Senior state officials and other prominent guests and ordinary people gathered in the southeastern village of Rasica on the eve of the 500th anniversary of the birth of Primoz Trubar to pay homage to this Protestant reformer who wrote and published the first Slovenian book in 1550.

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Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa highlighted Primoz Trubar's unifying role as he opened an international symposium in Ljubljana on Thursday as part of the jubilee festivities dedicated to this 16th century Protestant reformer.

This year Slovenians commemorate the 500th anniversary of the...

An exhibition entitled "Trubar and Ungnad's Gift to Europe" opened Thursday evening at the National and University Library in Ljubljana (NUK) as part of a nation-wide celebration of the 500th birth anniversary of Primoz Trubar (1508-1586), a Protestant priest who penned the first book in Slovene.

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An exhibition on the life of Protestant priest Primoz Trubar (1508-1586), entitled "To All Slovenians", is making a stop in the city hall of Rothenburg ob der Tauber in Germany on its tour of places where the first Slovenian writer lived and worked. It will be on display in Rothenburg through 18 May...

On 19 March 2008 the Honorary Committee for Commemorating the 500th Anniversary of the Birth of Primož Trubar met for its second session at Trubar's house in Raščica. The hosts of the meeting presented a rich programme of events to mark the Year of Trubar, which complements the established set of ac...

The National and University Library (NUK) has managed to acquire a very rare translation by Primoz Trubar (1508-1586), the father of the Slovenian written language. It has recently bought an original of "Noviga testamenta pusledni dejl" (The Final Part of the New Testament) and unveiled it in Ljublj...

An exhibition on the life and work of protestant priest Primoz Trubar (1508-1586), the author of the first book in the Slovenian language, opened on Thursday in Ljubljana. It features over 150 items from his day and age, including the only remaining copy of his 1564 "Cerkovna ordninga", the first le...