Slovenia News 7 February 2005

The parliament ratified the EU constitutional treaty in a landslide majority, despite concerns that the ratification might be too hasty and that citizens should be provided with better information before such an important document is confirmed. Slovenia has thereby become the third EU member to ratify the landmark document, setting itself as an role model for other countries where the constitution might find it difficult to muster the sort of majority that it had in the parliament. Slovenian veterans denounced a controversial Italian film about post-war killings of Italians as they held a remembrance ceremony on Sunday for soldiers who died during an 1945 attack by occupying forces on a small village on the Slovenian coast. More » Parliament ratified the European constitution with an overwhelming majority on Tuesday, with 79 votes backing the document and only four MPs voting against. Slovenia has thus become the third EU member state, after Lithuania and Hungary, to ratify the constitution. More » Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, the OSCE chairman-in-office, held separate telephone conversations on Thursday with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht on the open issues in the security organisation, including the current deadlock on the budget. More » The government has confirmed a document on Slovenia's priority tasks in the EU in 2005. Negotiations on the 2007-2013 budget, the implementation of Lisbon Strategy objectives and the reform of the Stability and Growth Pact have been put to the top of the agenda alongside preparations for euro adoption and EU presidency. More » The government has decided that Slovenia would introduce the euro on 1 January 2007 according to the "big bang" scenario - swift replacement of tolar notes for euros. More » The Agriculture Ministry on Tuesday presented a set of 12 regulations adopted by the government last week which provide the framework for the distribution of direct payments in agriculture and rural development aid worth a total of SIT 56bn (EUR 233.6m) this year. More » The national Institute for Nature Conservation has launched Slovenia's biggest nature protection project so far. Dubbed "Natura 2000 in Slovenia", the enterprise will be funded by the EU, the government and project partners. More » The European Commission has decided to open a formal investigation into Slovenia's system of preferential dispatching of electricity aimed at boosting renewable energy, to assess its compatibility with the EU's state aid rules. More » On the eve of Culture Day, the highest national awards for outstanding achievement in arts and culture will be given out at a special ceremony tonight. Artist Bogdan Borcic and flautist Irena Grafenauer are this year's Preseren Awards laureates. More » "Alamut" a landmark 1938 novel about radical Islam and political manipulation, has been adapted for theatre and will be put on stage for the first time on 28 July as part of the Salzburg Festival. More » Shrovetide festivities took place around Slovenia on Sunday, with the largest in Ptuj, NE Slovenia. More than 40,000 people turned out in this historic town to watch the colourful carnival procession. More » Schedule of Events from 7 to 13 February More »

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