IYA2009 and astronomy promoted effectively in Slovenia

5 February 2010

Dr. Andreja Gomboc, IYA2009 Single Point of Contact for Slovenia, has been promoting astronomy in Slovenian parliament. She recently gave a 30-minute talk entitled "Us and the Universe".

Read more about the talk here:http://www.mvzt.gov.si/nc/en/splosno/cns/news/article/94/6447/ddbb593558/
And here: http://www.dz-rs.si/index.php?id=390&no_cache=1&show_sporocilo=2589&cHash=30ce4c9756
In addition, a video recording is available to download: http://www.mvzt.gov.si/si/znanje_zanje/

Slovenia's IYA2009 Closing Ceremony was held on 14 January 2010. As part of this, a video called "Astronomy 2009: The Grand Finale" was shown. It features people working behind the scenes for IYA2009 in Slovenia. See this video (in Slovenian) here: http://www.fmf.uni-lj.si/~gomboc/MLA/Film/


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The International Year of Astronomy 2009 is endorsed by the United Nations and the International Council of Science.