Slovenia News - March 2005

Slovenia News 29 March 2005

Slovenia this week faced the biggest challenge in its role as the presiding OSCE country so far as it tried to mediate in the political crisis in Kyrgyzstan. OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, sent his personal representative for Central Asia, Alojz Peterle to the country to help calm the situation. The foreign policy agenda was also dominated by the EU summit in Brussels, where Prime Minister Janez Jansa welcomed the reformed Lisbon Agenda and the decision to send a special EU mission to Croatia to examine the country's cooperation with the UN war crimes tribunal. Relations between Croatia and Slovenia were meanwhile discussed by Slovenian and Croatian presidents, Janez Drnovsek and Stipe Mesic, at an informal meeting. PM Janez Jansa welcomed the reform of the Lisbon Agenda approved by the EU summit on Wednesday. He said the reformed economic plans were based on more realistic grounds than they were five years ago when the agenda was first passed. Moreover, the monitoring of implementation has become a part of the Strategy, which increases the commitment of the member states. More » Prime Minister Janez Jansa has welcomed the decision of the EU summit to send a special mission to Croatia to assess its cooperation with the Hague war crimes tribunal. "It is a good decision, we have backed it, moreover we co-shaped it," Jansa said in Brussels on Wednesday. More » Slovenia has secured itself an option to change its classification at the level of NUTS 2, which serves as a basis for drawing funds from EU structural funds, Prime Minister Janez Jansa has said. More » Only three months after assuming the OSCE chairmanship, Slovenia faced a major challenge in mediating in the political crisis in Kyrgyzstan. OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, sent his personal representative for Central Asia, Alojz Peterle, to the country to help calm the situation, but Peterle himself became target of the protesting crowd. More » Slovenian Ambassador to Great Britain Iztok Mirosic and Honorary Consul Ana Wersun on Wednesday inaugurated a consulate in Edinburgh, the first Slovenian consular mission in Scotland. More » Slovenia would like to see a stable Croatia within the EU so that bilateral trade could improve even further. This is what the Slovenian President Janez Drnovsek and his Croatian counterpart Stipe Mesic said to the press as they held an informal meeting at Bizeljsko on Thursday. More » The March edition of the Politbarometer survey has shown a high government approval rating. The government received the backing of 61% of respondents, which is level with February's 59% and January's 61%. Opposition was expressed by 25% of the people polled, down from February's 29% and close to January's 22%. More » Continuing its monthly session for March, the National Assembly is set to debate the government's draft declaration on guidelines for Slovenia's EU activities in 2005 on Tuesday. More » Slovenia's largest grocer, Mercator, has opened its fifth shopping centre in Croatia as it continues its push to capture ten percent of the country's grocery market. More » The Slovenj Gradec-based company Prevent Global has decided to launch a new production of optical memory cards in Slovenia despite great interest of its foreign partners to win the deal. Test production is expected to start in December. More » The CEO of the Swiss pharmaceutical giant, Novartis, has said that Ljubljana-based Lek, a subsidiary of Novartis' generic group Sandoz, is well-positioned on the markets of Eastern Europe and Russia, which afford enormous growth potential. More » Slovenia has assumed the presidency of the Central European Exchange Programme for University Studies (CEEPUS) at the 10th anniversary of this network. According to Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology Jure Zupan, the priority of Slovenia's presidency will be CEEPUS II with an emphasis on joint degrees. More » Underground water presents as much as 95% of resources of drinking water in Slovenia, which are fairly well preserved compared to the situation in other European countries, the National Environmental Agency highlighted on Tuesday, World Water Day. More » Slovenia is stepping up its calls to be split into three regions when it comes to being consiSdered for EU regional aid. The country is currently classified as a single region, something that could hurt its possibilities for staying entitled to cohesion funds in the future. More » The new chief conductor of the Slovenian Philharmonics, George Pehlivanian, announced his plans for transforming the Ljubljana orchestra into one of the world's most renowned orchestras at a news conference on Tuesday. More » Slovenian artists will display their works in Ireland's Cork, the 2005 European Capital of Culture, in an exhibition dubbed "Eye Try" to be held between 5 and 28 April. More » The good weather in the second half of the winter season should help Slovenian ski resorts beat the turnout figures from the previous season. According to forecasts from the Association of Slovenian Ski Lift Operators, more than 1.4 million skiers will have hit the slopes in Slovenia by the time the season is over. More » TUESDAY, 29 March LJUBLJANA - Parliament is to continue its March session to vote about a draft on guidelines for Slovenia's activities in EU institutions. LJUBLJANA - US Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick is to visit Slovenia, to hold talks with Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel and Prime Minister Janez Jansa. BRUSSELS, Belgium - The Slovenian Armed Forces Chief-of-Staff, Major General Ladislav Lipic, is to begin a two-day visit at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE). LJUBLJANA - The Agency for Agricultural Markets and Rural Development is to present the 2005 project of direct payments. LJUBLJANA - Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning Janez Podobnik and president of the Chamber of Commerce Jozko Cuk are to sign an agreement on issuing the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) certificates. LJUBLJANA - The boat show and holidays fair is to be opened by Economics Minister Andrej Vizjak at the Ljubljana Fairgrounds (to end on 2 April). LJUBLJANA - The 1980 Nobel Prize laureate in economics Lawrence R. Klein is to visit Slovenia to receive honorary doctorate from the University of Ljubljana. He is to be received by President Janez Drnovsek. LJUBLJANA - American linguist Noam Chomski is to hold a lecture in Ljubljana and be awarded honorary doctorate from the University of Ljubljana. He is to be received by President Janez Drnovsek. WEDNESDAY, 30 March LJUBLJANA -The EU Committee of the Regions President Peter Straub is to visit Slovenia. He is to meet with President Janez Drnovsek, Foreign Ministry State Secretary Bozo Cerar and State Secretary in charge of EU affairs Marcel Koprol. LJUBLJANA - State Secretary in charge of EU affairs Marcel Koprol is to meet the director of the European Agency for Reconstruction Richard Zink. YEREVAN, Armenia/TBILISI, Georgia/BAKU, Azerbaijan - FM and OSCE Chairman-in-Office Dimitrij Rupel is to go on a Caucasus tour during which he is to visit Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan. BRUSSELS, Belgium - Minister of Local Government and Regional Policy Ivan Zagar is to meet Commissioner for Regional Policy Danuta Huebner and Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik. LJUBLJANA - The tourism and energy group Sava is to present its business plans. LJUBLJANA - A seminar on the Slovenian educational strategy is to be organised by the Ministry of Education and Sports and the European Commission. CELJE - Slovenian football team is to face Belorussia in Group 6 of the 2006 World Cup qualifications. THURSDAY, 31 March LJUBLJANA - Speaker of Polish Parliament Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz is to visit Slovenia, to meet his Slovenian counterpart France Cukjati, heads of deputy groups and President Janez Drnovsek. LJUBLJANA - The government is to hold its weekly session. LJUBLJANA - UNIDO Director General is to visit Slovenia at the invitation of Economics Minister Andrej Vizjak. KRAGUJEVAC, Serbia-Montenegro - Slovenian transport company Viator&Vektor is to sign a contract with Serbian Zastava vozila on the purchase of its subsidiary Zastava Sped. More »

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 »

Slovenia News 15 March 2005

This Sunday marked a hundred days since the new government of Prime Minister Janez Janša was appointed on 3 December last year. In this time, it has adopted its programme of work for 2005, while towards the end of February it submitted the normative part of its programme to the National Assembly for discussion. Austrian Parliament Speaker Andreas Khol paid a visit to Slovenia, confirming the validity of the Austrian State Treaty for the protection of the Slovenian minority in Austria. His eagerly awaited visit came just days before the minority and the Austrian authorities are expected to come together for what is called a consensus conference. Meanwhile, FM Dimitrij Rupel came back from a multi-day tour of the US, saying he felt more confident about the future of the OSCE that Slovenia chairs this year. This Sunday marked a hundred days since the new government of Prime Minister Janez Janša was appointed on 3 December last year. In this time, it has adopted its programme of work for 2005, while towards the end of February it submitted the normative part of its programme to the National Assembly for discussion. More » Speaker of Austrian Parliament Andreas Khol confirmed the validity of the Austrian State Treaty for the protection of the Slovenian minority in Austria, mitigating tensions that he had created earlier by saying that Slovenia is not and cannot be a party to the treaty. More » Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, the OSCE chairman-in-office, said he felt more upbeat about the future of the OSCE after he held talks with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on 7 March. More » Ambassadors of former Yugoslav republics based in Slovenia believe that Slovenia is an indispensable link in the integration of their countries into the EU. The diplomats, gathered for a panel in Koper on Wednesday, also agreed that a stable SE Europe was a guarantee to the stability of the Union as a whole. More » The Slovenian and Croatian governments will hold a joint session in late April or early May, according to Croatian daily Novi list, which had the information confirmed by the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration. More » Science institutes, universities, enterprises and state authorities must join forces to speed up the transfer of innovations from academia into the corporate sector, Economics Minister Andrej Vizjak told Thursday's panel on the transfer of innovation, which focused on ways of motivating scientists and researchers to take part in corporate R&D. More » The police dealt with 86,568 criminal offences last year, a rise of 13% over 2003. According to the head of Slovenian police forces, Darko Anzelj, the increase is mainly due to a rise in reported property crime, while there was also an increase in the cases of gravest crime, such as rape and sexual assaults against minors. More » Slovenian farmers lack the knowledge to market their products, while co-operatives are too often unwilling to help them, a conference on Slovenian agriculture has heard. According to the participants of a round table on the cooperation between co-operatives, the food-processing industry and retailers, Slovenian farmers must find an appropriate sales pitch to woo over consumers, while focusing on producing high-quality goods. More » To achieve the level of technological development necessary for economic progress, Slovenia would need to develop adequate cooperation between science and the corporate sector. If the state gets richer, it will not have to get indebted to develop further, found the participants of the Tuesday conference on technological development. More » The government has adopted an energy plan for 2005 in which it outlines the volume of energy consumption and primary energy sources. The figures suggest more than one half of the energy Slovenia will need would have to be imported. More » Slovenia's success in the first period of EU membership will be measured by several criteria. But its weight as a member state, as well as its capability to find compromise and partners in pursuing the set objectives, will definitely transpire in the outcome of the negotiations on the EU's next budget period, according to Marcel Koprol, the head of the Government Office for European Affairs (SVEZ). More » Slovenia, along with the other EU newcomers, expects to enter the Schengen zone in October 2007, the head of the Government Office for European Affairs (SVEZ) Marcel Koprol said. More » The assessment of Slovenia's updated stability and convergence programme is "positive overall" despite the conclusion that the objectives have been met only partially, Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk said on Tuesday after EU finance ministers confirmed the European Commission's recent report. More » Slovenia and some other countries have backed the start of EU membership negotiations with Croatia, yet most EU members thought that the conditions for the start of membership talks have not been met, Slovenian Ambassador to the EU Ciril Stokelj said after Thursday's meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives (Coreper). More » A meeting of the heads of European environmental organisations in Ljubljana is aimed at turning environmental policies into concrete action, director of the European Environment Agency Jacqueline McGlade said at the outset of the event. McGlade said this was a strategic meeting of those who are in charge of introducing actual changes in individual countries. More » A presentation of Japanese kabuki theatre is to lift the curtain on a festival of Japanese culture at the Ljubljana-based Cankarjev dom arts centre. The festival will also showcase music, film, fine arts and literature. More » Slovenian Composers' Association (DSS) will celebrate its 60th anniversary with a number of concerts in Slovenia and abroad. It also plans to issue three publications on its work and the music of Alojz Ajdic's opera "Brata" (Brothers). The opera will be staged for the first time ever by the Ljubljana Opera and Ballet House in May. More » The City Museum of Ljubljana is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, with the museum management promising to boost its activities "for and about the people of Ljubljana". Its priority is to finish the permanent exhibition on the city's history entitled "Visages of Ljubljana". More » The advertising agency Futura DBB has won the award for best agency at the 15th festival of Slovenian advertising, the SOF. This is the second year in a row that the agency has been conferred the prestigious title, beating Pristop, Mayer McCann, Agencija Imelda Ogilvy and LunaTBWA. More » The Slovenian capital proved very popular with tourists last year, as the city registered 264,460 holidaymakers, up 23 percent over the year before. More » Schedule of Events from 15 - 20 March More »

Slovenia News 8 March 2005

Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, the OSCE chairman-in-office, kicked off a multi-day visit to the US by visiting the United Nations on Friday. There he addressed the UN Security Council, presenting the priorities of Slovenia's OSCE chairmanship. In other news, the Slovenian government paid a visit to Pomurje, the least developed region in Slovenia, pledging action that will help bridge the development gap between Pomurje and the rest of Slovenia. The government is to make the effort to help Pomurje, Slovenia's least developed region, near the average rate of development over the next four years. Visiting the region on Wednesday, Prime Minister Janez Jansa explained that that was the reason the government came to Pomurje at the beginning of its term in office. More » Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel called on the UN Security Council to make better use of the OSCE as he addressed the body on Friday. According to Rupel, the OSCE chairman-in-office, the OSCE is facing difficulties and efforts must be stepped up to preserve it. More » The Slovenian and Croatian prime ministers discussed open issues between the countries in an unannounced private meeting held on Sunday in the NW Slovenian town of Bovec. More » An NGO was established on Thursday that will aim at boosting cooperation with people in developing countries. The aim of the Centre for North-South Development Cooperation is to fight poverty, boost sustainable global development and achieve fair distribution of global resources. More » The government passed a number of decisions to boost the drawing of money from the EU structural funds, as it discussed a report on the drawing of funds from the Cohesion Fund on the basis of the Single Programming Document in 2004. More » The government has named an inter-ministerial monitoring group which will oversee the use of money provided through what is called the Schengen source - grants awarded between 2004 and 2006 to the EU newcomers on the bloc's new external border. Head of the Government Office for European Affairs (SVEZ), Marcel Koprol, has been named chairman. More » Labour Minister Janez Drobnic announced active employment policy measures on Tuesday, which the minister promises would increase employment rather than prevent unemployment. According to Drobnic, the ministry has a budget of almost SIT 21bn (EUR 87.59m) in 2005 for implementing the measures. More » Slovenia ranks fairly high in terms of employment among the EU member states, Labour Minister Janez Drobnic said in Brussels on Thursday. He particularly pointed to a low unemployment rate at between 6% and 7%, while some EU countries face unemployment rates close to 20%. More » The current deficit of the general government sector in 2004 amounted to SIT 117.32bn (EUR 489m) or 1.9% of GDP and debt totalled SIT 1,823.94bn (EUR 7.61bn) or 29.4% of GDP, a report compiled by the Finance Ministry in cooperation with the Statistics Office says. The report has been sent to the European Commission, which will use it to examine whether Slovenia meets the Maastricht convergence criteria. More » EU citizens support the Union's common agricultural policy, according to the latest Eurobarometer survey, as 66 percent back the recent reforms. Slovenians share the EU view, as 71 percent support the shift away from production-related payments to direct subsidies for farmers and rural development. More » In order to deliver the Lisbon goals, an increase of the EU budget for science and research as well as a rise in individual members' budgets are necessary, said EU Commissioner for Science and Research Janez Potocnik in an interview for the Brussels bulletin EurActiv. He also pointed out that these funds should be properly managed. More » Mayor of Ljubljana Danica Simsic has said that the EU's structural and cohesion policy should pay more attention to and allocate more financial resources for European cities. "If cities are to play a comprehensive role in implementing EU goals, adequate financial resources must be allocated for cohesion policy," Simsic said in Brussels on Thursday. More » Slovenia will increase its contributions to NATO's KFOR operation in Kosovo and the ISAF mission in Afghanistan, Defence Minister Karl Erjavec said after talks with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer on Monday. More » The Transport Ministry has set itself 16 top priorities for this year, the most important of which will be the adoption of a resolution on transport policy, followed by the drawing of EU funds. More » An exhibition on totalitarian regimes in two Slovenian and Austrian regions which have been historically connected, has arrived in Ljubljana after visiting several cities in both countries. More » An exhibition of Slovenian fashion design, which first opened at the Maribor Art Gallery in Slovenia in early June, has travelled to the Slovenian gallery in Italy's Venice. More » Women made up 51 percent of Slovenia's population in 2004. They formed 61 percent of all national university graduates in 2003, while their 2002 gross salary lagged behind the average salary by EUR 50, data released by the national Statistics Office ahead of the International Women's Day show. More » A new portal "www.hotel.si" has been launched at the start of the week, enabling users to check availability and pricing of accommodation in Slovenian hotels online. It offers information in Slovenian, English, German and Italian. More » The most important objectives for the Health Ministry this year will be to establish a balance between public and private health care, improve breast cancer treatment and replace outdated diagnostic and treatment devices, Health Minister Andrej Brucan told the press on Thursday. More » Schedule of Events from 8 to 13 March More »

Slovenia News - 1 March 2005

While Slovenian government still enjoys the support of over half of Slovenians, it also plans to appoint a minister without portfolio responsible for coordinating government activities in implementing the Lisbon Strategy. One of the biggest challenges and key goals of the government this year will be to meet the requirements for Slovenia's accession to the European Economic and Monetary Union and to secure sustainable and stable economic growth in line with Slovenia's development strategy and Lisbon goals. President Janez Drnovsek has responded to suggestions that Slovenia is not a party to the Austrian State Treaty by saying that Slovenia is an undisputed successor to the former Yugoslavia and thus party to all of its treaties. More » The OSCE chairman-in-office, Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, said on Wednesday that the OSCE and the Council of Europe (CoE) should work together effectively on issues such as human rights and terrorism. More » A government spokesman has confirmed that Prime Minister Janez Jansa is considering appointing a minister without portfolio responsible for coordinating government activities in implementing the Lisbon Strategy. More » Pasteurised milk brand Alpsko mleko remains the strongest consumer brand in Slovenia, according to the latest brand survey. The top 5 includes coffee brand Barcaffe, chocolate Milka, washing powder Ariel and tissue brand Paloma. More » The Slovenian government still enjoys the support of over half of Slovenians despite a rise in the number of those opposing its work, a poll has found. More » The Government Office for European Affairs is this year set to focus on effective coordination of European affairs, coordination of preparations for the EU presidency and effective use and control over EU assistance funds, its head told the press on Thursday. More » The general public knows too little about the EU constitution, because member states do not give it enough attention. The biggest challenge for the European governments is therefore to inform their citizens, so the constitution can increase security and the awareness of European identity, said EU Ambassador to Slovenia Erwan Fouere. More » The European Commissioner for Science and Research Janez Potocnik has said the EU budget needs to be restructured if the bloc wants to make the implementation of the Lisbon Strategy a success. More » Most differences between NATO members from both sides of the Atlantic, in particular about Iraq, have been overcome, PM Janez Jansa said after Tuesday's NATO summit. "There is now a greater willingness than ever in the past few years that NATO should work in unison, and that the Euro-Atlantic alliance is the basis of this unity," he said. More » An international conference dealing with the role of art festivals in the formation of the cultural and urban identity of European cities began in Ljubljana on Thursday. The three-day event was important for Ljubljana from the aspect of further development of its cultural image. More » The Lasipalatsi gallery in the centre of Helsinki features an interesting interactive exhibition of digital photography by Slovenian media artist and graphic designer Martin Briclj. "Memory - a History of Slovenian Graphic Design" uses the pattern of the popular game "Memory" to present the author's photographs of abstract graphic details of urban space. More » The Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs has set itself the goal of reversing negative demographic trends. Minister Drobnic intends to achieve this by persuading the public to accept the family as a value, as well as by means of other measures, such as financial incentives, availability of housing and childcare, job security. More »

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