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2nd Festival of Tolerance
On 26 February 2016, within the scope of the 2nd Festival of Tolerance, a video conference titled »Holocaust in Slovenia and Croatia« was held at the City Hall.
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Home Fair
From 8 to 13 March 2016, the 55th international Home Fair is taking place at the GR – Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre with 517 companies from 32 countries exhibiting their products.
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Record number of visits to Kinodvor
The number of visitors to Kinodvor, public institute under the City of Ljubljana, has been on the increase ever since 2008; and in the past year with 2123 public screenings in the film theatre and at mobile cinema locations in Ljubljana it recorded as many as 128,973 viewers.
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Ljubhospice House
On 14 February 2016, the Ljubhospice House opened its doors in Ljubljana, a hospice providing free-of-charge comprehensive palliative care to the seriously ill.
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Against the Rules – Lesbians and Gays in sport
The City Hall is hosting the exhibition »Against the rules – lesbians and gays in sport« until 21 February 2016, and a round table on the same subject was held on 11 February.
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Athena Project – the power of social media in crisis
On 27 January 2016, the second testing of the mobile phone application and emergency services headquarters application was conducted in Ljubljana within the framework of the Athena research project, namely, the participating partners – among them the City of Ljubljana and the Ljubljana Fire Brigade – are exploring the use of social networks in cases of natural and other disasters to facilitate cooperation between emergency services and residents.
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Ljubljana received the title European Green Capital
On 9 February in Brussels, Ljubljana officially received the title European Green Capital 2016.
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Award-winning Website Ljubljana, European Green Capital
The website www.zelenaljubljana.si, that is, www.greenljubljana.com has received the professional award Special Kudos within the scope of the international awards platform CSS Design Awards.
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Ljubljana Best in Separating Waste
The European Commission has informed us Ljubljana has the best waste management system and the highest share of recycled waste. Separately collected waste in Ljubljana, European Green Capital, represents over 55% of total municipal waste, and the share of recycled waste amounted to 65% last year.
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Kinotrip for the Youth
The cinema Kinodvor presents a new youth film programme – Kinotrip (Cinematrip), ensuring a high quality film and educational programme for the young people and at the same time giving them the opportunity to actively co-create the said programme.