Culture Minister Dejan Prešiček signed on Wednesday a decree that protects the extensive art works collection of NLB as a national treasure, preventing the bank's pending new owner from removing it from the country.
The awards for the best achievements in design were given out as the international Month of Design festival got under way in Ljubljana on Tuesday. The festival will feature several highlights, including an exhibition of award-winning products and projects from SE Europe.
The 29th Ljubljana International Film festival (LIFFe) will bring a varied selection of films and accompanying events between 7 and 18 November, when ten films from the Perspectives section compete for the main award, the Kingfisher.
An exhibition will open at the Museum of Contemporary History Tuesday evening presenting the social phenomenon of veselicas, traditional outdoor village balls hosted by firefighters' associations in rural communities in the summer months.
A museum will open on Friday in Mirna Peč, the home town of folk musician Lojze Slak, poet Tone Pavček and several other prominent Slovenians, to honour the town's best known natives. The first to be presented is the internationally acclaimed folk music accordionist Slak (1932-2011).
It will all about theatre in the next two weeks as the annual Maribor Theatre Festival transforms Slovenia's second largest city into a centre of vibrant creativity for the 53rd year in a row.
Maribor is hosting the 24th International Festival of Computer Arts, featuring more than 20 events around the city and at http://mfru.org/. Starting on Friday evening, the festival will present more than 70 artists until next Friday. The focus this year is on female artists.