Slovenia News 22 March 2005

Prime Minister Janez Jansa estimated on Monday that the amended Lisbon Strategy does not mean any additional work for Slovenia since key reforms envisaged in the strategy are already featured in the government programme for its current four-year term. Prime Minister Janez Jansa will join EU leaders at the spring EU summit in Brussels today, with the agenda dominated by economic issues. The leaders are expected to approve a reform of the EU stability and growth pact and a revamped Lisbon Strategy. Prime Minister Janez Jansa will join EU leaders at the spring EU summit in Brussels on Tuesday, with the agenda dominated by economic issues. The leaders are expected to approve a reform of the EU stability and growth pact and a revamped Lisbon Strategy. More » Prime Minister Janez Jansa estimated on Monday that the amended Lisbon Strategy does not mean any additional work for Slovenia since key reforms envisaged in the strategy are already featured in the government programme for its current four-year term. More » A Slovenian parliamentary delegation, headed by Speaker France Cukjati, paid a three-day official visit to Serbia-Montenegro at the beginning of last week, while Serbia's President Boris Tadic visited Slovenia on Friday at the invitation of Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, who currently chairs the OSCE. More » Uzbek President Islam Karimov paid his first official visit to Slovenia during which he met all top Slovenian officials and attended a business conference. Three economic agreements were also signed on the occasion. More » Slovenia has opened its third consulate in Argentina, a country with a sizable Slovenian expat community. The consulate in Mendoza, the capital of the province of the same name, was inaugurated on Friday. It will be headed by honorary consul Joze Smon. More » The government has confirmed 75 regional development projects that will be awarded budget funding. Their total value is SIT 5.9bn (EUR 24.6m), whereby the government co-fund them with SIT 1.9bn (EUR 7.3m) this year and SIT 189m (EUR 0.8m) next year, Regional Development Minister Ivan Zagar told the press on Thursday. More » The government has formed 35 working groups that will be in charge of drafting positions that will aid the authorities in the adoption of legislative proposals and other acts in the EU. The new working groups will continue the work of similar groups set up by the previous government in May 2003, the government said on Thursday. More » Slovenia's achievements in 2004 were better than the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had forecast, yet the country still needs to curb inflation and tackle the budget deficit, an IMF delegation said after completing a two-week routine mission to Slovenia on Monday. More » Surging exports and a jump in domestic consumption are behind the fastest growth of GDP in Slovenia since 1999, as the economy expanded by 4.6 percent last year, the National Statistics Office said on Tuesday. More » Slovenia boasts a share of Internet users that is higher than in most of the old EU member states. According to a Eurobarometer survey, more than 25% of people use the Internet in all newcomers. In Slovenia, the share stands at 41.7%, while Estonia leads the pack with 44%. More » Slovenia's top research institute has put on the Fusion Expo as part of its annual festival aimed to promote the scientist whose name the institute bears. More » Knowledge and innovation play a key role in the ongoing development of the EU, European Commissioner for Science and Research Janez Potocnik said at a press briefing on Friday. The instrument of that development will be the seventh framework programme for research, which has not yet been confirmed by the European Commission, added Potocnik. More » Slovenia has been successful in transposing EU directives to its national legislation, a table released by the European Commission has shown. More » The government has provided funds to Center Evropa as the management of the former resource centre of the European Commission in Slovenia is turned over to a private entity. More » Slovenia has been ranked among the best rated EU member states in research and development and the information society, according to a report on the implementation of the Lisbon Strategy. More » Actor Jurij Soucek was honoured with the 2004 Viktor for lifetime achievement, as the most prestigious awards conferred on people in the media and pop culture were given out on Saturday evening. More » Internationally acclaimed political activist, writer and linguistics professor Noam Chomsky is to visit Ljubljana on 29 March to deliver a lecture at the Cankarjev dom art centre. In view of his visit, the publisher Sanje plans to issue three of his books this year: "9-11" and "Profit over People" on the day of his visit, and "Hegemony or Survival" in autumn. More » The Bologna process and higher education were the subjects of a debate attended by Slovenian and British education experts in Ljubljana on Wednesday aimed at exchanging experience. More » Slovenian winemakers won one gold, one silver and two bronze medals at the 12th international wine competition Chardonnay du monde 2005. The selection was made among 1090 chardonnay wines from 37 countries. More » Ales Stancar, the co-founder and director of biotech company BIA Separations, has been named Entrepreneur of the Year by the business magazine Podjetnik. Stancar received the prestigious award for his "vision and strategy which brings together hi-tech research and entrepreneurship", the award jury said. More » Bjoern Einar Romoeren of Norway set a new world record of 239 metres en route to victory in Sunday's World Cup ski-jumping finale on the giant hill at Planica. More » Schedule of Events from 22-27 March More »

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