On the occasion of the Day of the Republika Srpska, 9 January, many events took place in Banja Luka under the title “25 years of the Republika Srpska”.

Children in Banja Luka were visited by as many as two good men: Father Christmas and Santa Claus. They arrived together, one in red clothes and the other one in grey.

A joint project by the Union of Slovenian Associations in Bosnia and Herzegovina “Europe Now” was successfully implemented on Saturday, 10 December 2016 in Zenica, on the premises of the Centre for the Elderly.

In April this year, students of supply teaching lessons were hosted by students of Grammar School Ledina, while on 18 November they returned the visit.

On Friday, 18 November, and Saturday, 19 November, on the premises of the National Minorities' Club in Banja Luka creative workshops were held.

The Association of Slovenians »Triglav« Banja Luka, in cooperation with the Association for Voluntary Work Novo mesto and Institute for Slovenian Emigrants and Migrations ZRC SAZU, organised a conference for youth. The topic of the conference held on 19 November 2016 was »Youth in Transnational Network: Example of Slovenian Emigrants to BiH«.

Friday, 19 November 2016 was the day for which the Slovenians of Banja Luka were preparing for several months.

On Thursday, 3 November, a poetry collection by Marko Kravos “Salt on tongue” was presented in the National and University Library of the Republic of Srpska in Banja Luka. The book was published by “Kuća poezije”, while the Association of Slovenians “Triglav” took part in the organisation of the literary evening.

They say that music is the most popular language in the world. »Where words fail, music speaks,« wrote Danish writer of fairytales Hans Christian Andersen.

Pupils of supply teaching lessons from all over Bosnia and Herzegovina and guests from Serbia gathered in Banja Luka. During the quiz prepared by Darko Hederih and Pavle Ravnohrib they showed how much they knew about water.