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To Write Freely (https://digitalna.nsk.hr/pisatislobodno/) – a portal on the censorship of periodicals at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century in Croatia is a new online portal within the Digital Collections of the National and University Library in Zagreb, created as a result of a joint project by the National and University Library in Zagreb, the Croatian State Archives, and the Zagreb City Libraries. It has been publicly available since May 3, 2024, as a contribution to the celebration of World Press Freedom Day.

The National Széchényi Library, located in the Buda Castle, is an institution that preserves and transmits Hungarian cultural heritage. Its latest exhibition, The Forms of Time, presents the perception of time in ancient and Christian culture in an innovative and family-friendly way: alongside calendars, chronicles, postcards and photographs, visitors may also find handheld and digital curiosities.

The exhibition “Divine and eaten. The ambivalent relationship between humans and animals in the land on the Nile” in the Papyrus Museum of the Austrian National Library tells of divine beings, feared creatures and the everyday coexistence of humans and animals using documents on papyrus, paper and parchment dating back hundreds or even thousands of years.

From May 3rd to 10th, the German National Library is taking part in the Freedom of Expression Week. During the campaign week organised by the German Publishers and Booksellers Association, short announcements will be made in the reading rooms.

The XXXV International Sarajevo Book Fair 2024, under the motto “The Word”, ended with the Award ceremony. The jury of experts decided on the best in 19 categories as well as on the winners of special fair awards.

The manuscript, left by Céline in his Paris flat when he fled to Germany in June 1944 and collected by Yvon Morandat, Compagnon de la Libération, now joined the collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France.

The Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany has been the foundation of German democracy for 75 years. The foyer presentation “This is us! 75 years of Basic Law. A publication history” is devoted to the basic law of our constitutional state, one key element of which is the protection of freedom of expression from extremist dissension.

Tuesday, 21 May 2024 sees the grand opening of the Palace of the Republic on Krasiński Square in the Polish capital, Warsaw. The palace will house a permanent exhibition of most valuable objects from the collection of the National library of Poland.

The GALEX National Awards Gala was held in Chisinau, Moldova on the occasion of World Book and Copyright Day, and Librarian’s Day, marked on April 23, 2024.

The 19th “Medveščak’s” conference for children’s librarians was held parallel with the IFLA C&YA Section’s Midyear Meeting on March 26th and 27th 2024 at the Zagreb City Libraries – City Library, at the National and University Library in Zagreb, and via the video conferencing platform Zoom.