Slovenia News 28 June 2005

The government launched efforts last week to get Slovenia classified as two statistical regions in the EU in order to bolster the country's financial position following the failure of EU budget talks last week. By adopting the bill on the promotion of balanced regional development, the government started paving the way to negotiations with the EU. A number of ceremonies at the end of the week marked the 14th anniversary of Slovenia's independence, with the national ceremony in Republic Square in Ljubljana Friday evening, on the eve of National Day. A number of ceremonies at the end of the week marked the 14th anniversary of Slovenia's independence, with the national ceremony in Republic Square in Ljubljana Friday evening, on the eve of National Day. More » Ahead of the 14th anniversary of Slovenia's independence, President Janez Drnovsek received congratulations from statesmen such as UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, Pope Benedict XVI, German President Horst Koehler, Russia's Vladimir Putin, Czech Vaclav Klaus and Serbian President Svetozar Marovic. More » The government on Thursday passed the bill on the promotion of balanced regional development that envisages the country's division into two cohesion regions in order to facilitate the phasing of EU funds. The bill on the promotion of balanced regional development, which envisages the country's division into two cohesion regions, is to be passed in an emergency procedure in July. The decision was taken on Monday by the collegiate body of the parliament speaker. More » The Slovenian cabinet adopted Thursday a development strategy for the country which focuses on a socially-based market economy and whose aim is to see Slovenia exceed the average development of the EU by 2015. According to Prime Minister Janez Jansa, this will require ambitious but attainable economic growth of 5% per year. More » Parliament on Wednesday confirmed the controversial government-sponsored bill on RTV Slovenija, which promises an overhaul of the public broadcaster's management structure and programming. The opposition walked out of the session, protesting against what it labelled a "violent" legislative procedure. More » Andreja Kocijancic, a professor at the Faculty of Medicine, was elected the new chancellor of the University of Ljubljana in Tuesday's run-off, succeeding two-term Chancellor Joze Menciger. More » More than 150 representatives from 27 countries will discuss ways of fighting terrorism as a four-day NATO-Russia Council conference begins in Ljubljana on Tuesday. More » The Slovenian director Vinko Moederndorfer won the award for best director at the 13th International Film Festival Art Film, which took place between 17 and 25 June in Trencianske Teplice in Slovakia. Moederndorfer received a "Blue Angel" for his film "Suburbs", for which he also wrote the screenplay, the website of the festival says. More » The 26th Ljubljana International Biennial of Graphic Arts (MGB) entitled "Thrust" is to kick off on Thursday. Its curator Jure Mikuz invited 18 institutions from Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas to each put up a show to address the dilemmas of what the graphic arts are today. More » The 13th Lent Festival, Slovenia's biggest summer festival, kicked off on Friday evening. In sixteen days, over 400 events are to be held in the old city centre of Maribor. The organisers expect at least half a million visitors from Slovenia and abroad. More » Historian and musicologist Primoz Kuret on Thursday received the "Cross of Honour for Science and Art" of the first order, conferred by the Republic of Austria for his outstanding achievement in promoting cooperation between Austria and Slovenia. More » Alojz Rebula, an acclaimed fiction writer from Italy's Trieste, has received the Kresnik Award for best Slovenian novel of the year. Rebula was awarded for "Nocturne for Primorsko", a novel about a priest from the region of Primorsko set against the backdrop of Fascism. More »

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