A series of events will be held between today and 18 September in five Slovenian towns to mark the European Days of Jewish Culture. The all-European project, taking place in Slovenia for the 20th year in a row, will provide the visitors with a deep insight into individual aspects of Jewish culture and heritage.

Over 150 pop folk songs by the Avsenik Brothers Ensemble will be played from Friday to Sunday at a festival centred around the heritage of the legendary Avsenik brothers.

The Slovenian comic magazine Stripburger and its comic artists have announced an exhibition of "Slovenian comics delicacies with a distinctive international flavour" at the Neurotitan Gallery in Berlin, opening on 6 September.

The Slovenian Museum of Christianity in Stična is launching an exhibition on Slovenian missionary Ignacij Knoblehar and his colleagues living in southern Sudan in the middle of the 19th century.

The annual Tartini Festival, dedicated to the Piran-born Italian Baroque composer and violinist Giuseppe Tartini, will get under way with a performance by international ensemble Il Terzo Suono at the Piran St. George's Parish Church on Thursday evening.

The president of the Slovenian Writers' Association (DSP) Dušan Merc has decried in a public letter to Culture Minister Zoran Poznič the state of Slovenian book publishing. Noting a marked drop in funding, Merc says Slovenia is not ready for the fairs in Bologna and Frankfurt where it will be the guest of honour in 2021 and 2022, respectively.

Jürgen Boos, the director of the Frankfurt Book Fair, is again visiting Slovenia on an invitation from the Public Agency for Books, this time in relation to Slovenia being the guest of honour at the world's largest trade fair for books in 2022.