The presidents of 14 Central European countries will continue on Friday their three-day summit dubbed ‘Joint Work on Surpassing 3E Challenges - Economy, Energy and European Integration,’ which will be held in Novi Sad till June 21.
The meeting of the 14 heads of state was opened on Thursday evening by a joint dinner organized at the City Hall in Novi Sad. The summit is hosted by Serbian President Boris Tadic, and, among others, it will be attended by the presidents of Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Moldova, the Czech Republic, Italy, Macedonia, …

Ivana Kobilca (December 20, 1861 - December 4, 1926) was a Slovene realist painter who lived, worked and studied in various European cities including Vienna, Sarajevo, Berlin, Paris and Munich. She was a member of Société Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris. Many of her paintings are still lifes and portraits and of country settings. She later tended toward impressionism.
Her best known paintings are Kofetarica (Coffeemadam), 1888; Citrarica (The Zitherist), Likarice (Women Ironers), 1891, Holandsko dekle (A Dutch Girl), Portret sestre Fani (Portrait of Sister Fani), 1889; and Poletje (Summer), …

«Одно время названия славянских племён складывались из добавления к корню рус приставок, отражавших особенности этих племён, по отношению к остальным русам, например, ЭТ’русски, П’руссы. Приставка эт перед самоназванием русов означает просветлённые русы – носители высокой культ’уры, доказательства которой сохранились на севере Италии, в виде надписей на камнях и произведений искусства. Имя пруссов-славян, означавшее Перуновы Русы, другое самоназвание — Венеды (воинственные племена западных славян), сохранялось в самоназвании территории, ими занимаемой, вплоть до девятнадцатого века, даже после того, как германские (готские) племена захватили эту землю в IX-X веках от р.х. И уничтожили …

Novo Mesto (Slovenian: Novo mesto; German: Rudolfswert or Neustadtl) is a one of the eleven town municipalities in the Dolenjska region of the Republic of Slovenia. According to the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia it covers a total area of 298.5 km², along a bend in the Krka River and the town is considered the economic and cultural center of Lower Carniola. On 7 April 2006 it became the see city for the Roman Catholic diocese of Novo Mesto, which is a suffragan of the archdiocese of …

Alfons Mucha, L’épopée des Slaves (1919-1928).
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Par Michel Kazanski
Chargé de recherche au CNRS au Centre d’histoire et civilisation de Byzance
Plus de quinze nationalités de l’Europe centrale et orientale sont définies comme slaves. Michel …