory and practises. The main goal of the programme was to open the […]

FSK at The Frankfurt Fair with a Discussion on Translation and Cultural Contacts in Times of War

As part of the Slovenia, guest of honour programme at the 75th Frankfurt Book Fair, the FSK organised a discussion entitled Translations in times of war: Slavic literary contacts in times of armed conflicts and political confrontations, featuring Slovenian Drago Jančar, Ukrainian writer Oksana Zabuzhko, Georgi Gospodinov from Bulgaria and Serbian author Aleksandar Gatalica. The […]

Ljubka’s Trail to Take Visitors in the Footsteps of Women Writers

FSK and its partner, the Lojze Bratuž Cultural Centre in Gorizia, applied for the first call for proposals of the GO! 2025 Small Projects Fund and received financial support for the creation of a cultural and tourist trail dedicated to Ljubka Šorli and women writers of the Goriška region. Within the framework of the project, […]

The Winners of the Heritage in Motion Award Announced!

On 15 September 2023, the winners of the Heritage in Motion Award were revealed. The Award ceremony took place at National Museum of Banat in Timisoara, Romania, at the occasion of the European Museum Academy Conference (EMA).  The Heritage in Motion Award celebrates unique and innovative audio-visual and multimedia projects which promote, explore, document, or […]

Transformations: from the Slavic Clothing Tradition to Contemporary Designs

From 6 to 26 September 2023, the Museum of Applied Art in Belgrade hosted the exhibition Transformations: from the Slavic Clothing Tradition to Contemporary Designs, the result of collaboration between the Forum of Slavic Cultures, the Museum of Applied Art (Belgrade) and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia. The exhibition was curated […]

FSK at the 2nd Festival of Slovak Naïve Painting in Serbia

The Forum of Slavic Cultures presented itself at the second Festival of Slovak Naïve Painting in Serbia and engaged in activities to promote and study this fine art, which is inscribed on the list of intangible cultural heritage in Serbia and is applying for inscription on the UNESCO list. The festival, which was held under […]

FSK Meeting with Bulgarian Ministry of Culture and „Etar“ Museum Representatives

The Forum of Slavic Cultures is actively engaged in its 2024 activities. In August, director Andreja Rihter held a work meeting with officials from the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture and the Regional ethnographic open-air museum „Etar.“ The primary purpose of this meeting was to enhance collaboration and discuss the upcoming Živa 2024 award ceremony. During […]

On Contemporary Slovenian Comics in the Garden of Villa Zlatica

The Slovenian Association of Literary Translators (DSKP) once again brought the participants of the International Slovenian Literature Translation Seminar to the garden of Villa Zlatica in Ljubljana. This time, the topic was the future of contemporary Slovenian comics and how to approach the translation of comic clouds. After opening speeches by Tanja Petrič, literary critic, […]

Živa 2023 Award Judges Meet in Ljubljana for Deliberation

An international team of 14 judges convened in Ljubljana to carefully evaluate the nominated candidates for the Živa 2023 award. The panel of judges, comprised of renowned museology and heritage experts, discussed the nominees‘ conservation efforts, community engagement and educational initiatives. The decision on the winners of the Živa 2023 award will be announced at […]

Fresh from the press: the novel Thursday by Zdravka Evtimova

Zdravka Evtimova, a prominent Bulgarian writer and president of the Bulgarian PEN center, has gained recognition for her novel Thursday, which was included in the 100 Slavic Novels collection. Evtimova is highly regarded in contemporary Bulgarian prose and is also known for her translations from English, French, and German. With nine novels and seven collections […]

DOKUDOC at Villa Zlatica

In 2023, the Forum of Slavic Cultures expands its horizons by embracing the realm of cinema. We have established a collaboration with the DOKUDOC International Documentary Film Festival, which is scheduled to host its 12th festival edition 14 – 17 September in Maribor, Slovenia. The evening on 30 June at Villa Zlatica’s garden commenced with […]

Ongoing museum visits by the Živa jury in May 2023

In May, the Živa Judges visited the nominated museums for the Živa 2023 Award. The judges traveled to Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, and Montenegro and saw the locations and activity of the museums in person. The meetings were an opportunity for valuable exchanges of ideas and insights into the functioning of museums. […]

The project Transformations continues

The Forum of Slavic Cultures (FSK) remains committed to its ongoing project, “Transformations: FROM the Slavic Clothing Tradition TO Contemporary Designs”, as the initiative continues to gain momentum. In a recent development, talented designers from Poland, the Czech Republic, Croatia, North Macedonia, and Montenegro had their collections captured through a photoshoot held in May 2023. […]

Villa Zlatica Hosts a Neighbourhood Meeting

A recent meeting for neighbours in Villa Zlatica was held in a pleasant atmosphere, listening to the stories of Rožna dolina, especially about Zlatica Hribar, the daughter of Ivan Hribar, whom many still remember. The German Ambassador to Slovenia, Natalie Kauther, and her husband also joined the meeting. The settlement Rožna dolina was founded after […]

Živa Judges in Search of the Winners of the 2023 Award

The call for the 9th Živa Award once again received a strong response from the Slavic world, with a remarkable 24 museums from 10 countries applying for this prestigious award. This year’s call received a record number of candidates from Ukraine (7). Following the deadline for submissions for the Živa award, the esteemed international jury […]

Maja Gojković, FSK Board President, Joins Work Meeting at Villa Zlatica

During a working meeting held at Villa Zlatica, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Culture of the Republic of Serbia, as well as the President of the FSK Board, Maja Gojković, and the Director of the Forum of Slavic Cultures, Andreja Rihter, engaged in a productive discussion on the importance of implementing the FSK […]

Heritage and the digital at this year’s Piranova

This year’s edition of the international four-day colloquium Piranova featured experts from Slovenia, Slovakia, Serbia, Croatia, Poland, North Macedonia and Ukraine who explored good practices in digital technologies that facilitate museums in creating a participatory and inclusive museum experience. The colloquium took place at the Herman Pečarič Gallery (Piran Coastal Galleries) with speakers from Slovenia: […]

Živa 2023 Award ceremony in Bratislava in October

The 9th Živa Award ceremony, organized by the Forum of Slavic Cultures and the Slovak National Museum, will take place from October 2 to 6 in Bratislava, Slovakia. The event, held under the auspices of the Forum of Slavic Cultures, changes location each year throughout Europe, with past ceremonies held in Skopje/North Macedonia, Saint Petersburg/Russian […]

A new title in the One Hundred Slavic Novels collection

The One Hundred Slavic Novels collection is nearing its destination – one hundred translations in seven countries. The most recent in the series is the Slovenian translation of Macedonian author Aleksandar Prokopiev’s novel Špegavec (Voyeur), the 96th title in the collection, translated by Robert Suša. “Various characters, most of them only roughly sketched and accentuated […]

FSK and the Women Writers Route at ICARUS Croatia Days

ICARUS Croatia Days saw its eighth edition this year and the FSK was there, like in previous years. This time, we presented our role in the inception of the Women Writers Route, which was certified as a Cultural Route of the Council of Europe last year.   About 140 scholars and experts in cultural heritage […]

Open Call for Submissions: Heritage in Motion Returns After One-Year Break!

Heritage in Motion, the prestigious award that recognizes innovative multimedia and audiovisual projects that promote, explore or safeguard Europe’s cultural heritage, returns after a one-year hiatus with new categories. The deadline for submitting projects has been extended to 10 July 2023. The Heritage in Motion Award was founded in 2012 by the joint initiative of […]

On the trail of women writers from Gorizia on the International Women’s Day

On 8 March, the International Women’s Day, the Women Writers Route and the Forum of Slavic Cultures as its member took part in organising yet another walk on the trail of women writers. This year’s guided tour was organised by the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Nova Gorica and Cultural Tourist Association Women […]

FSK signed an agreement with the European Capital of Culture Nova Gorica 2025

The future of FSK projects is bright, with the Forum entering into a collaboration agreement with the European Capital of Culture Nova Gorica – GO! 2025. Signed by Gorazd Božič, Director of GO! 2025, and Dr. Andreja Rihter, Director of the FSK, the agreement between the two institutions foresees active collaboration in the Women Writers […]

Call for 2023 Živa Award extended until 15 March 2023

We kindly invite you to sign up for the Živa Award 2023 – Award for the Best Slavic Museum and for the Best Heritage Site in Slavic Countries. The Award does not require any application fee. The call will be open until 15 March 2023. To enter, online form has to be filled in and […]

Women Writers Route at the Cultural Routes Meeting in Paris

Representatives of the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe gathered in Paris for a working meeting at the French Ministry of Culture. The meeting took place at the French Ministry of Culture and was  attended by two representatives of the Women Writers Routes. More than 30 representatives of the Cultural Routes of the Council […]

The opening night of In Agony at Villa Zlatica

Sunday, 19 February saw the opening night of the chamber play In Agony. The unique theatre project stages the second play of the Glembay trilogy, written in 1922 by one of Croatia’s greatest 20th-century authors Miroslav Krleža (1893–1981). The play took stage in the bourgeois Villa Zlatica in Ljubljana’s Rožna Dolina district, once the home of […]

Alexander Prokopiev’s The Peeper on Bookshelves Soon

The 100 Slavic Novels collection will soon reach a hundred published titles. The Slovenian translation of the Macedonian writer Aleksandar Prokopiev’s novel Dzirkačot (The Peeper), the 97th book in the collection, is coming to the bookshelves. The translation is by Robert Suša, with an afterword by Namita Subiotto. Aleksandar Prokopiev is one of the most […]

Exhibition catalogue Ivan Hribar and the Bourgeoisie of Ljubljana is out

“Taking over as mayor allowed me to enact my principles.” Ivan Hribar The home of Ljubljana’s revered mayor Ivan Hribar (1851-1941), the renovated Villa Zlatica in Rožna Dolina, today offers visitors a glimpse at the life of one of Ljubljana’s most popular mayors and in turn also an encounter with the housing culture of a […]

Paths, Ties, and Discoveries of Three Serbian Writers

The exhibition Paths, Ties, and Discoveries dedicated to three Serbian women writers Jelena Dimitrijević, Desanka Maksimović and Isidora Sekulić opened at the National Library of Serbia. Vladimir Pištalo, the director of the National Library of Serbia, Andreja Rihter, the president of the Women Writers Route Association, as well as Biljana Dojčinović and Mirjana Stanišić, the […]

Krleža at Villa Zlatica!

It was exactly one hundred years ago, in 1922, that Croatian novelist, playwright and poet Miroslav Krleža wrote the second part of his Glembay trilogy – In agony. The wounds of World War I had not yet healed and the old social orders were crumbling. A hundred years later we find ourselves in a similar […]

This year’s Slavic Garden „on the Edge of Europe, on the Edge of Reason“

The fourth edition of the Slavic Garden programme, organised by the Pula book fair in partnership with the FSK, took place at the Pula Book Fair(y). The guests of this year’s Slavic Garden were Finnish writer Sofi Oksanen and Bulgarian author Kapka Kassabova, who writes in English. In her opening greeting at the start of […]

ŽIVA 2022 Awards to Virovitica City Museum and Cukrarna

The 8th Živa Award ceremony took place in collaboration with the Posavje Museum Brežice and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, and in partnership with the Municipality of Brežice, Rajhenburg and Podsreda castles, and Božidar Jakac Art Museum. The Živa Award for the Best Slavic Museum was conferred on the Virovitica City […]

“The First Lady of Serbian Literature” at the Exhibtion in Novi Sad

An exhibition about the life and work of the Serbian writer and the first woman academician in Serbian literature – Isidora Sekulić, entitled „The First Lady of Serbian Literature“, was organized by the Novi Sad City Library as part of the international project Women Writers Route, a newly certified Cultural Route of the Council of […]

Slavic Literatures in Focus of a New Festival

The Forum of Slavic Cultures, in cooperation with partners, organised the Festival of Slavic Literatures. The first edition of the Festival, which will become a regular literary event on the cultural calendar in the years to come, was dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the 100 Slavic Novels collection. The anniversary was held under the […]

Gallery of Matica Srpska celebrated 175 years of operation and conferred its jubilee awards. One of them went to the FSK.

Friends and collaborators of the Gallery of Matica Srpska marked its impressive jubilee at the ceremonial session during which the Gallery conferred special awards to acknowledge their fruitful cooperation. This October the Gallery of Matica Srpska celebrated impressive 175 years of operation. The guests at the ceremonial session were greeted by Dr Tijana Palkovljević Bugarski, […]

The 14th International Summer School of Museology

The summer school „Intimacy in Women’s Reading and Writing“, organised by the CEEPUS network „Women Writers in History“ and the Women Writers Route (WWR)  in cooperation with the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Nova Gorica, brought together participants from seven European countries. The school, which opened up the space for discussions on intimacy, […]

Woodcarving Museum (BaH), recipient of ŽIVA Award 2020, winner of Micheletti Award

Esch-sur-Alzette, the European Capital of Culture, hosted this year’s European Museum Academy conference and award meeting between 8 and 10 September. One of this year’s award winners was also the Woodcarving Museum from Konjic (BaH), recipient of ŽIVA 2020 award. The Emigration Museum in Gdynja (Poland), recipient of ŽIVA 2018, received special commendation of the […]

FSK and WWR in Esch-sur-Alzette, European Capital of Culture 2022

Between 8 and10 September 2022 the Luxembourgish city of Esch-sur-Alzette, this year’s European Capital of Culture, hosted the European Museum Academy’s conference and awards meeting, at which Andreja Rihter presented the international foundation Forum of Slavic Cultures and the Women Writers Route (WWR), which was certified this year by the Council of Europe’s Institute of […]

Summer School on Intimacy in Women’s Writing also in Villa Zlatica

The summer school „Intimacy in Women’s Reading and Writing“, organised by the CEEPUS network „Women Writers in History“ and the Women Writers Route (WWR)  in cooperation with the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Nova Gorica, brought together participants from seven European countries. The school, which opened up the space for discussions on intimacy, […]

FSK and ICOM SEE in Prague – a step on the common path

At the 26th ICOM General Conference, the Forum of Slavic Cultures and the International Council of Museums of South-Eastern Europe organised two round tables. The focus was on common roots and their importance in ensuring peace, and on the threat to heritage in states of emergencys such as war. The meeting was attended by 50 […]

Translators of Slovenian literature in the Garden of Villa Zlatica Again

For the second time in a row, the Forum of Slavic Cultures hosted the opening event of the traditional International Translation Seminar of Slovenian Literature in the garden of Villa Zlatica. This year’s discussion evening was entitled Language Nomads: Foreign Translators in Slovenia. The 12th International Translation Seminar of Slovenian Literature was attended by 11 […]

Record number of nominees for the ŽIVA 2022 Award

A record number of 34 museums from ten Slavic countries have applied for the ŽIVA Award 2022 for the Best Museum and the Best Heritage Site in the Slavic Countries. All applications have been shorttlisted by a special jury. After the Forum of Slavic Cultures launched a new call for proposals for the ŽIVA Award […]

Eggomania on the Golf Course in Moravske Toplice

The Eggomania collection, designed by Slovenian fashion designer Jelena Proković for FSK, made a great impression at the international golf tournament in Moravske Toplice. Slovenian fashion designer Jelena Proković found inspiration in the ancient customs of the Slovenian region of Bela Krajina for her Eggomania collection, which she designed especially for the FSK Transformations project. […]

FSK and EMA Experts at a Seminar in Romania

On the initiative of Ioan Cristescu, Director of the National Museum of Romanian Literature, and Virgil Stefano Nitulescu from the National Rural Museum of Romania, a seminar on Museums that Count in Europe took place in Bucharest. Among other things, it aimed at strengthening the links between the FSK and the EMA with experts from […]

Ljubljana Puppet Theatre in Villa Zlatica

With the aim of enriching the programme activities in Villa Zlatica and developing new audiences, the Forum of Slavic Cultures has teamed up with the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre. The theatre presented itself for the first time in the garden of the Villa Ivan Hribar, the former Mayor of Ljubljana,  with two sold-out performances of Sapramouse. […]

Maja Gojković, President of the Board of the FSK, at Villa Zlatica

Dr. Andreja Rihter, Director of the Forum of Slavic Cultures, and Maja Gojković, President of the Board , met for a working meeting at the FSK headquarters in Villa Zlatica. Regular working meetings between the President of the Board of the FSC and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Culture and Media of the […]

Villa Zlatica Again This Year Part of the Open House Slovenia Festival

The Forum of Slavic Cultures, based in the renovated Villa Zlatica, has accepted the invitation to join the programme of the Open House Slovenia festival for the second time in a row. They delighted many visitors with a free tour of the renovated home of former Ljubljana Mayor Ivan Hribar. This year was the 13th […]

Director of the FSK at a Conference in Bursa

Dr. Andreja Rihter, Director of the International Foundation Forum of Slavic Cultures (FSK), was a special guest at an international conference in Bursa, Turkey, where she spoke about the importance of intangible cultural heritage and presented examples of good practice from the Slavic world. She also met with the Mayor of Bursa, this year’s cultural […]

International Museum Day in Villa Zlatica

This year’s International Museum Day, which took place under the slogan The Power of Museums, the Forum of Slavic Cultures marked with a full-day program in Villa Zlatica. On the occasion of the International Museum Day, coordinated by the International Museum Council (ICOM) since 1977, the Forum of Slavic Cultures organized a free viewing of […]

Presentation of the Women Writers Route at the Council of Europe

The Women Writers Cultural and Tourism Route was presented at the meeting of the Governing Board of the Council of Europe’s Extended Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes, which will take the final decision on the award of the Council of Europe Cultural Route certificates to this year’s candidates in the coming weeks. The Women Writers […]

Zdravka Evtimova’s novel „Thursday“ presented in Serbia

As part of the programme of the Centre of the Forum of Slavic Cultures in Belgrade, a literary evening dedicated to the Bulgarian writer Zdravka Evtimova and her novel „Thursday“ took place at the National Library of Serbia. The work, translated into Serbian by Elizabeta Georgiev, was published in the 100 Slavic Novels  collection. Gojko […]

FSK in Regular Contact with Ukrainian Museums

The Forum of Slavic Cultures has been in regular contact with Ukrainian museums in recent weeks. In the pursuit of networking cultural and other institutions, which is also the mission of the FSK, they have already held several online meetings with representatives of museums in Ukraine and other partners, and have launched a special webpage […]

Rescuing Books and Printings in Ukraine

Museum of Book and Printing has a long history and unique transformation from the Monastery Printing House (founded 1616) to Modern Cultural hub. The Museum collection has 58 000 exhibits – old books XVI-XIX c., engraving, printing presses, graphic works and paintings. Kyiv, 20 March 2022Photo by Valentyna Bochkovska

About Piranova at the 7th Icarus Croatia Days

The Forum of Slavic Cultures (FSK) presented the programmes of its International Heritage Research Centre – Piranova at the 7th Icarus Croatia Days entitled „Initiatives for Heritage, Education and the Digital Environment“. The 7th Days of the Croatian part of the Icarus International Consortium took place in the framework of the Erasmus+ WAAT project. This […]

Members of the Women Writers‘ Route gather at the General Meeting

More than twenty members of the Women Writers Route gathered for the 3rd General Meeting that took place online. Various reports were discussed. Particular attention was paid to the evaluation report of the European Institute for Cultural Routes. At the end of October last year, Katalin Nagy, an independent expert from Hungary, visited the headquarters […]

Ukraine colleagues, we stand with you!

In a rapidly changing world, we ensure that we respect each other, establish bonds of friendship irrespective of religious and national affiliation, carry out cooperative projects and promote diversity of the creative spirit. The cultural heritage of different cultures, nations and the whole world is our greatest treasure, and it is a responsible privilege to […]

Let Women’s Voices be Heard

The FSK and its partners marked International Women’s Day with events that showcased the role of important women in the past to different audiences, while also highlighting the importance of gender equality in the present and the future. The FSK, the Association Women Writers Route and the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Nova […]

8 March – International Women’s Day

Creator, mother, writer, actress, teacher,housekeeper, director, nurse, volunteer, careers, sportswoman,scientist, colleague, dancer, singer, co-worker, friend,neighbour, cosmonaut, soul mate …WOMAN.In all her fullness, presence and uniqueness.Powerful and special. On March 8 and all other days! Let’s respect women, ourselves and each other!

Živa Award judges are back in action

Having prepared and announced the call for proposals for Živa 2022, the international panel of judges are back in action. Experts from Slavic countries and the European Museum Academy met at their regular meeting. The central point of discussion was the presentation of the Forum of Slavic Cultures and ICOM SEE committee at ICOM’s General […]

Going live again

The Forum of Slavic Cultures successfully hosted the 7th international conference and ŽIVA awards ceremony live from Belgrade. The diverse three-day programme in the Serbian capital brought together 70 participants from 14 countries. They shared good practices, made contacts and forged new partnerships, and to top it all they attended the opening ceremony of the […]

The Congress in Ljubljana book is out

To mark the 200th anniversary of the Congress of the Holy Alliance in Ljubljana the Forum of Slavic Cultures published the book Congress in Ljubljana: At the crossroads of European Diplomacy 1821/2021. Shedding light on the goings-on in the European capital of diplomacy 200 years ago, the book was released by the FSK in cooperation […]

Call for 2022 Živa Award is out!

We kindly invite you to sign up for the Živa Award 2022 – Award for the Best Slavic Museum and for the Best Heritage Site in Slavic Countries. The Award does not require any application fee. The call will be open until the 15 March 2022 and to enter on-line form has to be filled-in and […]

All the best in 2022!

May it be full of good health, lots of personal contacts and endless creative inspirations!

15th anniversary of 100 Slavic Novels Marked by Two Events in Serbia

On the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the collection, the „Vladislav Petković Dis“ City Library in Čačak and the Novi Sad City Library held roundtable discussions dedicated to „this major international cultural, literary and promotional project of Slavic literatures“. In Čačak, Mladen Vesković, Editor-in-Chief of the collection, Gojko Božović, Serbian publisher, and Tamara Krstić, […]

FSK hosted the presentation of Perun magazine

Student section of the Union of societies Slavic Society of Slovenia prepared a presentation of the new issue of Perun magazine at the Forum of Slavic Cultures. The latest issue brings an interesting selection of articles from diverse areas of the humanities. “We are delighted to be able to welcome students to our premises in […]

At the Table with the Slavs received Gourmand’s Best of the Best award

Every year, Gourmand confers international awards for the best cookbooks on food and drink culture and upon its 25thanniversary they conferred the Best of the Best 25 awards. One of the recipients was also Janez Bogataj with his book At the Table with the Slavs. The book was published in Slovenian and English languages by […]

The 2020 ŽIVA Award ceremony is almost here

The 2020 ŽIVA Award ceremony and accompanying conference will take place in Belgrade in January 2020. Award winners and other participants will make an excursion to Novi Sad for the official opening of the European Capital of Culture 2022. The host, the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia, has prepared a […]

Slavic Garden in Pula was buzzing again

Organized by the FSK and the book fair and festival Book Fair(y) in Istria the Slavic Garden in Pula saw its third edition in the framework of the Pula book fair. Its aim is to promote Slavic literatures and this year it all revolved around the central theme – Love. This year, the Slavic Garden […]

Working meeting with President of FSK Board, Maja Gojković

Dr. Andreja Rihter, Director of the Forum of Slavic Cultures, met with Maja Gojković, President of the FSK Board, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia, in Villa Zlatica. They talked about the international foundation’s strategic orientation and events to be organized in Serbia in the framework of […]

Slavic Seasons at Bogenšperk Castle

Forum of Slavic Cultures and partners kicked off the Slavic Seasons cycle at Bogenšperk Castle with the first in the series of events. Young grammar school students from Celje and Litija listened to the motivational address by Dmitry Polikanov, Deputy Head of Rossotrudnichestvo, and talked to Slovenian author Vlado Žabot and Yulia Sozina, literary historian […]

FSK at the Russian-Serbian Cultural Forum

At the invitation of President of the FSK Board, Maja Gojković, Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Culture and Media, and Olga Yarilova, Deputy Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation, the Forum of Slavic Cultures attended the Russian-Serbian Cultural Forum in Belgrade. The common thread of the Russian-Serbian Cultural Forum – culture and […]

Forum of Slavic Cultures is embarking on a collaboration with Alexandrinsky Theatre

The International Foundation Forum of Slavic Cultures has signed a memorandum of cooperation with Alexandrinsky Theatre from St. Petersburg. They also agreed on their joined activities for the period up to 2023. “It is a great honour for the Forum of Slavic Cultures (FSK) to welcome the National Drama Theatre of Russiaamong our partners. The […]

7th Edition of the Živa Award will be hosted by Belgrade and Novi Sad

Based on the signed agreement with the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia, the 7th Živa Award with an international conference will take place in Belgrade and Novi Sad, at the time when the official opening of the European Capital of Culture will take place, at the time when the latter […]

Villa Zlatica at Open House Slovenia

The expert jury of the Open House Slovenia festival recognized Hribar’s Villa Zlatica, the headquarters of the Forum of Slavic Cultures, as one of this year’s architectural achievements. Numerous visitors visited the villa free of charge. The six member expert jury nominated the renovated Hribar’s Villa Zlatica as one of this year’s examples of outstanding […]

On jesters and grouches in the garden of Villa Zlatica

The Forum of Slavic Cultures’ Living Villa cycle continues. Together with the Women Writers Route Association the FSK hosted the kick-off event of the 11th international seminar for translators of Slovenian literature, which is organised by the Slovenian Association of Literary Translators. Unconventional language in original literature is often a tough nut to crack in […]

Živa 2020 Award Cycle Continues

The epidemiological situation this spring prevented the judges for the 7th Živa Award to visit the nominated museums in person, forcing them once again to meet online instead. They found the museums in 11 Slavic countries well prepared. Just like in spring 2020 COVID-19 restrictions once again stopped the Živa Award judges from visiting the […]

FSK supports sustainable development and circular economy

Forum of Slavic Cultures is aware of societal needs and promotes social responsibility. In line with their efforts towards sustainable development and circular economy they donated the furniture they no longer needed after moving to the new premises to Zavod Knof from Krško. After they moved to Hribar’s Villa Zlatica it became clear that Forum […]

This Year’s Slavic Garden Marked by the Sound of Poetry

For the second time in a row, the FSK was a partner of the Slavic Garden programme at the Pula Book Fair. At the poetry evening entitled My Goal is – Horizon, which took place outdoors, visitors were able to listen to the poetry of five poets from the Slavic world in the dramatization and […]

All members present at the general meeting of the Women Writers Route Association

Members of the Women Writers Route Association from seven countries met at the general meeting. They approved the Association’s bodies, took note of its previous activities and fundamental documents, and adopted the work programme for the next three-year period. Their first task is to prepare and submit the application for the certification Cultural Route of […]

Maja Gojković, President of the FSK Board, Visits Ljubljana

President of the Board of the Forum of Slavic Cultures Maja Gojković, also the Vice-President of the Government of the Republic of Serbia and Minister of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia, paid her first official visit to the new headquarters of the International Foundation – Forum of Slavic Cultures. At the working […]

FSK paid a working visit to Moscow

During their working visit to the Russian capital the visitors from the International Foundation Forum of Slavic Cultures met with their regular project partners as well as with Deputy Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation, Alla Manilova, and Yevgeny Primakov, Head of the Federal Agency Rossotrudnichestvo. During her working visit to Moscow Dr. Andreja […]

Fabula Festival with Ana Marwan in the garden of Villa Zlatica

As part of this year’s Fabula Festival, the first public event, a literary evening with Ana Marwan, took place in the garden of Villa Zlatica. With this, the Forum of Slavic Cultures which is housed in Villa Zlatica, is joining Ljubljana venues for outdoor events. First, a walk through the city streets of Ljubljana with […]

Drago Jančar and Robert Perišić at the Festival of Slavic Cultures

The Centre of Slavic Cultures Moscow has traditionally organized the Festival of Slavic Cultures on the occasion of the Day of Slavic Literacy. This year it took place in hybrid form, partly live and partly remotely. The festival also included a round table dedicated to new Russian editions in the Hundred Slavic Novels collection. The […]

Ambassadors of Slavic countries paid a visit to Villa Zlatica

Following the opening ceremony in Hribar’s Villa Zlatica, the Forum of Slavic Cultures invited ambassadors of Slavic countries in Ljubljana to visit its new home. So far, the villa has welcomed ambassadors from the Czech Republic, Croatia, Poland and Russia. Since its official opening, the former home of one of Ljubljana greatest mayors, Ivan Hribar, […]

The “LIVING VILLA” cycle comes alive

To mark 18 May, the International Museum Day, the Forum of Slavic Cultures prepared the first in the series of events in the „ŽIVA VILA“ (LIVING VILLA) cycle, which took place in Hribar’s Villa Zlatica. Having moved to its new premises in Hribar’s Villa Zlatica, the Forum of Slavic Cultures designed a new cycle of events […]

The Fifth International Colloquium Piranova

In the framework of Piranova – International Heritage Research Centre programme the Forum of Slavic Cultures in collaboration with the European Museum Academy organised the fifth international colloquium. Experts from seven countries discussed the triumph of the digital. Two online workshops also took place in the framework of the colloquium. In their lectures, experts from […]

Hribar’s renovated Villa Zlatica opened its doors

Zoran Janković, Mayor of the City of Ljubljana, Blaž Peršin, Director of the Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana, Andreja Rihter, Director of the International Foundation – Forum of Slavic Cultures, Jerneja Batič, Head of the Villa Zlatica renovation project, and Irena Žmuc, author of the permanent exhibition Ivan Hribar and the Ljubljana Bourgeoisie, ceremoniously opened […]

FSK paid a visit to its partners in Serbia

The international foundation Forum of Slavic Cultures has more than 1200 partners, including many institutions from Serbia. FSK Director, Dr. Andreja Rihter, visited some of them during her recent working visit to Serbia. Arhipelag publishing house and the National Library of Serbia have been our partners in the area of publishing and literature for a […]

Ms Rihter paid a working visit to Maja Gojković, President of FSK Board

As part of her working visit to the Republic of Serbia Andreja Rihter, Director of the Forum of Slavic Cultures (FSK), met with President of FSK Board, Maja Gojković, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia. They spoke about the institution’s strategic policies, including one of its priorities, […]

Slavic Women Writers in the academic volume Defiant Trajectories

The volume Defiant Trajectories: Mapping out Slavic Women Writers Route brings six academic papers on women writers from Montenegro, Croatia, Poland, Russia, Serbia and Slovenia. The publishers of the papers from the conference dedicated to women writers are the association Women Writers Route and Forum of Slavic Cultures. The volume Defiant Trajectories: Mapping out Slavic […]

The Women Writers Route in Ogulin, Croatia

The delegation of the Forum of Slavic Cultures paid a working visit to Ogulin, Croatia, where they met with the mayor of Ogulin and the director of Ivana’s House of Fairy Tales. Ivana’s House of Fairy Tales is the national coordinator of the Women Writers Route in Croatia. After the inception of the Women Writers […]

FSK relocation in full swing

International foundation Forum of Slavic Cultures is moving to new premises in the renovated Villa Zlatica, the home of Ljubljana’s former mayor Ivan Hribar. The first periodic exhibition on show in the exhibition premises will be Ivan Hribar and the Slavic World. Villa Zlatica is expected to open its doors for visitors in May. The […]

Exhibition Challenges at the Piranova Colloquium

In the framework of Piranova – International Heritage Research Centre programme Forum of Slavic Cultures organised International Colloquium Piranova #4 titled Exhibition Challenges. The event featured lectures and presentation of the book Developing exhibitions as well as two workshops. Ten professionals from eight countries took part in the online International Colloquium Piranova #4. This time, […]

Živa Award Judges Back on the Road

With epidemiological situation in most Slavic countries improving and control measures relaxing the judges for the Živa Award are ready to visit the nominated museums in person. Should that not be possible for all of the museums the visit and evaluation will take place remotely. The 7th Živa Award ceremony for the Best Slavic Museum […]

Writer Marko Sosič Passed Away

Writer, theatre and film director Marko Sosič passed away aged barely 62. Marko Sosič was born in 1958 in Trieste. He graduated in theatre directing at the Academy for Theatre and Film Arts in Zagreb. He has directed in various Slovenian and Italian theatres as well as for television. He was Artistic director of the […]

Transformations with new collections … coming soon

The Transformations project is soon to be complemented with new collections by fashion designers from five Slavic countries. Just like the first five the new collections will be inspired by Slavic cultural heritage. The Forum of Slavic Cultures continues its project Transformations: FROM the Slavic Clothing Tradition TO Modern Creations. Come spring it will be augmented with five […]

WWR Officially Established

The Women Writers Route Association, which will apply for the certificate of the European cultural route, has been formally established and registered in accordance with regulations. The project partners are actively involved in the design and implementation of activities, including Biljana Dojčinović from Serbia, a member of the WWR Scientific Council. The WWR project  sealed […]

Online meeting with President of FSK Board Maja Gojković

Following her appointment as the President of the FSK Board in December 2020, Gaja Gojković, Vice-President of the Government of the Republic of Serbia and Minister of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia, held an online meeting with Dr. Andreja Rihter, FSK Director. They discussed the activities in 2021 as well as FSK […]

All the best in 2021!

May the year 2021 bring you countless warm hugs, sincere and unforgettable gatherings, new friendships and inspiring challenges. May he endow you with all the good!

A New Book at the Right Time

A new book in the 100 Slavic Novels, the 85th in a row has found its way to the bookshelves – Auschwitz Café by Dragan Radulović. The 100 Slavic Novels series is richer for a new translation. The novel Auschwitz Café by Montenegrin writer Dragan Radulović is coming to the bookshelves. Within the 100 Slavic […]

FSK December Gifts

In December, as part of the “FSK donates” campaign, the FSK delighted libraries, its partners and friends in 6 Slavic countries with donations of books from the 100 Slavic Novels collection. The campaign started in Serbia in cooperation with Belgrade publisher Arhipelag. The FSK donated 28 books that have so far come out in the 100 […]

FSK donates in Serbia

Forum of Slavic Cultures in cooperation with Serbian publisher Arhipelag donated books from the 100 Slavic Novels collection to ten public libraries. The donation is part of the “FSK donates” campaign, which will take place until the end of December in Slavic countries and social networks. “The situation we’re in, both publishers and everyone who […]

Blagoje Stefanovski bid his last farewell

Blagoje Stefanovski, former Minister of Culture of North Macedonia and Honorary Ambassador of the Forum of Slavic Cultures, bid his last goodbye at the age of 67. Stefanovski was one of the most important figures in Macedonian culture and had an important role within the FSK as well. In 2002 he was the first to […]

FSK Heritage Project Group at Work

FSK Heritage Project Group at Work The FSK heritage project group is ready to roll up their sleeves and get busy as one of FSK bodies, and has already taken note of the draft Strategic Heritage Plan 2021 – 2026. Despite the pandemic circumstances the competent ministries in Slavic countries have nominated their members on […]

The WWR Programme and Scientific Council Make Plans for the Future

The WWR Programme and Scientific Council Make Plans for the Future Even in the new conditions, activities within the new cultural route dedicated to women writers have not died down. The program council and the scientific council of the emerging association met at online meetings. Members of the program council, chaired by Tihana Turković, director […]

Polyphony of Museums at the Piranova Colloquium

Polyphony of Museums at the Piranova Colloquium The FSK organised the third colloquium with the International Heritage Research Centre Piranova as planned in view of the changed circumstances. The colloquium titled Polyphony in Museums brought together more than 50 participants from 12 countries. The lectures with 12 experts from 6 countries were divided into two […]

FSK to move to Villa Zlatica in 2021

FSK to move to Villa Zlatica in 2021 The FSK is to receive new premises after the comprehensive renovation of Hribar’s villa (Villa Zlatica). Along with its regular programme it will give access also to the museum presentation of the former mayor of Ljubljana and his life. “In the many years of our fruitful cooperation […]

Bulgarian designer Bozhilov winner of the BigSEE award

Bulgarian designer Bozhilov winner of the BigSEE award Bulgarian designer Nikolay Bozhilov, author of the Spirit collection designed for the Forum of Slavic Cultures‘ Transformations project, is one of this year’s winners of BigSEE fashion design awards. He received the national award for his exploration and interpretation of Bulgarian traditions in contemporary design. Fashion designer […]

International colloquium Piranova #2 on the “sounds” of museums

International colloquium Piranova #2 on the “sounds” of museums Due to the travel restrictions in the region the second colloquium organised by the International Heritage Research Centre Piranova under the auspices of the FSK took place online, and was attended by more than 40 participants from 10 countries. As the FSK goes ahead with its […]

The Route of European Women Writers of the Early Twentieth Century

The Route of European Women Writers of the Early Twentieth Century The international conference dedicated to women writers’ cultural route aimed to shed light on the different aspects of the route that is being set up by the Forum of Slavic Cultures (FSK) and its partners. The conference was organised by All-Russia State Library for […]

At the Table with the Slavs at the exhibition in Alfred Nobel’s house

At the Table with the Slavs at the exhibition in Alfred Nobel’s house Having received the prestigious Gourmand Award in 2017, At the Table with the Slavs, the first world monograph on Slavic cuisines, won a place in the exhibition marking the 25th anniversary of the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. The publisher of the monograph […]

FSK Goes Virtual in the Russian Polar Circle

FSK Goes Virtual in the Russian Polar Circle The FSK accepted the invitation by the Murmansk State Regional Universal Scientific Library to attend the international online conference that marked the day of Slavic writing. Even in the new normal, the FSK continues its active efforts in promoting the creativity of Slavic cultures. At the international […]

FSK at the Third Fair in the Air

FSK at the Third Fair in the Air The Forum of Slavic Cultures attended the third Fair in the Air, offering the wider public books from the 100 Slavic Novels series and the only world monograph on Slavic culinary traditions, At the Table with the Slavs. Organised by Ljubljana, UNESCO City of Literature Office, the […]

Flip Through It! Annual report 2019

Flip Through It! Annual report 2019 The Forum of Slavic Cultures has issued its Annual Report 2019. Among other contents it provides an overview of the many activities that marked our 15th anniversary in the past year. “Some of the main impulses nerving the creativity of Slavic cultures, enhanced networking and stakeholder communication are the […]

Andreja Rihter Joins the Board of Trustees of the University of Primorska

Andreja Rihter Joins the Board of Trustees of the University of Primorska Director of the Forum of Slavic Cultures, Dr. Andreja Rihter, was invited to join the Board of Trustees of the University of Primorska, which has collaborated with the FSC for more than a decade. The board is to promote cooperation between researchers and […]

FSC Congratulated the Slovenian Alpine Museum

FSC Congratulated the Slovenian Alpine Museum The Forum of Slavic Cultures attended the celebrations marking the 10th anniversary of the Slovenian Alpine Museum, recipient of the Živa Award for the Best Slavic Museum 2017. In 2017, the Slovenian Alpine Museum received the Živa Award for the Best Slavic Museum, which is conferred by the Forum […]

From the Imperial Crown to Contemporary Designs

From the Imperial Crown to Contemporary Designs Within the Transformations project the Slavic fashion designers were inspired by their cultural heritage. Galina and Nikolay Biryukov called their collection the “Silver Ring of Russia”, after the Russian Federation’s new cross-regional initiative that connects cathedrals, churches, monasteries, palaces, gardens, fortresses and museums gravitating towards the northwest, where […]

FSC Back at the Fair in the Air

FSC Back at the Fair in the Air The Ljubljana, UNESCO City of Literature Office organised the second edition of Fair in the Air at Ljubljana’s Zvezda Park. The FSC participated once again with the translations of books published within the One Hundred Slavic Novels series and the monograph At the Table with the Slavs. […]

Online training for the Women Writers’ Route

Online training for the Women Writers’ Route As part of the preparations for the official certification of the new European cultural route – the Women Writers’ Route – the Forum of Slavic Cultures attended the online training organised by the European Institute of Cultural Routes. The purpose of the online seminar was to guide the […]

Fair in the Air

Fair in the Air The FSC took the 100 Slavic Novels collection and the monograph At the Table with the Slavs to the Fair in the Air, a book fair that took place in four Slovenian cities and was organised by Ljubljana, UNESCO City of Literature Office and partners during Slovenian Book Days. The Ljubljana […]

FSC back at the Intermuseum Festival – this time online

FSC back at the Intermuseum Festival – this time online For the third consecutive year, the Forum of Slavic Cultures joined the museum festival Intermuseum as a strategic partner. In the spirit of the new circumstances, this year’s edition took place online. Under the auspices of the FSC the Forum and its partners from different […]

Judges for Živa Award 2020 Meet Online

Judges for Živa Award 2020 Meet Online Instead of meeting in Belgrade (Serbia) in person, our judges for Živa Award 2020 held their regular annual meeting online. They shared their experiences during the pandemic in their respective countries, reported on the responses of Živa Award candidates and adopted the decision to move the opening ceremony […]

From Bulgarian ritual, a barefoot dance to Contemporary Designs

From Bulgarian ritual, a barefoot dance to Contemporary Designs Within the Transformations project the Slavic fashion designers were inspired by their cultural heritage. The Spirit collection primary inspiration is the “nestinarstvo” ritual, a barefoot dance on smouldering embers, protected by UNESCO as Bulgarian intangible cultural heritage. Believed to bring health and fertility the ritual takes […]

A moment of your day #2

A moment of your day #2 Sincere thank you for sharing the moments of your day with us. Because we want to stay connected, we share further insights from seven different Slavic and other countries. We invite you to have a look how early morning at the Russian countryside looks like, at the music production […]

From Medieval Serbian Knights to Contemporary Designs

From Medieval Serbian Knights to Contemporary Designs Within the Transformations project the Slavic fashion designers looked for inspiration in their cultural heritage. The Luchaneo collection was inspired by the phenomenon of medieval Serbian knights, who after all the centuries since their demise continue to enrich the Serbian national identity with their historical and mythic potency. […]

With Books around the Slavic World

With Books around the Slavic World We are happy to invite you, once again, to an exciting literary journey with our 100 Slavic Novels series. Here is the passage from Alexei Slapovsky’s First Second Coming. Come along! The novel First Second Coming by acclaimed Russian writer Alexei Slapovsky is an unusual narrative display, witty and […]

Women Writers RouteDid you know?

Women Writers Route Did you know? Did you know that Polish writer and unique and independent fighter for equality of women Maria Konopnicka was very popular not only in Poland but also in other Slavic countries? Her works have been frequently published in Czech, Russian, Croatian, Serbian and Slovenian journals. On the occasion of the […]

Taste the Slavic delicacies – Taste the Shopska salad from Bulgaria

Taste the Slavic delicacies – Taste the Shopska salad from Bulgaria The rich cultural culinary heritage and cooking traditions as components of intangible cultural heritage co-create the contemporary image of healthy Bulgarian cooking. Bulgarian salads are an essential part of the so-called “Bulgarian diet”. Served as starters, they are often accompanied by rakia, a Bulgarian […]

A moment of your day!

A sincere thank you to all who have already filled out our questionnaire and shared with us the moments of your day. Because we want to stay together, we share further insights from four Slavic countries. We invite you to have a look what a virtual lunch with friends looks like, at the main St. […]

Reading in the Time of Corona

Reading in the Time of Corona Even during the epidemic, our authors do not run out of inspiration, nor of sense of humor! We invite you to read the story by the Croatian writer Nada Gašić, who is also one of the authors of the 100 Slavic Novels series, entitled Just a Small, Small Peck. […]

From Slovak ethnographic Heritage to Contemporary Designs

From Slovak ethnographic Heritage to Contemporary Designs Within the Transformations project the Slavic fashion designers were inspired by their cultural heritage. In the days spring is in full bloom we present the contemporary designs inspired by the traditional folk culture. The rich legacy of the Karol Plicka, photographer, cinematographer and ethnologist, was an inexhaustible source […]

Did you know?

Did you know? Did you know that writer Jelena J. Dimitrijević was the first Serbian female globetrotter? Between 1926 and 1927, she embarked on her travel around the world all alone at the age of 65 and visited the Middle East, India, Ceylon, China, Japan, Hawaii, and once again the United States – she was […]

Stay Home – Stay Together Survey

Stay Home – Stay Together Survey Dear colleagues, We stay with you even when we are at home. In a slightly different everyday life, we want to stay close and to show to each other with photos, sound and live pictures how our everyday life is organized and how we view the future. Take a […]

Our Books Part of Donation for the Belgrade Field Hospital

Our Books Part of Donation for the Belgrade Field Hospital Members of the Professional Publishers’ Association of Serbia donated more than 1,000 books to set up a library at the Covid-19 field hospital at the Belgrade Fair. Publishers have decided to be with their readers when they need them most. Among the books donated to […]

With Books around the Slavic World

With Books around the Slavic World At home without proper reading? Let us take you to the exciting literary journey with our 100 Slavic Novels series. Here is the first passage – Venko Andonovski’s Azbuka for the Insubordinate. Come along! The novel by the award-winning Macedonian writer Venko Andonovski Azbuka for the Insubordinate (Azbuka za […]

Zagreb Cathedral Reconstruction already in Progress

Zagreb Cathedral Reconstruction already in Progress The new coronavirus pandemic has not spared any country in Europe. Covid-19 is spreading also in Croatia. But the disaster that occurred on March 22 brought another catastrophe – a 5.5 magnitude earthquake. Many downtown buildings, home to a number of important cultural institutions, were severely damaged. Museums, theatres, […]

From Slovenian Easter Tradition to Contemporary Designs

From Slovenian Easter Tradition to Contemporary Designs Within the Transformations project the Slavic fashion designers were inspired by by their cultural heritage. The Eggomania collection is a personal interpretation of Bela Krajina’s ethnographic heritage through fashion by Slovenian fashion designer Jelena Proković. The leitmotif through which she visualised her collection comes from the patterns adorning […]

Let’s meet online!

Let’s meet online! To stay in touch with you and your audience, we invite you to share with us your contents (virtual, visual …) and links to them. Together we are stronger and more accessible! At the same time, we are interested in: – What tools do you use for communicate internal and external? – […]

Taste the Slavic delicacies

Taste the Slavic delicacies Food has always been an integral part of our lives, culture and heritage. It is with us every day of the week and on every special occasion. For Easter you can prepare and taste a special glazed Polish Easter cake “Mazurek”. It is virtually a must at the Polish Easter table. […]

Covid-19

Covid-19 The new Covid-19 coronavirus disease has severely affected the art and cultural sectors, and especially the heritage field. Cultural venues are closed, performances, festivals canceled, museum exhibitions are deserted … Our mission is therefore very lively and present. Let’s step together, let’s communicate and be responsive! Cultural institutions are working hard to maintain activities […]

To our friends and colleagues in Zagreb

To our friends and colleagues in Zagreb It is hard to imagine how you feel, when confronted with the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, you were shocked by the earthquake, the most powerful since 1880. Many artifacts, carefully and lovingly preserved for many generations to come, of cultural heritage were damaged and even destroyed. At a time […]

FSC receives 22 applications from 12 countries for Živa 2020

FSC receives 22 applications from 12 countries for Živa 2020 This autumn, the Forum of Slavic Cultures will confer the seventh Živa Award for the best Slavic museum and the third for the best Slavic heritage site. As many as 22 museums from 12 Slavic countries will be running for the awards this year. FSC […]

Forum of Slavic Cultures presents exhibition Transformations

Forum of Slavic Cultures presents exhibition Transformations Organised by the International Foundation Forum of Slavic Cultures, the exhibition Transformations: FROM the Slavic Clothing Tradition TO Modern Creations will be on show at the Ljubljana City Hall until 8 March. “Fashion is communication,” stressed Andreja Rihter, Director of the Forum of Slavic Cultures at the opening […]

Several Libraries Richer Thanks to the FSC Donations

Several Libraries Richer Thanks to the FSC Donations At its 15th anniversary, the FSC made Slavic literature even more accessible, most notably its flagship 100 Slavic Novels series. It has donated books from this series to several libraries. At the opening of the exhibition dedicated to the 100 Slavic Novels series, as part of the […]

Project Slavic Groves Gets Green Light

Project Slavic Groves Gets Green Light The Slavic Groves (Slovanski gaji) project and accompanying programmes bring opportunities for active participation of local communities, civil society, state institutions and the FSC. At the initial meeting of the partners in the project, the mayors and representatives of the Pomurje municipalities got to know the project and gave […]

A Step Forward at the Women Writers Route

A Step Forward at the Women Writers Route The FSC began the year with intensive preparations for the launch of a new cultural route – Women Writers Route. The President of the Programme Council of the Route, Ankica Puškarić, came to the FSC headquarters for a working meeting. In the first days of the new […]

FSC Still Partner to St. Petersburg; Four New Memorandums of Cooperation Signed

FSC Still Partner to St. Petersburg; Four New Memorandums of Cooperation Signed The Forum of Slavic Cultures will continue to cooperate with St. Petersburg. Based on already signed memorandums we are also to partner with the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Archives of the Russian Republic of Komi, Russian State Library and Association of Music […]

Slavic Garden in Pula Is Here to Stay

Slavic Garden in Pula Is Here to Stay In cooperation with the Book Fair(y) in Istria the Forum of Slavic Cultures launched a new programme, Slavenski đardin (the Slavic Garden). At the 25th fair in Pula the programme featured contemporary Russian authors and presented the 100 Slavic Novels at one of the fair’s prestigious locations. […]

Forum of Slavic Cultures Wound Up Its 15th Year of Operation

Forum of Slavic Cultures Wound Up Its 15th Year of Operation The Forum of Slavic Cultures wound up its 15th anniversary year with a social event featuring a number of high-profile guests. The event was organised in cooperation with the Higher Vocational College for Hospitality, Wellness and Tourism Bled, Dr. Janez Bogataj, Bled Municipality and […]

New Title in the 100 Slavic Novels Collection

New Title in the 100 Slavic Novels Collection The 100 Slavic Novels collection is one title richer. Ervin and the Fools by Dalibor Cvitan was translated by Bogdan Gradišnik as the first novel translated into Slovenian from the Croatian list. Ervin and the Madmen is the sequel to Cvitan’s novel Polovnjak (A Half of a […]

Živa at the Autumn Gathering in Posavje Museum Brežice

Živa at the Autumn Gathering in Posavje Museum Brežice At their autumn gathering with the locals and guests at the exhibition Four Elements: 3 ­­– Earth in the Posavje Museum Brežice the Forum of Slavic Cultures nominated the Museum for the Živa Award for the best Slavic museum 2019. With their application to the call […]

The Universe of Slavic Literature

The Universe of Slavic Literature One of the features of the Forum of Slavic Cultures programme in the Russian capital was Slavic literature, its authors and the exhibition 100 Slavic Novels, as well as the women writers‘ cultural route. In the State Hermitage Museum, one of the main venues of the VIII International Cultural Forum […]

FSC a Special Guest at the International Cultural Forum in St. Petersburg

FSC a Special Guest at the International Cultural Forum in St. Petersburg A special guest of the VIII International Cultural Forum in St. Petersburg, the Forum of Slavic Cultures with its delegation of 40 members from 11 Slavic countries organised 11 events. The FSC thus marked its 15th anniversary with a notable promotion of Slavic […]

Your Heritage Is Our Heritage

Your Heritage Is Our Heritage In the framework of the VIII International Cultural Forum in St. Petersburg the FSC presented Živa sculptures to the best Slavic Museum 2019 and the best Slavic heritage site. At a special round table the representatives of Russian and Slavic museums discussed the significance of Slavic heritage in the global […]

Transformations of Slavic Heritage into Contemporary Designs

Transformations of Slavic Heritage into Contemporary Designs Our new project, “Transformations: FROM traditional Slavic costumes TO Contemporary designs“ premiered at the reception for foreign delegations in the framework of the St. Petersburg Cultural Forum. The project led by the Forum of Slavic Cultures showcases characteristic elements of Slavic cultural heritage incorporated in unique collections that […]

Regular FSC Programme Council and Editorial Board Meeting in Bratislava

Regular FSC Programme Council and Editorial Board Meeting in Bratislava The FSC Programme Council members met at their 16th regular meeting in Bratislava. The Slovak capital was also the venue of the FSC Editorial Board meeting. The main item on the agenda of the 16th regular FSC Programme Council meeting was the FSC programme for […]

The First Meeting of the Programme Council of the Women Writers‘ Route

The First Meeting of the Programme Council of the Women Writers‘ Route The Programme Council of the new cultural route – the Women Writers‘ Route met at its first session. Programme Council members from five countries – Croatia, Poland, Russia, Slovenia and Serbia – met in Belgrade to discuss local communities and institutions that are […]

Dragan Velikić, This Year’s Vilenica Prize Winner

Dragan Velikić, This Year’s Vilenica Prize Winner This year’s Vilenica Prize winner is Serbian writer Dragan Velikić, author of The Russian Window, a novel that was translated into Slovene and Macedonian as part of the 100 Slavic Novels collection. The jury of this distinguished Central-European literary award wrote that “bitterly humorous, Velikić’s literary works mirror […]

Ms Rihter at the 25th ICOM General Conference

Ms Rihter at the 25th ICOM General Conference At the 25th ICOM General Conference, which took place in early September in Kyoto, Japan, Andreja Rihter presented the proceedings of ICOMAM conference War and Peace, Fear and Happiness: 100 years since the end of World War I. The conference took place a year ago in Ljubljana.

Jančar Received Stefan Mitrov Ljubiša Award in Montenegro

Jančar Received Stefan Mitrov Ljubiša Award in Montenegro Drago Jančar, Slovenian writer, playwright, essayist and one of the authors on the Slovenian list of 100 Slavic Novels received the prestigious Stefan Mitrov Ljubiša Award in Budva, Montenegro. The panel of three judges, Nadežda Čačinović, Slavica Perović and Mihajlo Pantić, unanimously decided that Drago Jančar from […]

The publication marking our 15th anniversary is out!

The publication marking our 15th anniversary is out! In the year marking the 15th anniversary of our operation the International Foundation Forum of Slavic Cultures issued a special publication Our 15! which offers an overview of the Foundation’s activity since its inception in 2004. With different texts and rich visual material the publication presents the […]

Intense Preparations for the International Cultural Forum in St. Petersburg

Intense Preparations for the International Cultural Forum in St. Petersburg Having signed the joint statement on special status at the VIII International Cultural Forum in St. Petersburg with the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation this April the Forum of Slavic Cultures launched intense preparations for the November event. The FSC delegation will consist […]

We’re 15!

We’re 15! The International Foundation Forum of Slavic Cultures marked the 15th anniversary of its operation with an open-air concert titled Slavic Rhapsody. On this occasion the Forum conferred the title of honorary ambassador and FSC ambassador charters. The title of Honorary Ambassador was conferred on the former Croatian Minister of Culture Božo Biškupić. “We […]

The Board of the Forum of Slavic Cultures Fosters Intercultural Dialogue

The Board of the Forum of Slavic Cultures Fosters Intercultural Dialogue Composed of the ministers of culture of FSC member countries the Board of the International Foundation Forum of Slavic Cultures met at the ceremonial session. One of the items on their agenda was the future of the FSC and the Board signed a memorandum […]

Živa Award Judges Meet

Živa Award Judges Meet Having visited all 25 nominated museums between February and April, Živa Award judges met and reported on their visits. Award recipients will be announced in October 2019 in Bar, Montenegro. Živa Award judges, who come from Slavic countries and via the European Museum Academy also from Italy, Greece, the Netherlands and […]

FSC Returns to the Museum Festival Intermuseum as Partner

FSC Returns to the Museum Festival Intermuseum as Partner For the second consecutive year the Forum of Slavic Cultures joined the Moscow Intermuseum festival as partner. At the Živa exhibition space the FSC presented the award for the best Slavic museum and heritage site, while Dr Andreja Rihter gave a lecture on human resources in […]

The Route of Women Writers at the 13th International Summer School of Museology

The Route of Women Writers at the 13th International Summer School of Museology The 13th International Summer School of Museology took place under the auspices of the Forum of Slavic Cultures, Faculty of Humanities of the University of Primorska, ICOM Slovenia and Centre for Creativity of the Museum of Architecture and Design. It also served […]

FSC Editorial Board Meeting

FSC Editorial Board Meeting Forum of Slavic Cultures Editorial Board members from Montenegro, Croatia, Russia, Slovenia and Serbia met at the regular annual Board meeting. The Editorial Board members analysed the 100 Slavic Novels project and were briefed on the current situation regarding the collection. They also discussed the promotion, the publishing programme and the […]

FSC a Special Guest at the International Cultural Forum in St. Petersburg

FSC a Special Guest at the International Cultural Forum in St. Petersburg A special guest of the VIII International Cultural Forum in St. Petersburg, the Forum of Slavic Cultures with its delegation of 40 members from 11 Slavic countries organised 11 events. The FSC thus marked its 15th anniversary with a notable promotion of Slavic […]

Forum of Slavic Cultures returns to UNESCO

Forum of Slavic Cultures returns to UNESCO The international foundation Forum of Slavic Cultures in collaboration with partner institutions put on the exhibition Women and the Great War. The opening ceremony took place in cooperation with Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Slovenia to UNESCO at the UNESCO palace in Paris. The exhibition will be […]

In Focus: Cosmopolitan Intellectuals on the New Cultural Route

In Focus: Cosmopolitan Intellectuals on the New Cultural Route In the framework of the Council of Europe’s new cultural route project the International Foundation Forum of Slavic Cultures organised an international conference on women writers at the beginning of the 20th century. The conference was attended by nine women scientists and professionals from seven countries. […]

Working meeting with the Chairman of the FSC Board

Working meeting with the Chairman of the FSC Board During her visit to Belgrade Andreja Rihter, Director of the Forum of Slavic Cultures, met with the Chairman of the FSC Board, Vladan Vukosavljević, Minister of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia. They discussed the events with which the FSC will mark its 15th […]

Once again, more applications for the Živa Award

Once again, more applications for the Živa Award In December 2018, following the closure of the call for Živa Award 2019 – the Award for the Best Slavic Museum and the Best Slavic Heritage Site, it was time for the FSC to examine the applications. These came in larger numbers than in the past, 26 […]

FSC steps up the nerving of creativity of Slavic cultures

FSC steps up the nerving of creativity of Slavic cultures At the initiative of the Ministry of Culture of Kaluga Oblast of the Russian Federation a memorandum of cooperation was signed by Minister Pavel Suslov and Andreja Rihter, Director of the Forum of Slavic Cultures. With the memorandum both institutions undertake to promote and develop […]

FSC presents the new European cultural route in Belgrade

FSC presents the new European cultural route in Belgrade The Forum of Slavic Cultures has been busy working on the new European cultural route Women Writers at the Beginning of the 20th Century that was presented at the conference on the cultural and spiritual unity of the Slavic nations in Belgrade. The representatives of the […]

Forum of Slavic Cultures to Mark Its 15th Anniversary

Forum of Slavic Cultures to Mark Its 15th Anniversary The international foundation Forum of Slavic Cultures will mark its 15th anniversary with special events held in Slovenia and in member as well as third countries. The Forum of Slavic Cultures has evolved into a reference platform for intercultural dialogue between Slavic cultures and thus became […]

Writers Say: “100 Slavic Novels Series is Very Valuable”

Writers Say: “100 Slavic Novels Series is Very Valuable” On the threshold of a new year the meeting of the Forum of Slavic Cultures and the writers from the Slovenian 100 Slavic Novels list took place. They agreed that this literary project is something special and that they will be delighted to take part in […]

FSC’s New Year’s Get-together

FSC’s New Year’s Get-together The Forum of Slavic Cultures hosted yet another traditional New Year’s get-together for those individuals and institutions from Slovenia that helped the foundation to nerve the creativity of Slavic cultures in 2018. On this occasion, Andreja Rihter, FSC Director, emphasised: “We have become a reference platform for intercultural dialogue between Slavic […]

Председателката на управителния съвет на ФСК, Мая Гойкович, на посещение в Любляна

Мая Гойкович, председател на Управителния съвет на Форума на славянските култури, вицепремиер на Република Сърбия и министър на културата и информирането, направи първото си официално посещение в новото седалище на международната фондация ‒ „Форум на славянските култури“. По време на работната среща с директорката д-р Андрея Рихтер тя подчерта ролята на институциите като ФСК и […]

FSC’s working visit to the Emigration Museum in Gdynia

FSC’s working visit to the Emigration Museum in Gdynia The FSC accepted the invitation to the Emigration Museum in Gdynia, Poland, the best Slavic museum of 2018. The purpose of the working visit was to discuss joint activities that will take place in 2019, in particular those dedicated to the promotion of the Živa Award […]

100 Slavic Novels Exhibition in Bratislava

100 Slavic Novels Exhibition in Bratislava The opening ceremony of the 100 Slavic Novels exhibition in the centre of Bratislava was held under the auspices of Ľubica Laššáková, Minister of Culture of the Slovak Republic, Andreja Rihter, Director of the Forum of Slavic Cultures, and Silvia Stasselová, General Director of University Library in Bratislava. The […]

Živa introduced to museum professionals in Croatia

Živa introduced to museum professionals in Croatia Lidija Nikočević, Croatian judge for the Živa Award, presented Živa – Award for the Best Slavic Museum and Slavic Heritage Site at the general meeting of the Museum Association of Eastern Croatia. Less than a month before the close of the Živa 2019 competition Ms Lidija Nikočević, one […]

Two new books in the 100 Slavic Novels collection

Two new books in the 100 Slavic Novels collection The Forum of Slavic Cultures has published two more of the 100 Slavic Novels, The Great War by Serbian author Aleksandar Gatalica, and The Women of Lazarus by Marina Stepnova. Both authors presented their novels also to Slovenian readers. Marina Stepnova, a popular Russian author and […]

Ms Rihter spoke at the 10th meeting of Croatian museum pedagogues

Ms Rihter spoke at the 10th meeting of Croatian museum pedagogues Croatian museum educators met at their 10th conference, once again at the international level. The central topic this year was Boundaries and Visions, and Andreja Rihter, Director of the Forum of Slavic Cultures, gave a plenary lecture entitled Museums Bring Meaning to Our Lives. […]

FSC makes yet another appearance at the St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum

FSC makes yet another appearance at the St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum In the framework of the 7th St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum the Forum of Slavic Cultures presented the making of the new culture route, while culture ministers from Slavic countries welcomed the Slavic Capital of Culture project. Once again, the International foundation Forum […]

100 Slavic Novels in Belgrade – more than books, an exhibition too

100 Slavic Novels in Belgrade – more than books, an exhibition too This year again, the Forum of Slavic Cultures presented its work at the Belgrade Book Fair. Numerous visitors were drawn not only by the books from the 100 Slavic Novels collection, which really stand out with their visual design, but even more so […]

FSC and ICOMAM brought professionals from 27 countries to Slovenia

FSC and ICOMAM brought professionals from 27 countries to Slovenia In cooperation with ICOMAM, International Committee of ICOM, which brings together arms and military history museums, the Forum of Slavic Cultures hosted the international conference “War and Peace, Fear and Happiness” in Slovenia (Ljubljana, Pivka, Maribor). The conference attracted more than 70 participants from 27 […]

SeeYu conference on WWII memorials

SeeYu conference on WWII memorials In October, 25 professionals from 12 countries presented the role, past and present, of history museums and memorials to WWII at the international SeeYu conference that took place in the Slovenian capital. “This is the first conference of its kind, one whose goal is to gain insight into the activities […]

Call for 2019 Živa Award is out!

Call for 2019 Živa Award is out! We kindly invite you to sign up for the Živa Award 2019 – Award for the Best Slavic Museum and for the Best Slavic Heritage Site. The Award does not require any application fee. The call will be open until the 15 December 2018 and to enter on-line […]

The FSC Board with New President

The FSC Board with New President At the 16th Regular Session of the FSC Board the members elected a new president. Pavle Goranović, former Minister of Culture of Republic of Montenegro was replaced by Vladan Vukosavljević, Minister of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia The regular session hosted by the Serbian Ministry of […]

The FSC Once Again at the Moscow Book Fair and in Yasnaya Polyana

The FSC Once Again at the Moscow Book Fair and in Yasnaya Polyana The International Foundation – Forum of Slavic Cultures presented the 100 Slavic Novels series at the Moscow International Book Fair for the second year in a row. After Moscow the authors representing the series continued their visit to Russia at the Leo […]

The 100 Slavic Novels Collection Ever Larger

The 100 Slavic Novels Collection Ever Larger A Macedonian publishing house Slovo, the Macedonian partner of the 100 Slavic Novels project, published two new titles in the first half of 2018. These are first books to be published in the 100 Slavic Novels series from the Bulgarian and Montenegro lists. The countries joined the book […]

Museums in Short 2018 Awards to Greece, France and the Netherlands

Museums in Short 2018 Awards to Greece, France and the Netherlands The Forum of Slavic Cultures together with its partners organized the award ceremony for the Museums in Short – European awards for the best European short museum films. The awards have been bestowed for the fifth time. The winner in the category “exhibits” was […]

Museums in Short 2018 – The Beautiful Dozen of Finalists

Museums in Short 2018 – The Beautiful Dozen of Finalists 49 museums from 20 European countries participated at the 5th edition of the Museums in Short Award – European contest for short videos produced by/for/with museums. The awarding ceremony will take place in Piran/Slovenia on the 31st of August 2018, hosting by the International foundation […]

Forum of Slavic Cultures attracted attention at Intermuseum festival in Moscow

Forum of Slavic Cultures attracted attention at Intermuseum festival in Moscow This year, the Forum of Slavic Cultures attended Intermuseum, the international museum festival in Moscow, for the first time as a strategic partner. The Živa booth (Živa is the award for the best Slavic museum) presented fifteen Slavic museums, of which three were Slovene. […]

The 12th International Summer School of Museology attracted record numbers

The 12th International Summer School of Museology attracted record numbers The International Summer School of Museology that takes place under the auspices of the Forum of Slavic Cultures and the University of Primorska, Faculty of Humanities, and in cooperation with the Municipality of Piran, saw its 12th edition this year. With more than 60 participants […]

FSC Attending the Days of Slavic Cultures in Moravia for the Second Time

FSC Attending the Days of Slavic Cultures in Moravia for the Second Time For the second year in a row, the Forum of Slavic Cultures (FSC) participated in the Conference on the Interslavic Language and in the Days of Slavic Cultures Festival which are traditionally held in various towns in Moravia (Czech Republic). This year’s […]

100 Slavic Novels with Suzana Tratnik in the Centre of St. Petersburg

100 Slavic Novels with Suzana Tratnik in the Centre of St. Petersburg At the occasion of the St. Petersburg International Book Salon the Forum of Slavic Cultures opened the 100 Slavic Novels Exhibition while Slovenian writer Suzana Tratnik took care that Slovenian word could not only be seen but also heard at the city’s main […]

Živa Award 2018 Judges Have Paid Visit to All 25 Museums

Živa Award 2018 Judges Have Paid Visit to All 25 Museums Between February and the end of April thirteen judges for the Živa Award visited all 25 museums, contestants for the Živa Award 2018. This is a rare and unique practice that enriches museums as well as judges. The pricelessness of a personal experience brings […]

Slavic Word at the 50th International Writers’ Meeting in Bled

Slavic Word at the 50th International Writers’ Meeting in Bled A round-table of writers from Slavic countries with Jennifer Clement, President of PEN International, took place at the 50th International writers’ meeting in Bled organized by Slovenian PEN Centre. In addition, Slavic writers gathered at the literary evening, moderated by Dubravka Đurić Nemec from Croatia. […]

Working Visit in Bratislava Brings About New Connections

Working Visit in Bratislava Brings About New Connections During her working visit to the Slovak capital, Director of the Forum of Slavic Cultures Andreja Rihter, PhD, had a meeting with Ivan Sečik, State Secretary at the Slovak Ministry of Culture. Sečik expressed his support to the Forum of Slavic Cultures and promised more active involvement […]

First Museums in Short – All-in-One Seminar a Success

First Museums in Short – All-in-One Seminar a Success Within the activities of Piranova – International Heritage Research Centre in Piran in cooperation with international partners a one day seminar Museums in Short – All-in-One was organized. Museums in Short judges, experts, filmmakers, artists and cultural heritage students from five different countries (Netherlands, Greece, Italy, […]

First Slovenian-Russian Cultural Forum Promises a Boost in Cooperation

First Slovenian-Russian Cultural Forum Promises a Boost in Cooperation The first Slovenian-Russian Cultural Forum, one of the most important events within cultural seasons 2017-2018, came to a close with a strategic session where the Slovenian and Russian sides adopted common conclusions. They are related to the common goal of enhancing the cooperation of Slovenian and […]

Centre of Slavic Cultures in Belgrade

Centre of Slavic Cultures in Belgrade On the day marking the 186th anniversary of the National Library of Serbia the Serbian Minister of Culture and Information Vladan Vukosavljević opened the Centre of Slavic Cultures Belgrade, the second of its kind run by the Forum of Slavic Cultures. “The potential of Slavic cultures is enormous and […]

Živa Award ceremony in Prague, 25 candidates for the award

Živa Award ceremony in Prague, 25 candidates for the award More museums than ever before are running for this year’s Živa Award for the best Slavic museum – as many as 25 from 12 Slavic countries. The Forum of Slavic Cultures will confer the 5th Živa Award, this year for the first time with prize […]

A step forward on the cultural route – a working visit to Luxemburg

A step forward on the cultural route – a working visit to Luxemburg FSC Director Andreja Rihter paid a working visit to Stefano Dominioni, Director of the European Institute of Cultural Routes in Luxemburg. The purpose of the meeting was to set the timeframe and contents of the steps leading to the new cultural route, […]

Tracings out of Thin Air at the Hermitage

Tracings out of Thin Air at the Hermitage At the Youth Education Centre of the State Hermitage Museum, the Forum of Slavic Cultures presented Tracings out of Thin Air, a book that discusses the shaping of oppositional practices and collaborative communities in art and culture. Both Slovenian and Russian authors took part in the presentation, […]

The second Centre of Slavic Cultures opened in Belgrade

The second Centre of Slavic Cultures opened in Belgrade The Forum of Slavic Cultures is a Ljubljana-based international foundation that connects people and institutions in thirteen Slavic countries through different projects. To intensify promotion of Slavic cultures and improve access to tangible and intangible cultural heritage the FSC decided to open Centres of Slavic Cultures […]

New Minister of Culture of Montenegro expresses support to FSC

New Minister of Culture of Montenegro expresses support to FSC Like his predecessors, Mr. Aleksandar Bogdanović, the new Montenegrin Minister of Culture, supports the activity of the Forum of Slavic Cultures and its projects that involve active participation of Montenegrin partners, both individual and institutional. This was one of the key points he made at […]

The first novel of the 100 Slavic Novels series published in Montenegro

The first novel of the 100 Slavic Novels series published in Montenegro Montenegrin publishing house Otvoreni Kulturni Forum published the first in the 100 Slavic Novels series, Drago Jančar’s novel Mocking Desire. The book that marks Montenegro’s active involvement in the project, whose beginnings go back to 2006, was translated by Miroslav Mrković. Another two […]

The FSC Director met Minister of Culture of Belarus

The FSC Director met Minister of Culture of Belarus Director of the Forum of Slavic Cultures, Andreja Rihter, PhD, and the Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia to the Russian Federation, H. E. Mr. Primož Šeligo, met new Minister of Culture of the Republic of Belarus in Minsk, Mr. Jury Bondar. Ms Rihter presented the […]

The Živa Award 2018 call is closed

The Živa Award 2018 call is closed On 15 of January 2018 the Živa Award 2018 call was closed. The FSC headquarters received the highest number of applications from Slavic countries so far. The candidates will be announced in the nearest future, the 5th ceremony will take place in Prague (Czech Republic) from 12 to […]