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The paintings were donated by Matej and Uroš Roesmann, who
discussed the donation years ago with the Gallery’s director
at the time, Dr Andrej Smrekar. Both works come from the
USA, and the director of the National Gallery, Barbara Jaki, has
emphasised that only a careful and responsible gesture by the
donors enabled a great part of Slovene cultural heritage to be a
part of the treasury of the National Gallery.
“REZERvNI dELI” ONE OF TEN MOST
IMPORTANT MOTION PICTuRES OF NEW
EuROPE
The British magazine Sight and Sound, published by the British
Film Institute, has listed the ten most important films of the socalled
New Europe (Eastern Europe since the fall of communism
and the new members of the European Union since 2004).
Among them is the film “Rezervni deli” by the director Damjan
Kozole. Filmed in 2003 and awarded several times, the film was
judged one of the most provocative and innovative by British film
critics, The Guardian critic even awarded it five stars. The film is
still being shown the UK.
THE BIGGEST AIR SHOW IN SLOvENIA’S
HISTORY
The second weekend is June was marked by the IAS 08 air
show in Maribor. The air show symbolically pointed out that
Maribor was a city with an 80-year aviation tradition, as this
year marks the 80th anniversary of the Maribor Aviation Centre,
which organized the event, while Maribor is also a city with an
international airport. The event was also dedicated to the 30th
anniversary of Maribor Airport.
“IAS Maribor '08 is the biggest aviation event in Slovenia’s history,
featuring more than 100 military and civilian airplanes from
Slovenia and abroad. This is also one of the key events during
the Slovenian Presidency of the European Union in 2008,” the
organizers believe. The meeting featured more than 10 military
air forces, ultralight aircraft, acrobatic pilots and vintage aircraft,
and the sky was also crossed by pilots in F-16 fighter aircraft.
This is why the organisers prepared the air show on the 99th
anniversary of the first flight in Slovenia by the cosmopolitan
aviator Edvard Rusjan, who was honoured during these days,
more precisely on 15 June, with the decision of the Slovenian
Government to rename Maribor Airport in his honour.
The main speaker at the meeting was the Transport Minister,
Radovan Žerjav, who like the other 20,000 visitors from all over
Slovenia attending the show, was amazed by the acrobatics.
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LJuBLJANA TO BECOME A WORLd BOOk
CAPITAL IN 2010
Ljubljana has filed a candidacy for a title, awarded by UNESCO,
and in a tight competition with well-known cities like Vienna,
Lisbon, Riga, St. Petersburg, Wellington and Guadalajara, has
received the honour of developing reading culture in Slovenia
to an even greater extent and to promote Slovene books, as
well as others, which she has ambitiously outlined in her cultural
programme, which was adopted a few months ago.
The Slovene capital city has shown great ambition, especially
after Maribor took over the candidacy for the European Capital of
Culture, and began implementing a programme for the candidacy.
In the next few years there will be a significant increase in the
number of cultural performances, especially those that make
Ljubljana a vibrant and open city. Special attention will be placed
to the accessibility of culture, to allow a broad range of viewers
and visitors to participate, making this a trademark of the city.
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