Slovenia News 10 January 2006

Several new tax laws as well as the trade act limiting Sunday shopping entered into force on 1 January 2006. Meanwhile, the cabined adopted a bill on the chambers of commerce. Grabbing the headlines this week was the interruption in natural gas supplies from Russia, however, Slovenia's sole provider Geoplin managed to compensate by tapping into reserves before supply a day later. Natural gas imports, which dropped by a third on Monday due to a dispute between Russia and Ukraine, were fully restored by Tuesday, the Slovenian gas company Geoplin said. More » Slovenia will take over the presidency of the Human Security Network on 1 May 2006. For one year, the country will be in charge of this international group dealing with humanitarian issues which concern human security. More » The Slovenian cabinet adopted Thursday a decree on the Slovenian fishing area that encompasses the whole of the disputed Bay of Piran as well as open seas included in its protective ecological zone in the Adriatic. More » "I'm under no illusion that things would take care of themselves now," President Janez Drnovsek has said in reference to his initiative to help bring about an end to the crisis in the Sudanese region of Darfur. More » PM Janez Jansa believes that if compared with other states which were to take on EU presidency for the first time, the pace of Slovenia's preparations for the task is adequate, he told a traditional meeting of Slovenian diplomats on Wednesday. More » The government adopted a draft resolution on the National Social Security Programme for the 2006-2010 period at its Thursday session. The document needs parliament's approval. More » The new management board of Slovenia's leading grocer, Mercator, met with the press on Wednesday in Ljubljana. According to chairman Ziga Debeljak, the company wants to remain the leader on the Slovenian grocery market by holding on to its 40% market share. More » Slovenia has gained seven places on the Index of Economic Freedom for 2006 to take 38th out of 157 countries surveyed by the Heritage Foundation, a Washington think tank, and the Wall Street Journal. Slovenia received mixed marks in the 10 surveyed categories for a combined rating of "mostly free". More » Novo mesto-based carmaker Revoz had a record year in 2005, as it produced a total of 177,945 of Renault's popular Clio II compact model, which is 46,184 more than a year earlier. More » Slovenia has entered its last year with the Slovenian tolar (SIT) as legal tender. After the country has recently met the last convergence criteria by curbing inflation, it is clear that it is on course to introducing the euro with the onset of 2007. More » Slovenia's veterinary authority has decided to relax the ban on free-range poultry which it imposed in October 2005 after it was confirmed that the bird flu virus discovered in neighbouring Croatia was the lethal H5N1 strain. More » The evaluation of Slovenia's preparedness to enter the Schengen border regime will get underway in 2006, with the country hoping to enter the system in October 2007, State Secretary for European Affairs Marcel Koprol told STA recently. More » Ljubljana arts centre Cankarjev dom hosted on Thursday a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the literary journal "Sodobnost", one of the three oldest cultural publications in Europe. More » The person of the year 2005, as chosen by Slovenia's leading daily Delo, is the entrepreneur and CEO of Akrapovic izpusni sistemi (Akrapovic exhausts) Igor Akrapovic. More » Mojca Sencar, a long-serving anesthetist at the Oncologic Institute in Ljubljana, has been selected Woman of the Year by readers of one of the most popular Slovenian women's magazines, Jana. More » According to estimates by the Ljubljana Tourism Board, the number of overnight stays in Slovenia's capital rose 12% to 565,000 in 2005 compared to 2004. More » The Slovenian Tourist Board (STO) plans to focus on a more concerted promotion of the country, with a TV spot to be aired on the CNN as one of the most costly projects planned for this year. More » Schedule of Events from 10 to 15 January More »

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