The cabinet finalised the budget bills for 2006 and 2007 at Thursday's session. Budget revenues for 2006 are projected at SIT 1,756.4bn (EUR 7.33bn). With expenditures at SIT 1,857.9bn (EUR 7.76bn), the projected deficit is at 1.4% of GDP.
Senior coalition parties are pleased with the work they have done since they won the general election on 3 October last year. "The people as well as the business environment can be pleased," head of the Social Democrats' (SDS) deputy group Joze Tanko told the press on Monday.
Senior coalition parties are pleased with the work they have done since they won the general election on 3 October last year. "The people as well as the business environment can be pleased," head of the Social Democrats' (SDS) deputy group Joze Tanko told the press on Monday. More »
The new public broadcaster act will come into force between 10 and 12 November, Culture Minister Vasko Simoniti told the press on Tuesday. He also presented the final procedures regarding the new act, endorsed by a narrow majority in Sunday's referendum. More »
Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel is upbeat about the prospect that membership talks with Turkey will start as planned. "I believe the Turkish story will have a successful ending," Rupel said on the margins of a meeting of EU foreign ministers. More »
The government has adopted the bill on Slovenians abroad, which deals with the jurisdictions of state authorities on cultural, economic and educational ties with Slovenians abroad, and includes provisions on repatriation. More »
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a loan of EUR 250m to Slovenia for the construction of a key motorway section in the northeast of the country. More »
Slovenia's improved showing on the global competitiveness rankings of the World Economic Forum has been met with optimism. Yet economists and Economics Minister Andrej Vizjak have pointed out that more needs to be done, in particular as regards the labour market. More »
The Slovenian economy is ranked the 32nd most competitive in the world in 2005, gaining one place over 2004, the World Economic Forum said in its global competitiveness report, released on Wednesday in Geneva. More »
The government Institute for Macroeconomic Analysis and Development (IMAD) has upped its GDP growth projections for this year by a notch to 3.9% in its Autumn Report. At the same time it downgraded slightly the projection for 2005, from 4.1% to 4%. More »
Representatives of 32 Slovenian companies are to take part in a presentation of Slovenian companies on the Ukrainian market which is to take place from 4 to 7 October in Ukraine, the Chamber of Commerce (GZS) said on Tuesday. More »
Andreja Kocijancic, who assumed the post of chancellor of the University of Ljubljana on 1 October, is starting her four-year term full of optimism. Four years from now, the university will be "shining" in terms of qualify of research and teaching, as well as student and teacher satisfaction, she said. More »
Mihela Zupancic took over as head of the European Commission Representation in Slovenia on Tuesday. Zupancic highlighted the European Commission's action plan on the implementation of the communication strategy as one of the key challenges in the coming period. More »
The EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities Vladimir Spidla told the STA on Friday that he thinks workers from the new EU member states do not present a threat to the labour markets of old members. More »
An exhibition to mark the 400th anniversary of the first edition of Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes opened on Thursday at the Ljubljana-based National and University Library. More »
The Slovenian capital will once again play host to a festival dedicated to women artists, the 11th City of Women festival. Starting on 7 October and lasting for a week, the event is to attract some 40 female artists from 18 countries. More »
French Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development Nelly Olin and her Slovenian counterpart Janez Podobnik have signed an agreement on the capture and transportation of five brown bears to the Pyrenees region. More »
The Focus '05 fifth annual month of cultural, political and economic events representing Slovenian-Dutch cooperation began with the presentation of flower arrangements by Slovenian and Dutch florists. Numerous events will be held on various stages in Slovenia throughout October. They have been arranged by the Dutch Embassy, the Dutch Ministry of Finance, the Dutch EVD Agency of International Cooperation, the Slovenian Ministry of Finance and Finance magazine, which will issue a special supplement on Dutch-Slovenian business cooperation. More »