European Neighbours Day in Dublin

Published: 2 June 2009 y., Tuesday

Airis
To celebrate European Neighbours Day, a new photo exhibition entitled Images from Slovenia and Ireland went on display this week at the European Commission Representation in Ireland.

This unique exhibition compares and contrasts Slovenian and Irish landscapes and gives the observer an opportunity to explore similarities despite 2000km of separation.

Five photographers, Audrey Ryan and Michael Larkin from Ireland and Igor Hrvatin, Katarina Škerjanec and Amalija Jelen Mikša from Slovenia, were invited by H.E. Mr Franc Mikša the Ambassador of Slovenia to Ireland, to contribute works that best reflected their national landscape and heritage.

Mr Martin Territt, Director of the European Commission Representation in Ireland, welcomed the exhibition by saying, “Images from Slovenia and Ireland” helps connect us with citizens across other EU Member States on European Neighbours Day. The photos on display today show the environmental and architectural similarities that these two small but remarkable countries enjoy and give us all the chance to explore areas of cultural similarity.“

Among those who attended the launch on 26 May were H.E. Mr Franc Mikša the Ambassador of Slovenia to Ireland and Mr Francis Jacobs, Head of the European Parliament Office in Ireland.

This exhibition runs Monday to Friday from 26 May to 5 June, 9am-5pm at European Union House, 18 Dawson Street, Dublin 2 and entrance is free.

 

Šaltinis: ec.europa.eu
Copying, publishing, announcing any information from the News.lt portal without written permission of News.lt editorial office is prohibited.

Facebook Comments

New comment


Captcha

Associated articles

The most popular articles

Same-sex marriage ties the French in knots

Until recently, the French assumed they had solved the issue of gays and marriage in a most civilized manner more »

Pope celebrates his 84th birthday

The book is expected to sell millions of copies worldwide more »

Supermarket chapel idea angers Poland

An architect specializing in hypermarket design has angered some clerics in Poland, an almost exclusively Roman Catholic country, but won support from others with an idea to put chapels in shopping malls more »

S. Korean court reinstates Roh as president

Panel overturns parliamentary vote against impeached leader more »

Demonstrators want answers to Lodz shootings

Thousands of demonstrators gathered on the streets of Lodz on Monday to protest against the shooting deaths of two people more »

Estonia opens politics to the web

In many countries, "e-government" is more political rhetoric than hard reality more »

Free at last says Czech PM

Prague city centre looks like a mini-european union this Friday more »

The demonstration of anti-globalization activists

Protests against European economic summit draw about 3,000 in Poland more »

Czech govt backs plan to make sex trade legal

The Czech government took a first step towards legalising prostitution on Wednesday when cabinet approved a proposal to license sex trade workers more »

Rumsfeld: No plans to revive military draft

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld yesterday said the Pentagon was not considering a return of the military draft more »