28 November 2016 from 8 pm
Underbelly | 11 Hoxton Square, London N1 6NU
Get-together of Slovenes and Their Friends and concert by July Jones with Ina Reni, Becky Arundel and Ina Shai.
On this occasion, the Slovenian-born singer and songwriter July Jones will launch her first album. MORE
July Jones describes her style of music as modern soul, which in her vision means soul combined with electronic pop. She will perform the songs created in the past two years since her move to London.
The BSS warmly invites you to our annual Carol Service on the 2nd of December 2016, at 7 pm.
This is our regular festive get together which is held in the beautiful church of St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe, Queen Victoria Street and St. Andrew’s Hill, City of London, EC4V 5DE.
The church, which was built by Sir Christopher Wren is a wonderful historic building and well worth a visit in its own right. Please come and join in our carol singing in English and Slovene.
Catch up with friends after the service as there will be potica (offered by the Society) and Christmas drinks (courtesy of the Embassy).
There is no charge but a collection is taken to support the work of the Barka charity in Slovenia.
Nearest underground Blackfriars. St Paul’s and Mansion House nearby.
Time: Thursday 17 November 2016 at 6 pm
Place: Barnard’s Inn Hall, Holborn, London EC1N 2HH
Title: In the Context of the Common Law: The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg
Boštjan M. Zupančič, a Slovenian judge at the European Court of Human Rights since 1998, will talk about differences between British Common Law, under which “like cases should be decided alike”, and the logical reasoning in the Continental legal system. They represent two different cognitive approaches to reality.
Tuesday 1 November at 7.30 pm at Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
This autumn the novels of three Slovenian authors will be published in the World Series – a joint venture between Peter Owen and Istros Books aiming to bring quality literature in translation to an English-reading audience.
The World Series kicks off with the event The Comedy of Life. Nigel Warburton and Slavoj Žižek join Jela Krečič Žižek to discuss her new novel, ‘None Like Her’, a hapless tale of the fruitless search for a perfect partner.
Conway Hall is a landmark of London’s independent intellectual, political and cultural life.
Monday 31 October at 6.30pm at the University of Nottingham, the Hemsley (Staff Club), Room B2, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD
Slovene author Jela Krečič and translator and PhD student Olivia Hellewell come together in front of an audience to read from and discuss Jela’s debut novel, None Like Her (Ni druge) in English translation, allowing an insight into the working relationship between author and translator, as well as discussing practical and theoretical aspects of translation.
Two decades after the Dayton Peace Agreement came into force, Bosnia is not at war. However, the absence of war is not peace. Bosnia has failed to move on from conflict. Political processes are deadlocked. The country is in a state of political, social and economic paralysis. As the international community has downgraded its presence, conditions have deteriorated, irredentist agendas have resurfaced and the outlook is increasingly negative. War remains a risk because of myriad unresolved issues, zero-sum politics and incompatible positions among rival ethno-national elites.
Christopher Bennett, a member of the British-Slovene Society, presents a cautionary political history of Bosnia’s disintegration, war and peace process. He concludes by proposing a paradigm shift aimed at building ethno-national security and making the peace settlement self-sustaining.
Presentations by author:
1st November – London School of Economics
2nd November – De Montfort University (Leicester)
3rd November – University of Oxford
4th November – University of Kent (Canterbury)
As has become a custom, the sun shone once again on the annual British-Slovene Society picnic at the Oxford University Arboretum on the last Sunday of a very rainy June.
The event is proving ever more popular with families with children, who can run around, kick balls, and climb over a mighty tree trunk.
For grown-ups and children alike, there were sumptuous spreads of food and drink laid out on blankets under two gazebos – and many pleasant hours to renew friendships, meet new acquaintances and network.
And all in the presence of Slovenia’s national symbol, the kozolec (hayrack).
For Members of the British-Slovene Society only:
Notice is hereby given that the The Annual General Meeting of the British-Slovene Society will be held at 7.00pm on Wednesday 27 July 2016 at the offices of:
The Middle East Association
27 St James’s Street / 6th Floor
London SW1 1HA
AGENDA
Ordinary Business
David Lloyd
Chairman Dated: 29 June 2016
In case you cannot attend the AGM and wish to vote, please use the Form of Proxy: BSS 2016 AGM Form of proxy
Hundreds of guests joined Slovenian Ambassador Tadej Rupel in celebrating 25 years of Slovenia’s independent statehood at the Institute of Directors in Pall Mall, London, on 21st June.
To mark the occasion, the Slovenian Government’s Communication Office compiled some of the most significant achievements of the young state. Did you know...
… that in 1991 Slovenia’s GDP per capita was EUR 5,000 and in 2015 it was over EUR 18,000?
… that life expectancy increased by more than six years since 1991?
… that for 25 years Slovenia has had one of the best systems of parental leave and childbirth allowances?
… that the procedure for establishing a company took 3 to 6 months in 1991, whereas it now takes only a day for a sole proprietor and a few days for a limited liability company ?
… that in 1991, 350,000 theatre-goers were recorded in Slovenia, whereas in 2014 this number had doubled to 745,400?
See The Story of Twenty-Five Years, a 20-page publication to be found in Slovene and English on the website www.slovenija25.si.
Slovenia is celebrating 25 years of its independence and will hold an All-Slovene Meeting on 30 June in the Slovenian Parliament.
To mark this occasion, young Slovenians living abroad are invited to assess relations between their new homeland and Slovenia. You can either come in person or send a video. Please see the invitation: Vabilo XVI. Vseslovensko srecanje 2016
