Evelina Ferrar

Message from the Slovenian Embassy in London:

You’re kindly invited to celebrate the launch of Flood Tide by award-winning author Ana Schnabl, recently published in the UK by Divided Publishing. Ana Schnabl will present her book in conversation with Katharina Volckmer, journalist and author of The Appointment.

Book Launch: Flood Tide by Ana Schnabl

Thursday 21 May 2026 at 7 PM

Brick Lane Bookshop,
166 Brick Lane, London E1 6RU

BOOK TICKETS

Set along the Adriatic coast, Flood Tide follows novelist Dunja Anko as she returns home, grappling with physical decline and a heavy dependence on marijuana, to unravel the mystery of her brother’s death. Elegantly plotted, darkly humorous, and self-reflexive, the novel offers a psychologically nuanced exploration of trauma shaped by human limitation and indecision.

Ana Schnabl is a Slovenian writer and editor. She writes for several Slovene media outlets and is a columnist for the Guardian. Her collection of short stories Untied was met with critical acclaim and won the Best Debut Award at the Slovene Book Fair. Her debut novel Masterpiece was longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award, and received plaudits from the Los Angeles Review of Books and the New York Review of Books. Her second novel Plima was nominated for the Slovene Kresnik Award, and her third novel September won the Kresnik Award in 2025.

The Slovene kozolec (hayrack) on Henley’s Gillots Field beckons once again.

On Sunday 28^th June from midday onwards we will hold our annual picnic. Mark your diaries, and come with families, children, balls and plenty to eat and drink. Harmonicas and accordeons too if you manage. This will be a great way to prepare for summer holidays.

Address: Gillots Field, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1PT. Plenty of nearby parking.

See you there!

On Wednesday the 1st of April the first direct flight by EasyJet from Edinburgh touched down on time at Ljubljana Airport and a warm Slovene welcome was awaiting the passengers and crew.

Two Slovene pipers, Marko and Jurij, played a number of Scottish tunes including ‘Scotland the Brave’, ‘Highland Cathedral’ and ‘Flower of Scotland’. Their marching was in strict tempo and they were note perfect – čistitke!

The welcome party included Janez Krašnja from Fraport, Nigel Baker from the British Embassy and Barbara Uranjek Kozina from the British-Slovene Chamber of Commerce, plus British-Slovene Society Trustee James Walker (in his trews) and his wife Brigita.

The flight operates twice a week, and makes visiting two wonderful countries much easier. James and Brigita (see picture) live partly in Slovenia and partly in Edinburgh. No doubt they’ll be on the flight quite a few times.

Members of the British-Slovene Society are invited to join a relaxed get-together in London organised by VTIS.

Mercato Metropolitano, 42 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6DR

Thursday, 16. April from 6:30 pm.

The Mercato Metropolitano is a vibrant go-to place where you can taste street food and refreshing beverages in good company.

See: application.

A research team  concerning “Brexit Couples” invites you to an online event:

Event Details

Date: Wednesday, 11 March 2026

Time: 18:00 – 19:00 (UK time)

Registration Link: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/673dc1d7-1f49-436f-821d-b01867294e45@b2e47f30-cd7d-4a4e-a5da-b18cf1a4151b

Registration will only take a minute and can be done in advance. You will then be sent an email with the link to join the launch (please also check your spam/junk folder).  

Everybody welcome – Please share this invitation widely! 

About the Brexit Couples Project  

The Brexit Couples project (www.brexitcouples.ac.uk) is funded by the ESRC and led by Prof Katharine Charsley (University of Bristol) and Prof Helena Wray (University of Exeter). Drawing on more than 100 interviews with UK-EU couples and stakeholders, the project report sets out the challenges for and impacts on UK-EU couples subject to the UK’s partner visa rules – one of the world’s most restrictive family migration systems in the world – and provides important new evidence for policy makers and stakeholders.

Read our final project report, drawing on our interview and statistical data, here.

A short policy briefing is available here.

Love, Borders, Brexit – The Brexit Couples Project Podcast Series 

The ‘Love, Borders, Brexit’ podcast series charts the experiences of UK-EU couples navigating the UK partner immigration system after Brexit. In each of the first five episodes, a couple tells us what happened when they tried to live together in the UK. The final, sixth episode reflects on what participants and the research team have learnt from the project.

The series is hosted and produced by Lincoln Van der Westhuizen (a UK-based podcast producer who has lived experience of the UK partner immigration system).

You can listen to the podcast series on our website and other podcast platforms.

llustrations 

We have created a series of illustrations, co-produced with UK-EU couples, to evoke their experiences with the UK immigration system. The illustrator Michael Grieve also has lived experience of the UK partner immigration system.

You can find the illustrations on our website.

If you have any questions about the event or our outputs, please contact the team here or send us an email.

Živa Alif, a graduate of the University of Oxford, has won this year’s L’Oréal–UNESCO award For Women in Science. The awards also went to Dana Marinič and Nina Murks.

At the presentation ceremony on 4th March, Slovenian President Nataša Pirc Musar said: »When women advance, science advances. And when science advances, humanity advances.”

Živa, who is a member of the British-Slovene Society, is an agricultural economist and interdisciplinary conservation social scientist at the University of Ljubljana.  She was given the award for her research into attitudes of farmers and individuals towards the natural environment and how they can be influenced by public policy.

Živa commented: »I am incredibly honoured. This recognition means a great deal to me, as it highlights the value of my research so far and motivates me to keep pushing forward… I am deeply grateful for the support it will provide for my future scientific development.”

The British-Slovene Society staged their annual Prešeren evening celebration once again with Vlado Kreslin, one of Slovenia’s most famous folk singers and songwriters, and a huge favourite with our members.

After a reception with Slovenian wines – a dozen kindly donated by the Embassy of Slovenia in London – participants sat down to a splendid dinner at the Memoir Club (formerly Ambassadors Hotel).

Then followed the traditional recital of a poem. Since our Society strives to brings our two nations together, for once we did not recite France Prešeren. Instead we chose his English contemporary, William Wordsworth. Trustee James Walker read »Daffodils«, aptly celebrating the outbreak of spring.

The moment Vlado Kreslin strummed up his guitar, half the room stood up, swayed, sang along and danced until late. Vlado you have been with us for more years than we can remember. We will never tire of you!

The British-Slovene Society gratefully acknowledges the financial contribution made by the Government’s Office for Slovenians Abroad.

Photos by Anthony Dawton.

We received the following invitation from VTIS (Slovenians educated abroad):

VABILO NA VTIS KARIERNE DNEVE 2026:

Društvo v tujini izobraženih Slovencev (VTIS) med 16. in 19. marcem 2026 organizira VTIS Karierne dneve, spletni dogodek, namenjen vsem, ki jih zanimajo karierne priložnosti, prehodi in razvojne možnosti na slovenskem trgu dela.

Dogodek je primeren tako za Slovence v tujini, ki razmišljajo o vrnitvi, kot tudi za vse, ki želijo pridobiti vpogled v aktualne priložnosti in neposredno stopiti v stik s predstavniki podjetij in institucij.

Udeleženci bodo imeli priložnost spoznati uspešne slovenske delodajalce (Lek, član skupine Sandoz, Better, Novartis Slovenija, Zavarovalnica Triglav) ter se povezati z Zavodom RS za zaposlovanje, ki bo predstavil aktivnosti in podporne programe za Slovence po svetu. Poseben informativni dogodek bo namenjen tudi administrativnim izzivom ob vračanju v Slovenijo, kjer bodo predstavljene teme, kot so izračunavanje pokojninske dobe (ZPIZ), vrednotenje tujih diplom in nazivov (ENIC-NARIC center) ter vprašanja, povezana s štipendijami Ad futura in obveznostmi štipendistov (Javni štipendijski, razvojni, invalidski in preživninski sklad RS).

Več informacij in prijava: VTIS Karierni dnevi 2026 — VTIS