Acclaimed painter Metka Krašovec, last year's Prešeren Prize laureate, has died, aged 76, the public broadcaster RTV Slovenija reported on Tuesday. The world of the people became sensual and slowed down in her images, according to curator Miloš Bašin.

TV Slovenija director Ljerka Bizilj has informed RTV Slovenija director Igor Kadunc she wishes to prematurely end her term. Bizilj's resignation, announced for 4 June, is widely believed to be related to the exorbitant costs of the contest for Slovenia's Eurovision entry last year.

Ivan, the latest feature film by Janez Burger, has won the Danny Lerner Award for best feature film at the regional LET'S CEE Film Festival, which took place in Vienna between 13 and 22 April, in the competition of a dozen films.

Composer Nina Šenk will have her piece of music performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker as part of BBC Proms, one of the most prestigious classical music festivals in the world.

Vesna Vozlič Košir and Matej Vozlič have won this year's Plečnik Prize, the main national award for architecture, for their work on the Ljubljanica embankment from the Triple Bridge to Zois Street in the city of Ljubljana.

Elda Viler, the mellow voice of orchestral pop, was spotlighted as the media legend and late actor Jernej Šugman was honoured as the actor of the year as Slovenian showbusiness awards were presented last night.

Demeter Bitenc, one of the best known Slovenian film actors, has died aged 95. His first film was the first Slovenian feature film Na svoji zemlji (On Our Own Land). He appeared in more than 230 theatre and film roles in his seventy-year career, web portal RTV Slovenija reported.