Slovenia News 29 November 2005

EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana promised to help Slovenia and Croatia resolve their bilateral issues last week, the week in which participating states of the OSCE, which is chaired by Slovenia this year, managed to agree a new scale of budget contributions, something that Russia was rather dissatisfied with. The staging of the OSCE ministerial meeting will be a testament to Slovenia's role as an active and responsible member of the international community, Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel believes. PM Janez Jansa and FM Dimitrij Rupel were in Slovakia for a CEI summit. Prime Minister Janez Jansa, who is a member of the troika as Slovenia chaired the CEI last year, pointed to economic cooperation, saying that it would be a good move if Central European Initiative countries attracted more investment. Changes in the political landscape in the region which are the result of the entry of several Central European Initiative (CEI) members in the EU topped the agenda of this year's summit of the organisation in Bratislava. More » The staging of the OSCE ministerial meeting will be a testament to Slovenia's role as an active and responsible member of the international community, Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel believes. More » The government has adopted amendments to the asylum act, which it believes will help prevent the abuse of the right to asylum and streamline the procedures. More » The cabinet appointed on Thursday Zorko Pelikan the new state secretary of the Government Office for Slovenians Abroad. Zorko, who is to assume his post on 1 December, will succeed Franc Puksic, who resigned in July over disagreements with the government. More » SRC.SI, the largest Slovenian company specialising in system integration, opened its branch office in Brussels on Tuesday, the first such solo effort by a Slovenian company. More » Investment funds are one of the branches of the financial sector with the brightest future, Stane Valant, head of the association of asset management firms, told a two-day conference of the association on Thursday. More » The Ljubljana Stock Exchange (LJSE) hosted the Slovenian Capital Markets Day at the London Stock Exchange on Friday to introduce six leading Slovenian companies to London's investment community and present the latest developments on the Slovenian capital markets. More » The EU Competitiveness Council on Monday confirmed a partial common approach to the proposed 7th framework research programme for 2007-2013. With its proposed reforms, Slovenia is already following the council's recommendations, Janez Mozina of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology said. More » European Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik told the press in Brussels on Tuesday that the European Commission has "tried to do its best, both as a whole and as individual commissioners" in the past year. More » Preparations for Slovenia's EU presidency, and a strategy for effective functioning in the EU will be the main tasks of the Government Office for EU Affairs (SVEZ) in 2006, the head of the office, Marcel Koprol, told the press on Wednesday. More » Prime Minister Janez Jansa has said that Slovenia's first impressions about the informal proposal by Great Britain for the 2007-2013 spending plan are positive. More » The public is ever more interested in the annual Slovenian Book Fair, which will take place for the 21st time at the conference centre Cankarjev dom in Ljubljana, the chair of its management board Rudi Zaman told the press on Tuesday. More » Under the auspices of President Janez Drnovsek, the Piran Days of Architecture 2005, featuring exhibitions and an international seminar on architectural policies, opened on Friday in the seaside resort in Piran. More » "Uglasevanje" (Tuning), a film by the up-and-coming Slovenian director Igor Sterk, has won best feature film award at the 54th Mannheim-Heidelberg Film Festival, the Slovenian Film Fund said on Monday. More » The 16th Ljubljana International Film Festival (LIFFe) ended on Thursday in Ljubljana with an award ceremony. The Kingfisher Award, the top prize of the two-week festival, went to a Danish-Icelandic parody "Dark Horse", directed by Dagur Kari. More » Rudolf Maister is one of the people in Slovenian history whose life and work are inseparably linked to the national and political emancipation of the Slovenian nation, Prime Minister Janez Jansa said on Friday in Maribor. More » The 38th World Gymnastics Championships in Melbourne, Australia has ended with a double Slovenian victory, which saw Mitja Petkovsek on parallel bars and Aljaz Pegan on high bar become world champions. More » Health Minister Andrej Brucan said on Friday that Slovenia is ready to cooperate as a partner and donor in developing health services in SE Europe. His comments came at the 2nd Forum of Health Ministers from SE Europe that took place in Macedonia, the Health Ministry reported on Friday. More » Schedule of Events from 29 November to 4 December More »

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