conference and for social events, which will be connnected with several anniversaries of RTV Slovenija and regional broadcasting in Maribor, the capital of Slovenian Styria. The hosts presented their proposal to organise the Prix Circom Award Gala evening as a big entertainment in the National Theatre, Opera and Ballet House in Maribor and to produce it with live coverage in the prime time on the one of national channels of TV Slovenia. At the end of a second day they are planning a big open air concert in the center of the city and for the last day afternoon they will organise an adventure on the Drava river: tour with big wooden rafts and visit of a wild part of Slovenian Carintia.

City of Maribor has very good traffic conections with all parts of Europe: by airplane (Maribor has its own airport with  Ryanair regular flights from and to London, and very close are the airports in Graz, Ljubljana and Zagreb connected with all main destinations in Europe), by car and by train.

The year 2008 is also a special year for RTV Slovenia. In the first half of 2008 Slovenia will chair the European Union while RTV Slovenia will celebrate many distinguished and venerable anniversaries: the 80th anniversary of Radio Slovenia, 50th anniversary of Television Slovenia and the 40th anniversary of the first TV studio in Maribor, which had at that time marked the beginnings of the current regional television in North-East Slovenia. And city of Maribor is the most serious Slovenian candidate for European Capital of Culture in 2012. We would be honoured if we could share but a small part of our creativity and delight at these jubilees with you.

Zoran Medved
CR Slovenian National Coorinator