Veleposlaništvo Kraljevine Španije
Trnovski pristan 24, SI-1000 Ljubljana
Phone386 (0) 1 420 2330
Embassy of the Kingdom of Spain in Slovenia
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Cultural cooperation
The embassy supports cultural links between Spain and Slovenia. In 1994 the Agreement between the Republic of Slovenia and the Kingdom of Spain on Cooperation in the Fields of Culture, Education and Science was signed, followed in 1994 by the Programme of Cooperation in the Fields of Culture, Education and Science between the Republic of Slovenia and the Kingdom of Spain for the Years 1999–2003.
In 2025 the both cultural ministers signed an agreement on cultural cooperation between the two countries, which also covers the audiovisual sector, performing arts and cultural heritage.
The Cultural Section of the Spanish embassy in Ljubljana is an associated partner of the EUNIC Slovenia, the Slovene cluster of the European Union National Institutes for Culture, facilitating joint projects like the European Day of Languages.
Visual arts
In 2015, the Embassy together with MGLC launched Forma MGLC, a short-term training programme aimed at young people from Spain and Slovenia operating in the fields of culture, new technologies, social media, and innovative approaches within arts and culture.
Literature
Since 2011, the Embassy has given out the biennial esAsi award for the best Slovenian language translation from Spanish language. Apart from the EsAsi award for professional translators, there is also an EsAsi Award for young translators.
The Embassy of Slovenia in Madrid organizes literary evenings featuring Slovene authors at the Círculo de Bellas Artes.
Various stipends are available for study in Spain.
Espanacultura.si
The esAsi Young Translators Award and other news related to arts and culture from Spain in Slovenia are published on the new website of the Embassy Espanacultura.si.