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Milan Matos /Manager of Mladinska knjiga and initiator of the
project/: Leading Publisher Issues Special Edition of Bible
Ljubljana, 22 October - Mladinska knjiga issued a hand-bound Bible decorated
with gilt edges, enfolded in leather and packed in a wooden
box in a limited edition of only 1,000 copies at a full price of EUR
2,480 a copy. According to this is the biggest project in the history
of the publishing house. Such an edition does not only have a great
cultural value, but buying a copy is also a good investment in the
economic sense and numerous Slovenians are well aware of that.
One third of the books has already been sold at the pre-order price
of EUR 1,980. The 1,056-page book contains the standard Slovenian
translation of the Holly Scripture and illustrations of the crucial Biblical
scenes. These are reproductions of paintings, made between 1000
and 1610 in European Roman Catholic countries from England to
Romania.The works of art, which were once reserved for royal eyes
only, have been copied using a special technique at the Austrian National
Library in Vienna, where they are stored, but are not on display,
over 100 illustrations were coated with gold foil.
Andrej Bajuk /Finance Minister/: I Remain Optimistic in Face of
Financial Crisis
Washington, 12 October −I remain optimistic about Slovenia’s ability to
cope with the global financial crisis, which is in the focus of the annual
meeting of the World Bank and the International Monetary
Fund in Washington. The situation of the Slovenian banks is really
stable. These are not things that I could have invented in recent weeks,
but the result of findings that matters in our banks are far from
being as complicated as elsewhere - this is so simply because our
banks were not buying these papers (in reference to the repackaged
mortgage bonds of US citizens.) But Slovenia is not an island and
that problems could arise if the inter-bank market freezes. ≈There
should be no problems because our banks have sufficient reserves
to cover their commitments in the coming months. However, if the
crisis persists and there is no solution that gets the inter-bank market
going again, we could also be in trouble. He believes it is now vital
to ensure that Slovenian banks continues to have access to the funds
they had on disposal so far on the inter-bank market, and ≈if there is
no other way, this will have to be done with support and guarantees
from the state.
Barbara Orel /The selector of the biggest Slovenian theatre festival,
the 43rd Borstnik Meeting/: Slovenian theatre is in good
shape and responsible
Maribor, 17 October - The productions display ≈a colourful diversity
of type and genre, ranging from the ritual to radically political
theatre. Social commitment and political awareness are typical
of the Slovenian theatre. There is the keen interest for the issues
concerning the Slovenian identity, which I decided to showcase in
the accompanying programme themed ≈Nation, Theatre, Community«.
The programme will feature five productions.
Trubarjev forum: Trubar’s Book Comes out in Modern Slovenian
Ljubljana, 14 October
The spelling-book ≈Abecedarium«, which along with ≈Catechism«
represents the first Slovenian book, is now available in modern Slovenian.
458 years after Primoz Trubar (1508-1586) it was published
by Trubarjev forum. It is ironic that someone who is praised as the
founder of the Slovenian language and the father of national identity
should be read by just few experts, Trubarjev forum had thus made it
its goal to translate the Protestant reformer's books into the modern
standard Slovenian language. ≈This way we want to bring Trubar back
to life,« Sukic said, hoping primary school students could once read
Trubar as well. The first edition of ≈Abecedarium« will be intended
for studies. It contains the original text on one page and the translation
on the other. The second, popular edition of the book will only
contain the translation and will be cheaper to buy, Crnivec said and
announced the publication of ≈Catechism« for next year.