Subdivisions of Slovenia

Ljubljana, 18 October – A digital remastered copy of the first Slovenian silent feature-length film V Kraljestvu Zlatoroga (In the Realm of the Goldhorn) will premiere in Ljubljana’s Cankarjev Dom arts centre this evening. A quartet led by pianist Andrej Goričar, who wrote a new score for the film in 2005, will accompany the screening.

Ljubljana – A new autonomous zone has been created in Ljubljana near the Žale cemetery in premises owned by the bad bank but left to decay for several years. The users of what has been named the Participative Ljubljana Autonomous Zone (PLAC) expect they will not have to face police but support in “creating a healthy and open society”.

Novo Mesto – One person died and three were wounded in a shooting near Brezje, an informal Roma settlement in Novo Mesto area, on Saturday night. The suspect was arrested this morning, Novo Mesto police said.

The suspect, a 25-year-old man, appears to have shot dead a 22-year-old man from Novo Mesto along the main road between Mirna Peč and Novo Mesto.

Maribor – The Maribor Synagogue will hold open day on Sunday to kick start a series of events celebrating the annual European Days of Jewish Culture in Slovenia. This year the events focus on the theme of renewal.

Ljubljana – It is high time that after years of talk, Prekmurje region was helped make a development breakthrough, Prime Minister Robert Golob said in a message he wrote on the Day of Unification of Prekmurje Slovenians with the Homeland, which is celebrated on 17 August.

Bled/Radovljica – The peak of the tourist season at Lake Bled resulted in large quantities of malodorous waste being washed off into the only outlet from the lake, the local environmental organisation has warned, adding that the Sava Bohinjka river is also full of algae. This resulted in the nearby fish farm having to euthanise thousands of fish due to poisoning.

Ljubljana – A hundred and twenty Ukrainian citizens who have already been granted temporary protection status in Slovenia or have requested it will be placed in an accommodation centre in the town of Postojna, south-west, the government said after Friday’s session, at which it took a decision to establish the centre.

Bohinj/Kranj – Slovenia’s mountain rescue teams were again busy this Sunday as they came to the aid of several injured hikers as well as a dog in four helicopter dispatches. More and more hikers have insufficient knowledge about mountaineering equipment and underestimate the mountains, the authorities warn, urging responsible behaviour.

Ljubljana – A number of cities, towns and villages will join annual outdoor reading in parks, squares and along rivers starting in Ljubljana on Friday for the 18th year. Eight locations in Ljubljana will take part in the Library under the Treetops project alongside another 13 Slovenian towns and one in neighbouring Austria.

Postojna – Twenty children from a Ukrainian orphanage have arrived safely in the village of Slavina near Postojna on Tuesday. Most of the children are between one and three and a half years old. Sandi Curk, commander of civil protection of the Notranjska region, told the STA they had been warmly welcomed.