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Can good culture heat you up? November and December are literally full of excellent festivals, concerts and attractive exhibitions, so don’t hesitate and give it a try!

Dear friends, After the hot days of summer we are offering you not only valuable cultural tips but also good reading. Find the right place for yourself in our wide range of offerings. “The modern times and a world where man is disconnected from his own humanity isn‘t very appealing to me”, says Milan Laluha, a legend of the Slovak fine art who provided an exclusive interview for Twin City Journal. We continue with other great personalities in the following retrospective articles: We will have a look at Dušan Jurkovič as a person and an architect of Central European character, whose anniversary was also honoured in Vienna. The centenary of the Slovak music composer Eugen Suchoň is included in the 2008-2009 UNESCO list of anniversaries. In our commentary you can find out how the capital of Bratislava commemorated it.

Mystery, suspense, discovery: attractive words, the feeling of which you can try to discover with us in the May issue of our magazine. The special opportunity that May offers us to uncover secrets under the cloak of darkness in Bratislava is the theme of our interview with the General Director of the Slovak National Museum, Mr. Peter Maráky. In addition to answering the question of why people should visit museums, our interview also focuses on the spectacular presentation of Egyptian artefacts in the exhibition on Thebes, where we can enjoy a generous helping of mystery and discovery.

Dear readers, The month of May saw relations between Bratislava and Vienna grow even closer. Bratislava mayor Andrej Ďurkovský welcomed Austrian president Heinz Fischer, Vienna mayor Michael Häupl and other distinguished Austrian guests aboard the new catamaran Twin City Liner. Discussions focused on the boom projected for the area between the two capitals, which is highlighted also by the international conference in May on urban and regional planning Real Corp in Schwechat. We will give you more information about it in an interview for Twin City Journal, together with possibilities of co-operation in our region, a region that will assume key importance on the “European map of innovation centres”.

Mystery, suspense, discovery: attractive words, the feeling of which you can try to discover with us in the May issue of our magazine. The special opportunity that May offers us to uncover secrets under the cloak of darkness in Bratislava is the theme of our interview with the General Director of the Slovak National Museum, Mr. Peter Maráky. In addition to answering the question of why people should visit museums, our interview also focuses on the spectacular presentation of Egyptian artefacts in the exhibition on Thebes, where we can enjoy a generous helping of mystery and discovery.

We associate April in Bratislava with weekends of good fun and pleasure from the city we live in. With the symbolic removal of the seal to the city gates, the “Bratislava for All” event will officially open. For the fifth time now we will have the chance to really enjoy our city. The doors will reopen also to the newly renovated Rococo style Apponyi House, with new expositions to be put on at these premises of Bratislava City Museum.

Dear readers,once again we have the pleasure of welcoming you to the pages of Twin City Journal. March, the month when snowdrop flowers appear, is also not void of culture. On the contrary, if you want to experience something amazing, come with us and let yourself be carried off to the fascinating world of African artists in the show Afrika! Afrika! of famous Viennese artist André Heller. In one of our articles we take you to the highly popular Vienna Accordion Festival, which nobody thought would meet with such a huge response, not even the best known Viennese accordionist Otto Lechner.

Let’s savour the dialogue of our cities The beginning of the year is usually a time for new perspectives, a time to push forward with new challenges. This is not just true for us personally, but also for our cities and countries. This definitely applies in the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue, which was officially launched in January 2008 in the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana by EU Commissioner for Culture, Ján Figeľ.