Slovenia News 24 May 2005

The Slovenian Democrats of Prime Minister Janez Jansa and the junior coalition Pensioners' Party held congresses last week to decide on party leadership and programmes. Jansa was reelected president for a fifth consecutive term, while Karl Erjavec became the new leader of DeSUS. The parliament held regular May session, while Health Minister Andrej Brucan unveiled the long-awaited changes to the health care act. He promised that the poorest parts of the population will be given full health insurance for free. The changes would also see an offset scheme introduce for supplementary health insurance companies and lower sickness benefits for long-term absence from work. Health Minister Andrej Brucan has unveiled the long-awaited changes to the health care act that would see the poorest parts of the population given full health insurance for free. The changes would also see an offset scheme introduced for supplementary health insurance companies and lower sickness benefits for long-term absence from work. More » Members of the first democratically elected Slovenian government met on Sunday at Brdo near Kranj to mark the government's 15th anniversary. The idea for the meeting was given by the first PM Alojz Peterle, now a MEP. More » The government has endorsed an amended bill on local self-government, which according to State Secretary Franci Rokavec sets forth new regulations for the establishment of municipalities or change in their territory. More » The government took a decision Thursday to donate funds of SIT 4.8m (EUR 20,000) for boosting the stability and development in Kyrgyzstan. More » The government has accepted the offer for the purchase of the 3.36% stake in the Slovenian Press Agency (STA) that it does not own already. The owner himself offered to sell, and the government agreed after negotiations to purchase it, government spokesman Jernej Pavlin told the press on Thursday. More » A body advising the government on economic matters has made an official recommendation that Slovenia adopt a flat tax rate of 20%. More » Dravske elektrarne Maribor, the manager of hydro plants on the Drava river, on Friday celebrated the end of comprehensive upgrade works which increased the capacity of 6 overhauled plants by a quarter. More » The Economics Ministry will allocate SIT 900m (EUR 3.7m) for the promotion of foreign direct investment this year, as well as SIT 1.05bn (EUR 4.4m) for the promotion of competitiveness and SIT 150 (EUR 0.6m) for technological parks, a senior ministry official told the press on Thursday. More » The Koper-based logistics group Intereuropa opened a new logistics centre near Split on the Croatian coast on Thursday in an investment worth of 7.3 million euros. More » The goal of the general manager of Sandoz in Russia, Metod Dragonja, is to take this generics group from third to first place in terms of sales on markets of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Dragonja's successor at Ljubljana's Lek, which is part of Sandoz, said. More » The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Slovenian leading bank Nova Ljubljanska banka (NLB) signed an agreement on Saturday on joint capital investments in the countries of Southeastern Europe. More » Janez Jansa was unanimously elected president of the ruling Slovenian Democrats (SDS) for a fifth consecutive term. More » Minister of Local Government and Regional Policy Ivan Zagar said Friday that Slovenia was in favour of the guidelines proposed by the European Commission for the EU cohesion policy in the next financial period. More » Audiences in Ljubljana will be able to see a total of 62 concerts, opera, ballet and other performances as the Ljubljana Summer Festival takes place between 4 July and 18 August. More » The opening of an exhibition of situlas, ancient metal or pottery vessels from Slovenia, marked International Museum Day. The festival, hosted by the Slovenian National Museum and Ljubljana Castle, opened on Thursday evening. More » Slovenia's secondary school graduates broke another world record in quadrille dancing on Friday, as 18,268 filled the streets of 21 towns all around the country. More » Slovenians are overall more satisfied with life than is the average for new EU member states. This is according to a survey carried out by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions. More » The 425th anniversary of the world renowned Lipica stud farm was marked with a lavish ceremony, celebrating the Lipizzaner horse as an symbol and integral part of the Slovenian national identity. More » Schedule of Events More »

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