Slovenia News 21 June 2005

Slovenia saw its hopes for a speedy EU budget deal dashed at the EU summit last week. The collapse of talks on spending in the bloc for 2007-2013 will likely mean Slovenia will get less funds than it hoped for. PM Janez Jansa announced the country would now launch efforts to be reclassified as more than one statistical region in order to secure as much regional aid as possible in the future. It will be one year on 28 June since Slovenia joined the ERM II exchange rate mechanism, the waiting room for the euro. There have been no shake-ups so far: the exchange rate is steadily hovering around the central parity rate of SIT 239.64 per euro. Danilo Tuerk, assistant UN secretary general for political affairs, says he does not bear grudges against UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, who passed him over for promotion. "I know that the secretary general takes decisions in a complex situation and his decisions are not his alone." More » Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa has expressed regret over the failure of the EU to find agreement on the bloc's budget arrangements for 2007-2013. The rich members showed "a fair share of egotism" in the talks, which made a deal impossible, he said after the EU budget talks collapsed late on Friday in Brussels. More » The head of the European Commission representation office in Slovenia, Erwan Fouere, whose term in office is expiring, paid a farewell visit to President Janez Drnovsek on Friday. More » The Slovenian cabinet has cleared the way for the construction of the third of five hydro-electric power plants on the lower Sava river. More » It will be one year on 28 June since Slovenia joined the ERM II exchange rate mechanism, the waiting room for the euro. There have been no shake-ups so far: the exchange rate is steadily hovering around the central parity rate of SIT 239.64 per euro, and the central bank has had to intervene only once on the monetary market. More » Slovenian carrier Adria Airways has signed a contact with Air France Industrie (AFI) to carry out maintenance works on Airbus A 319, A 320 and A 321 aircraft for AIF. More » Business daily Finance has ranked grocer Mercator as the biggest Slovenian company, while rating drug maker Krka as the best Slovenian company in its survey "101 Biggest and Best Slovenian Companies". More » Participants of the 4th Noordung Forum, held in Ljubljana on Tuesday under the title "Citizens and the Lisbon Strategy", highlighted that citizens would need to be stimulated to cooperate in the preparation and implementation of the national action plan for the Lisbon agenda. More » Writers attending the 71st International PEN congress have called upon the authorities worldwide to respect freedom of expression. The appeal is included in several resolutions that the participants passed at the end of the week-long congress at Bled on Monday. More »

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