Slovenia News 10 May 2005

Slovenia is celebrating the 60th anniversary of liberation from the Nazi occupation this month. At least 90,000 people are believed to have perished on the Slovenian territory during the four-year war and its aftermath. A public debate on Slovenia's first year in the EU and on ways of bringing the EU closer to its citizens was also held in Ljubljana on Monday, as part of events marking Europe Day. Sixty years ago, to the day, the first post-WWII Slovenian government was formed in the town of Ajdovscina, south-west. More » Slovenia is celebrating the 60th anniversary of liberation from the Nazi occupation this month. At least 90,000 people are believed to have perished on the Slovenian territory during the four-year war and its aftermath. More » President Janez Drnovsek has decorated George Voinovich, a US senator of Slovenian-Serbian descent, for his merits in Slovenia's international affirmation and in the promotion of friendship between Slovenia and the United States. More » Transport Minister Janez Bozic held a meeting with his Austrian counterpart Hubert Gorbach on Tuesday, discussing ways to boost cooperation between Austrian companies and the only Slovenian commercial port. More » An e-registry of births, deaths and marriages was brought online on Monday, which Public Administration Minister Gregor Virant said would make public administration more efficient. More » New EU member states set an example for the older and richer EU members at implementing environmental protection legislation, established World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in a report published a year after the last round of EU enlargement. More » A library containing 11 million documents from nine European national libraries has been launched online at www.theeuropeanlibrary.org, with Slovenia one of the countries that took part in the project launch. More » Slovenia will have to wait another year to be included in the Brussels Mini Europe, where EU states are represented with miniature replicas of their greatest monuments. According to plans, Ljubljana Triple Bridge, representing Slovenia, will be put up in 2006. More » Representatives of 17 members of the EU, among them Slovenia, have come to a conclusion that an agreement on the Union's financial arrangements for the 2007-2013 period must be reached in June, i.e. still under the Luxembourg presidency. More » The European Investment Bank (EIB) anticipates the level of its lending in the new EU member states to increase. The reason is that development needs in these countries are much higher than in the EU15, which has benefited from almost 90% of all EIB lending in the EU25, Wolfgang Roth, EIB vice-president, explained in an interview with STA. More » A public debate on Slovenia's first year in the EU and on ways of bringing the EU closer to its citizens was held in Ljubljana on Monday, as part of events marking Europe Day. More » The International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF) has received a donation of US$ 4.64m for 2005, the Slovenian-run ITF said in a press release on Tuesday. More » The EU has given Slovenia EUR 2.49m for two projects in the framework of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN). A total of nine projects were awarded EUR 14.8m. More » Culture Minister Vasko Simoniti highlighted the close cultural ties binding Slovenia and the Czech Republic throughout history as he opened the 11th international book fair in Prague on Thursday. Slovenia is in the spotlight of the event this year. More » One of the most inventive theatre and film directors of our time, Canadian Robert Lepage opened the 11th annual Exodos festival of performing arts in Ljubljana on Thursday with "The Busker's Opera", a show adapted from "The Beggar's Opera" by John Gay. More » The fourth Spring Festival began in Ljubljana, with central events taking place in Tivoli Park. According to the organisers, this is "the only open-air international festival of electronic music and visual arts". More » Ljubljana organised a number of events to mark 9 May, the 60th anniversary of the victory over Fascism and Nazism. On the same day, the Slovenian capital celebrates Peace Day to remember the liberation of the city. More » Slovenia is one of the most popular destinations among Italian tourists, a survey of an Italian tourism and transport market research agency has shown. More » Calendar of Events More »

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