President Janez Drnovsek provoked loud reactions in Serbia with his statement that if certain conditions are met independence is "the only realistic option for Kosovo." The plan is "good, deliberated and to the benefit of both sides," he told the press on Monday. Pushing the problem aside would not benefit anyone, whereas "forced solutions where Kosovo and Serbia are in the same state would not be productive," as it would lead to tensions, he stressed.
President Janez Drnovsek has spoken out in support of his beleaguered plan for Kosovo status talks. The plan is "good, deliberated and to the benefit of both sides," he told the press on Monday. More »
Prime Minister Janez Jansa told managers in Luxembourg on Wednesday that there is great potential for cooperation with Slovenia, in particular in financial services, the chemical industry, tourism and investments. Jansa and his Luxembourg counterpart Jean-Claude Juncker have urged the British EU presidency to double its efforts in ensuring that an agreement on the EU's 2007-2013 budget framework is reached at the December summit in Brussels. More »
PM Janez Jansa is convinced that the "time is right" to carry out structural reform in Slovenia. According to him, the current economic stability is fertile ground for taking measures that will make Slovenia's economy better and prepare it for increasingly fierce global competition. More »
Slovenia ranks 9th alongside the Czech Republic in the latest Worldwide Press Freedom Index, which is published annually by Reporters Without Borders. More »
Measures that Slovenia has taken to fight the spread of avian influenza have been assessed by EU agriculture ministers as adequate, even stricter than in several other member states. More »
A three-day international conference entitled eChallenges, launched on Wednesday in Ljubljana, discussed key issues in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) at its plenary session. More »
President Janez Drnovsek is concerned about the current situation in the EU, as there are no new ideas regarding the constitutional treaty. The ratification procedure should resume, whereby France and Netherlands should take a renewed vote, he told the press in Ljubljana on Wednesday. More »
Marcel Koprol, the state secretary for European Affairs, said after talks with Belgian Secretary of State for European Affairs Didier Donfut in Brussels that Slovenia and Belgium agree EU budget talks should wrap up at the EU summit in December. More »
Slovenj Gradec, the only Slovenian city to bear the name of UN Messenger of Peace, marked United Nations Day on Monday with a series of events that turned the entire city into a showcase of peace under the title "Let's Preserve Our Peace." More »
Luka Spik and Iztok Cop are to be proclaimed the best rowing crew of 2005 at the World Rowing Forum, sources at the Slovenian Rowing Association said. More »