1945

• Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House was founded
• First publication of the magazines Pionirski list, Ciciban and Pionir
• More than 40 bookstores opened across the country
   

1949

• Founded the Levstik Awards

1965

• Founded MK’s own printing plant

1968

• Opened a sales department in Zagreb, Croatia

1970

• Established an IT data center

1971

• Further development of sales strategies, mailing, and door-to-door sales

1974

• Established Svet Knjige, the first book club in Slovenia

1985

• Established Svijet Knjige, the first book club in Croatia

1990

• First published the magazine GEA

1991

• Established TILL.IA (international business company)

1992

• Founded the Panonia Novi Sad Publishing House in Serbia

1995

• Established Ciciklub, the first children's book club in Slovenia

1998

• Published the Slovenia Tourist Guide, which won the first award of the European Association for Tourism Press

1999

• First published the magazine Cicido

2000

• Joint ventures with Mladinska Knjiga Bookshop and Mladinska Knjiga Stationery

2003

• Acquired Cankarjeva Publishing House in Slovenia
• Established Mladinska Knjiga Skopje Publishing House in Macedonia
• Established Mladinska Knjiga Sarajevo Publishing House in Bosnia
   

2004

• Strategic partnership with Reader's Digest
• Acquired educational centre CTJ (Foreign languages centre) in Slovenia
• First published the magazine Dino

2005

• Established Mladinska Knjiga Group with Mladinska Knjiga Založba (as a leading company), Mladinska Knjiga Trgovina, Cankarjeva založba, Mladinska Knjiga Logistika, Lipa Koper, Mozaik Knjiga Zagreb, MK Sarajevo, MK Beograd, and MK Skopje.
• Established Svijet Knjige, the first book club in Bosnia, as a part of Mladinska Knjiga Sarajevo Publishing House
• First published the magazine Moj Planet

2006

• Reader's Digest magazine launches in Slovenia and Croatia.
• MK Belgrade opens its first bookstore. MK thus makes a comeback in the Serbian market after 15 years.

2007

• MK Publishing House publishes new magazines Mali Moj planeet [Little My Planet] and Cici zabavnik [Kiddie Fun], and an updated magazine called Plus.
• For the first time, MK Publishing House and Mozaik knjiga Publishing present Reader's Digest Trusted Brand 2007 awards. They are awarded to the most popular brand names among consumers.
• Acquired the printing company Grafika Soča, one of the biggest printing and graphic companies in Slovenia

2008

• MK Publishing House publishes a prestigious hand-bound edition of the Bible, a unique high-end product, in limited circulation of a thousand copies.

2009

• Established new Company Board

2011

• MK Publishing House publishes a prestigious hand-bound, high-end book called »Neskončni Leonardo«. In limited edition of five hundred copies, the book was nearly sold out before its official release.
• Mladinska knjiga establishes a new literary award called »Modra ptica«. Awarded to a different literary genre each year, the award of 12,000 Euros makes it the highest literary award in Slovenia.

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Telephone: +386 1 241 30 00
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E-mail: info@mladinska.com