The festival of Slovak naïve painting in Serbia was opened for the second time in Babka Gallery in Kovačica. The exhibition “Reformers of Slavic literacy and language among the Slavic peoples in Europe”, author Veiroslava Svetlik, was opened in the presence of the Ambassador of the European Union to Serbia Emanuele Giaufret, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Minister of Culture Maja Gojković, the Ambassador of the Slovak Republic to Serbia Fedor Rosocha, as well as representatives of Kovačica Municipality and the Director of the Forum of Slavic Cultures Andreja Rihter. Naïve art in Kovačica has been nominated for the UNESCO list of cultural heritage.

During the opening ceremony, numerous guests, including artists of naïve painting, and citizens of Kovačica attended the presentation of the “Primer of Slovak naïve painting in Serbia” by Juraj Hamar. At the opening of the festival, the Ambassador of the European Union to Serbia highlighted the exceptional cooperation between the European Union and Serbia in the field of cultural heritage preservation and recalled the support of the European Union during the reconstruction and preservation of important cultural centres such as Golubac, Fetislam Fortress, Bač Fortress and many others.

Naïve art in Kovačica has been nominated for inclusion in the UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage, and Ambassador Giaufret expressed his delight on this occasion. The European Union enthusiastically continues its cooperation with Serbia in the field of cultural heritage preservation, and one of the patrons of this festival is the Vice President of the European Commission, Maroš Šefčovič.