Slovenia's veterinary agency has said it would extend measures to guard against the outbreak of bird flu to the whole country. A day after news broke that a dead swan was found near the city of Maribor had the H5 strain of the avian flu, the Veterinary Administration said it was drawing up a decree to declare the whole country a "risk zone".
President Janez Drnovsek sent on Monday an upgraded peace agreement to the warring sides in the western Sudanese region of Darfur since peace talks between the warring sides in the Sudanese region of Darfur, scheduled to take place on Monday and Tuesday in Slovenia, have been postponed indefinitely.
The violent reactions of Muslims over cartoons of prophet Mohammad could intensify and everything must be done to calm the protesters, including apologies by Western politicians, President Janez Drnovsek said on Thursday. More »
The Government Office for Development, whose task is to coordinate the implementation of economic and social reforms, will take part in drafting 67 measures from the adopted reforms package, Development Minister Joze P. Damijan said on Monday. More »
In response to the controversial cartoons of the prophet Mohammed recently published by several European newspapers, including Slovenian, the Meshihat of the Islamic community in Slovenia has condemned the misrepresentation of the prophet. More »
President Janez Drnovsek met European Enlargement Commissioner Oli Rehn in Ljubljana on Friday. Earlier in the day, Rehn also talked with the members of the parliamentary EU affairs committee. More »
Peace talks between the warring sides in the Sudanese region of Darfur, scheduled to take place on Monday and Tuesday in Slovenia, have been postponed indefinitely. More »
The government adopted on Thursday amendments to the act on parenthood care and family income, which expands the right to shorter working hours to self-employed parents, Minister of Labour, Family and Social Affairs Janez Drobnic told the press after the session. More »
In 2005 the European Investment Bank (EIB) gave Slovenia EUR 282m worth of loans under favourable terms, which is 0.7% of all last year's loans to the EU member states, according to a report the EIB released in Brussels on Thursday. More »
The February report of the international rating firm Dun&Bradstreet (D&B) keeps the country firmly at the top in Eastern Europe alongside Slovakia. Both have a DB2c rating, whereby Slovenia's trend is still pointing upwards. More »
The measures taken by relevant institutions in the wake of the confirmed case of bird flu in Slovenia were timely, adequate and harmonised with the EU. However, the system of informing the public did not function well enough, PM Janez Jansa said on Monday. More »
The management of Slovenia's largest poultry producer Perutnina Ptuj believes that Slovenians are well informed about measures against bird flu and will not alter their eating habits due to the discovery of bird flu in the country. More »
The Institute of Public Health has said that the discovery of a swan infected with the H5 strain of bird flu virus has not increased the risk of infection among people. More »
Around a third of Slovenians believe globalisation means companies are moving their production to countries with cheaper labour, according to the results of the autumn Eurobarometer survey. More »
A 49-strong Armed Forces unit is scheduled to head for Afghanistan in what is the country's largest contingent to take part in the ISAF peacekeeping mission so far, the Defence Ministry said. More »
Parliament has passed the act on state guarantees for over one billion euros in loans that the Motorway Company (DARS) can take out, clearing the last legislative hurdle for the record loans. More »
Essayist and writer Milan Dekleva and film director Karpo Godina received the Preseren Awards, the highest national awards for outstanding achievement in arts and culture, at a ceremony held Tuesday, on the eve of Culture Day. More »
Police are technically prepared for entry into the Schengen zone. The only open issue is the Schengen Information System, which however depends on the readiness of the EU, Andrej Rupnik of the General Police Directorate told the press on Monday. More »