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10 May 2008
Angel sculpture by well.known artist Vaidas Ramoška now also in Ljubljana
At 6pm yesterday in the Atrium of the City Museum, Mayor of Ljubljana Zoran Janković unveiled a Sculpture of a White Angel, a gift to Ljubljana from the City of Vilnius. Angels by well.known artist Vaidas Ramoška have for some years decorated the capital of Lithuania while from this year on this symbol of the goodwill and hospitality of Vilnius has been donated to Warsaw, Kaliningrad, St Petersburg, Stockholm and now also Ljubljana.
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10 May 2008
Honouring Ljubljana Citizens
The title of Ljubljana Woman of the Year for 2008 was awarded to world famous musician Prof. Irena Grafenauer, who unfortunately could not attend the ceremony, as yesterday she was in Italy to receive the premier international states prize. The title of Ljubljana's 2008 Man of the Year award was handed to neurosurgeon Prof. Dr. Vinko V. Dolenc by the Mayor.
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10 May 2008
Ljubljana's City Awards for 2008
Ljubljana's City Awards for 2008 were awarded to Dr. Lučka Kajfež Bogataj, blood donor Marijan Pečan and the Slovenian Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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10 May 2008
Recipients of the City of Ljubljana's 2008 Plaques
Recipients of the City of Ljubljana's 2008 Plaques were Uroš Lajovic, Vladislav Sluga, Tone Sazonov - Tonač, J.E. Krek - Sostro Fruit & Gardening Society, the Jelka kindergarten, Anton Tone Zadnikar, Dr. Dimitrij Mitja Bartenjev, Dr. Marjana Kobe and two youth scouting associations, Rašiški rod and Močvirski tulipani.
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10 May 2008
Gala Session of Ljubljana City Council
On the occasion of the Ljubljana public holiday, yesterday at 2pm at Ljubljana Castle a Gala Session of Ljubljana City Council got underway, at which Mayor Zoran Janković with Milena Mileva Blažić, President of Ljubljana City Council's Awards Commission presented the City of Ljubljana's 2008 awards and prizes as well as honouring citizens. The Gala Session of Ljubljana City Council was compered by Bernarda Žarn, with performances by the city pipers, the Ljubljana octet, violinist Klara Gomboc and clarinetist Aljaž Beguša, both of whom are recipients of City of Ljubljana bursaries.
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10 May 2008
'European Village' in Ljubljana
Yesterday morning, Pogačarjev Square became a 'European Village' for a while. Schoolchildren stood on stands representing the 27 EU member states, their national symbols, history, culture, traditions, customs, national costumes, music, sport, culinary delicacies and other aspects. The event was also attended by Mayor of Ljubljana Zoran Janković accompanied by the mayors of various capital cities participating in the Meeting of Mayors of European Capitals.
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9 May 2008
Concert to celebrate Ljubljana City Holiday and Europe Day
A concert by the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra entitled 'Europe to Ljubljana – Ljubljana to Europe' was held yesterday at 9pm on Pogačar Square. The concert was organised by the City of Ljubljana and the Representation of the EU Commission in Slovenia to celebrate May 9, Europe Day and Ljubljana City Holiday. The audience was addressed by EU Commissioner Janez Potočnik and by Zoran Janković, the Mayor of Ljubljana.
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9 May 2008
'Partnership Šmartinska' exhibition
Photographs from the opening of the exhibition of projects, selected via the international public tender 'Partnership Šmartinska', which took place yesterday at 6pm in the Historical Atrium of the Ljubljana City Hall.
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9 May 2008
The Mayor greeted participants of the WDR Europa Forum 2008
Zoran Janković, the Mayor of Ljubljana, greeted participants of the WDR Europa Forum 2008, entitled ‘Europe's new start - where is the EU heading?’ yesterday shortly before 2pm at Ljubljana Castle.
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9 May 2008
José Manuel Barrosa in Ljubljana
In the framework of his visit to the WDR Europa Forum 2008, the President of the European Commission José Manuel Barrosa visited the Ljubljana Brdo Technological Park, where he met the Ljubljana Deputy Mayoress Jadranka Dakić. In the afternoon, he went for a stroll in the centre of Ljubljana, accompanied by Zoran Janković, the Mayor of Ljubljana, and his host, Premier Janez Janša.
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8 May 2008
The signing of both 'Ljubljana Declarations'
Both Ljubljana Declarations were signed in the Red Hall at Ljubljana City Hall a little before 6pm on 8 May by the representatives of capital cities, participants in the Meeting of Mayors of the capitals of EU member states, candidate states for membership and states from the EU enlargement area.
The Declarations are the Mayors' Declaration on the role of the capital city in intercultural dialogue and the creation of active co-existence, which will contribute to respect for diversity and via this to raising the quality of life in capitals, and the Declaration on relationships between capital cities and the State, which is an expression of the desire for the independence of the local authorities.
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8 May 2008
Photographic highlights of the second round
Photographic highlights of the second round table entitled "Relations between the capital city and the State - or an intermediate authority level can influence this attitude", at which their standpoints on the arrangement of government-capital relationships were presented by Mayor of Vienna Dr. Michael Häupl, Mayor of Budapest Gábor Demszky, Mayor of Skopje Trifun Kostovski, Mayoress of Warsaw Hanna Gronkiewiticz-Waltz, Mayor of Zagreb Milan Bandić, Deputy Mayor of Tallinn Deniss Boroditš, a member of the City Executive Council and a member of Stockholm City Council as well as the head of the Office for International Relations of the City of Helsinki Matti Ollinkari.
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8 May 2008
Highlights of moments of free time
A few highlights of the free moments during breaks for coffee and lunch at the As Inn in the centre of the Slovenian capital.
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8 May 2008
Group photographs
Group photographs of the mayors, deputy mayors and representatives of the local authorities of Podgorica, Sarajevo, Skopje, Zagreb, Tirana, Ankara, Nicosia, Vilnius, Tallinn, Budapest, Warsaw, Vienna, Luxembourg, Dublin, Paris, Helsinki, Stockholm and Ljubljana.
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8 May 2008
Photographic highlights of the first round table
Photographic highlights of the first round table, entitled 'the Role of Capital Cities in inter-cultural dialogue and the creation of active co-existence' at which Mayor Zoran Janković and State President Dr. Danilo Türk came together to welcome participants. Representing their cities at the round table were Mayoress of Sarajevo Semiha Borovac, Mayor of Dublin Paddy Burke, Mayor of Luxembourg Paul Helmiger, Mayoress of Warsaw Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, Mayor of the District of Ankara Akyust, Deputy Mayor of Vilnius Artur Liudkovski and Deputy Mayor of Tallinn Deniss Boroditš.
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8 May 2008
Welcoming reception for the delegations
The Mayor Zoran Janković welcomed the mayors and delegations of Sarajevo, Podgorica, Skopje, Warsaw, Luxembourg and Dublin, who had arrived to Ljubljana yesterday afternoon. The welcome reception was held yesterday at 7.30pm in the Red Salon of the City Hall.
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7 May 2008
Images of Warsaw in Ljubljana
At 5pm today, 7 May 2008, in the Glass Atrium of City Hall in Ljubljana, Mayor of the City of Ljubljana Zoran Janković and Mayoress of Warsaw Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz opened an exhibition of photography by Wojciecha Kryńskega entitled 'New Warsaw'.
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