The Italian city of Gorizia used to have a thriving Jewish community. During the Second World War most of its members perished or fled, and when the war ended the synagogue and the cemetery were on different sides of the Iron Curtain. They are now being reconnected at a symbolic level.
A cross-bord

Slovenia will head to the polls on 11 May for a referendum on special pension allowances for artists launched by the opposition amidst government appeals that voters should boycott it.
The referendum, whose date was confirmed on 4 April, concerns a law passed at the end of January that would give s

More than 50 Slovenian musicians, including several former Eurovision contestants, have signed a petition calling for a ban on Israel's participation in this year's Eurovision song contest amidst continued Israeli attacks on Gaza.
They have called on public broadcaster RTV Slovenija, which manages

NLB, Slovenia's largest bank, has amassed Slovenia's largest private collection of art over several decades of purchasing works by modern and contemporary authors. The artworks, long hidden from public view, are now on show in a dedicated gallery in the centre of Ljubljana.
The gallery called Muza

Idrija, a town in western Slovenia, is well known for its abandoned mercury mine, lace-making tradition and delicious žlikrofi dumplings, but there is another, little-known fact about the picturesque town: in the early 1930s, it was home to the young Pier Paolo Pasolini, the prolific Italian poet,

Foreign artists continue their dominance of Slovenian airwaves. In 2024 fewer that one in three songs played on the radio were Slovenian, the lowest share since statistics began 15 years ago.
Ten years ago the share of Slovenian music peaked at almost 43%, but since then it has been more or less co

Writer Aleš Šteger has received the Prix Max Jacob Etranger poetry award, one of the most prestigious poetry awards in the French-speaking world. He was honoured for his selected poems Nad nebom pod zemljo (Above the Sky Beneath the Earth or Au-delà du ciel sous la terre), which have been translate

Blending industrial innovation with historical preservation, the Doblar hydro power plant on the Soča has unveiled a museum dedicated to the technical heritage of hydropower. The new museum invites the public to explore the fascinating story behind one of Slovenia's oldest energy facilities.
The po

Slovenia's first tactile gallery has opened in Nova Gorica municipality, offering blind and sighted visitors alike a fresh, hands-on encounter with iconic artworks spanning centuries.
The Tactile Gallery, located in a shopping centre in Kromberk and run by the regional Goriška Museum, features work