[Wikipedia] Cooperative Business Bank Building (Ljubljana)
The Cooperative Business Bank Building is a building designed in 1921 by architect Ivan Vurnik and his wife Helena Vurnik in the so-called Slovene National Style using decorative ornaments in the colors of Slovene tricolor and was inspired by the Vienna Secession style of architecture (a type of Art Nouveau). It is located on Miklošič Street, Ljubljana, capital city of Slovenia, and has been called the most beautiful building in Ljubljana.
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Euro Coop - European Community of Consumer Cooperatives
Todor Ivanov - Secretary General gives a video address to the Conference Alternative Sale of Mercator, Ljubljana, Slovenia - 27.06.2014
Helena Vurnik, slikarka in oblikovalka (1882−1962), odprtje razstave
Helena Vurnik, slikarka in oblikovalka (1882−1962)
21. september – 3. december 2017
Narodna galerija
Helena Vurnik je ena tistih umetnic v slovenski umetnostni tradiciji, katere navzočnosti se zaradi razcveta feminističnih študij v zadnjem času spet nekoliko bolj zavedamo, dejansko pa sta njena življenje in delo razmeroma malo raziskana. Znana je predvsem po udeležbi pri večjih projektih svojega moža arhitekta Ivana Vurnika, a je kljub pogostemu poudarjanju enakovrednosti njenega deleža ostala v njegovi senci. Prvo razstavo, posvečeno njenemu delu, prireja kot hraniteljica njene zapuščine, pridobljene leta 1964, Narodna galerija v sodelovanju s Centrom arhitekture Slovenije.
S pomočjo njenih dnevnikov in družinske tradicije smo v zapuščini skušali prepoznati Helenina intimnejša
Avtor razstave in vodja projekta: Andrej Smrekar
Strokovni sodelavki pri projektu: Špela Kuhar, Barbara Viki Šubic, Center arhitekture Slovenije
Video: Luka Hribar
Truck crashes at the 11foot8 bridge and then hits a car
This is the first crash at the 11foot8 bridge this year and #139 since 2008. During the first 40 seconds, you can see that the traffic light switches to red and the overheight warning sign lights up (triggered by the overheight truck). Then the sign starts flashing and the traffic signal switches to green. The truck driver had about 50 seconds to notice the warning sign next to the traffic signal and to decide whether or not to heed the warning. as many before, this driver decided to go for it. As he is backing out of the bridge, he backs into a car behind him.
Kolekcija Vugrinec - Hrvaška moderna, odprtje razstave
10. november 2016 – 12. marec 2017
Narodna galerija, Prešernova 24, Ljubljana, Slovenija
Zbirka Davorja Vugrinca je sijajen primer zbiralske ambicije in nazorno kaže, kateri dejavniki sestavljajo uspešno zbiralno politiko. Izbor za razstavo vključuje umetnine, ki so jih ustvarili sopotniki, prijatelji in študijski kolegi slovenskih umetnikov, od Šubicev, Ažbeta, do impresionistov, še posebej zgovorno pa je predstavljeno obdobje oblikovanja zagrebške šole po ustanovitvi likovne akademije, ki je po sredini dvajsetih let dvajsetega stoletja postala šola slovenskim umetnikom. Na razstavo je vključenih petinšestdeset slik in del na papirju ter dvanajst kipov, dela umetnikov kot so Mato Celestin Medović, Vlaho Bukovac, Emanuel Vidović, Oton Iveković, Čikoš Sesija, Mirko Rački, Ljubo Babić, Miroslav Kraljević, Milivoj Uzelac, Marjan Trepše, Vilko Gecan, Vladimir Becić, Marino Tartaglia, Omer Mujadžić, Ivan Meštrović, Frano Kršinić idr.
Zbiratelja Davorja Vugrinca del slovenske javnosti pozna kot izjemnega športnika. Skoraj deset let je igral v turških in italijanskih elitnih klubih. V hrvaški prvi nogometni ligi je s 146 zadetki najboljši strelec vseh časov. S predstavitvijo svoje zbirke se nam razodeva njegova druga in enako uspešna plat, ki se je začela skoraj sočasno z nogometno kariero. Strast, prodorno oko, in razgledanost so usmerjale njegovo izbiro, pri nakupih pa je enako uspešen strelec kot na zelenici – vedno umirjen, s spoštovanjem do soigralcev in tako tudi sam vzbujajoč spoštovanje in občudovanje.
Avtorja razstave: Petra in Davor Vugrinec
Koordinacija: Andrej Smrekar
Generalni pokrovitelj: Riko, d.o.o.
Video: Luka Hribar
Urbane brazde: Premisliti potenciale na novo
Video prispevek prikazuje izsek z nekaj dnevnega dogajanja kongresa Urbanih brazd.
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | Wikipedia audio article
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The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFR Yugoslavia or SFRY) was a country located in Central and Southeastern Europe that existed from its foundation in the aftermath of World War II until its dissolution in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. Covering an area of 255,804 km² (98,766 sq mi), the SFRY was bordered by Italy to the west, Austria and Hungary to the north, Bulgaria and Romania to the east, and Albania and Greece to the south.
It was a socialist state and a federation governed by the League of Communists of Yugoslavia and made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia with Belgrade as its capital. In addition, it included two autonomous provinces within Serbia: Kosovo and Vojvodina.
The SFRY traces back to 26 November 1942 when the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia was formed during World War II. On 29 November 1945, the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia was proclaimed after the deposal of King Peter II thus ending the monarchy. Until 1948, the new communist government originally sided with the Eastern bloc under the leadership of Josip Broz Tito at the beginning of the Cold War, but the SFRY pursued a policy of neutrality after the Tito–Stalin split of 1948, became one of the founding members of the Non-Aligned Movement, and transitioned from a planned economy to market socialism.
Following the death of Tito on 4 May 1980, the Yugoslav economy started to collapse, which increased unemployment and inflation. The economic crisis led to a rise in ethnic nationalism in the late 1980s and early 1990s which led to dissidence among the multiple ethnicities within the constituent republics. With the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, inter-republic talks on transformation of the federation also failed and led to recognition of their independence by some European states in 1991. This led to the federation collapsing along federal borders, followed by the start of the Yugoslav Wars and the final downfall and breakup of the federation on 27 April 1992. Two of its republics, Serbia and Montenegro, remained within the reconstituted Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, but the union was not recognized internationally as the official successor state to the SFRY. The term former Yugoslavia (bivša Jugoslavija/бивша Југославија) is now commonly used retrospectively.
The SFR Yugoslavia maintained neutrality during the Cold War as part of its foreign policy. It was a founding member of CERN, the United Nations, Non-Aligned Movement, OSCE, IFAD, WTO, Eutelsat and BTWC.
Rijeka | Wikipedia audio article
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Rijeka
00:02:07 1 Name
00:02:50 2 Geography
00:04:07 3 History
00:04:15 3.1 Ancient and Medieval times
00:06:42 3.2 Under Habsburg sovereignty
00:11:12 3.3 The Fiume Question and the Italian-Yugoslav dispute
00:12:45 3.4 The Regency of Carnaro
00:15:08 3.5 The Free State of Fiume
00:16:59 3.6 The territory of Fiume part of the Kingdom of Italy
00:18:09 3.7 During World War II and the German Operational Zone
00:22:02 3.8 Aftermath of World War II and Rijeka part of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
00:27:37 4 Rijeka's International Carnival
00:29:34 5 Demographics
00:31:17 6 Panoramas
00:31:32 7 Notable people from Rijeka
00:36:47 8 Main sights
00:38:48 9 Climate
00:40:10 10 Transport
00:43:13 11 Sports
00:45:31 12 International relations
00:45:41 12.1 Twin towns — Sister cities
00:45:53 13 In popular culture
00:47:09 14 See also
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Rijeka (Croatian pronunciation: [rijěːka] (listen); Italian: Fiume, [ˈfjuːme]; Slovene: Reka; German: Sankt Veit am Flaum) is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County on Kvarner Bay, an inlet of the Adriatic Sea and has a population of 128,624 inhabitants.
Historically, because of its strategic position and its excellent deep-water port, the city was fiercely contested, especially among Italy, Hungary (serving as the Kingdom of Hungary's largest and most important port), and Croatia, changing hands and demographics many times over centuries. According to the 2011 census data, the overwhelming majority of its citizens (94.52%) are Croats, along with small numbers of Bosniaks, Italians and Serbs. The city has a strong local sense of identity and the autochthonous inhabitants of Rijeka are referred to as Fiumans.
Rijeka is the main city of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. The city's economy largely depends on shipbuilding (shipyards 3. Maj and Viktor Lenac Shipyard) and maritime transport. Rijeka hosts the Croatian National Theatre Ivan pl. Zajc, first built in 1765, as well as the University of Rijeka, founded in 1973 but with roots dating back to 1632 School of Theology.Apart from Croatian and Italian, linguistically the city is home to its own unique dialect of the Venetian language, Fiuman, with an estimated 20,000 speakers among the autochthonous Italians, Croats and other minorities. Historically Fiuman served as the main lingua franca between the many ethnicities inhabiting the multiethnic port-town. In certain suburbs of the modern extended municipality the autochthonous population still speaks the Chakavian tongue, a dialect of the Croatian language.
In 2016, Rijeka was selected as the European Capital of Culture for 2020, alongside Galway, Republic of Ireland.
Collaboration with the Axis Powers | Wikipedia audio article
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00:01:43 1 Collaboration by country
00:01:54 1.1 Albania
00:03:37 1.2 Australia
00:04:36 1.3 Belgium
00:06:53 1.4 Burma
00:07:25 1.5 China
00:09:48 1.6 Czechoslovakia
00:11:32 1.7 Denmark
00:16:39 1.8 Estonia
00:18:36 1.9 France
00:24:02 1.9.1 Brittany
00:24:48 1.10 French Indochina
00:26:51 1.11 French North Africa
00:27:21 1.12 Greece
00:29:45 1.13 British Hong Kong
00:30:12 1.14 India
00:31:21 1.15 Indonesia
00:31:57 1.16 Latvia
00:35:45 1.17 Lithuania
00:39:37 1.17.1 Lithuanian Territorial Defense Force
00:41:34 1.18 Luxembourg
00:42:40 1.19 British Malaya
00:43:15 1.20 Monaco
00:43:38 1.21 Netherlands
00:46:11 1.22 Norway
00:47:35 1.23 Philippines
00:48:27 1.24 Poland
00:51:24 1.25 Portuguese Timor
00:51:48 1.26 British Somaliland
00:52:09 1.27 Soviet Union
00:52:19 1.27.1 1939–1941
00:52:54 1.27.2 After 1941
00:53:47 1.27.3 Central Asia
00:54:38 1.27.4 Russia
00:57:03 1.27.5 Ukraine
01:03:05 1.27.6 Belarus
01:04:36 1.27.7 Caucasus
01:06:42 1.28 Straits Settlements
01:07:12 1.29 Yugoslavia
01:07:55 1.29.1 Bosnian Muslims
01:08:26 1.29.2 Croats
01:09:09 1.29.3 Serbs
01:10:42 1.29.3.1 Montenegro
01:11:15 1.29.4 Macedonia
01:11:34 1.29.5 Albanians
01:12:38 1.29.6 Slovenia
01:13:40 1.30 United Kingdom
01:13:50 1.30.1 Channel Islands
01:15:52 1.30.2 British Free Corps
01:16:30 2 Foreign volunteers
01:16:40 2.1 Germany
01:19:31 2.2 Japan
01:19:47 3 Jewish collaboration
01:21:46 4 Business and industrial collaboration
01:23:40 5 Political collaboration
01:25:51 6 See also
01:26:33 7 Notes and references
01:26:44 8 Further reading
01:31:02 9 External links
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Within nations occupied by the Axis Powers in World War II, some citizens and organizations, prompted by nationalism, ethnic hatred, anti-communism, antisemitism, opportunism, self-defense, or often a combination, knowingly collaborated with the Axis Powers. Some of these collaborators committed war crimes, crimes against humanity, or atrocities of the Holocaust.Collaboration has been defined as cooperation between elements of the population of a defeated state and representatives of a victorious power. Stanley Hoffmann subdivided collaboration into involuntary (reluctant recognition of necessity) and voluntary (exploitation of necessity). According to Hoffmann, collaborationism can be subdivided into servile and ideological; the former is deliberate service to an enemy, whereas the latter is deliberate advocacy of cooperation with a foreign force which is seen as a champion of desirable domestic transformations. In contrast, Bertram Gordon uses the terms collaborator and collaborationist, respectively, in reference to non-ideological and ideological collaborations.The term collaborator has also been applied to persons, organizations, or countries that were not under occupation by the Axis Powers but that ideologically, financially, or militarily, before or during World War II, supported Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, or World War II-era Imperial Japan.