The appearance of the avian influenza in Slovenia caused severe measures. But the Ministry of Health and the Institute of Public Health emphasised that the discovery of the H5N1 Avian Influenza virus strain in wild birds in Slovenia poses no danger to the health of Slovenian citizens.
At press conference, the Government Office of the Republic of Slovenia for Growth presented its draft programme of work for 2006. The top priorities of the Office for Development in 2006 are tasks related to the coordination of government ministries and offices in the implementation of the reforms aimed at increasing employment, competitiveness and welfare in Slovenia. More »
The Prime Minister Janez Janša briefly presented the government's comprehensive programme of work for 2006, which the government has been implementing, and which is harmonised with its medium-term objectives for the current term of office. More »
The Photography of the Year competition is an annual Slovenian photography project organised by Emzin, Cultural Magazine. The fact that the 2006 event was the twelfth in a row shows that this award has become a prestigious recognition of Slovenian achievements in photography. More »
Between 23 January and 18 February the third Fabula International Story Festival took place in Ljubljana, Maribor, Postojna, Izola and Koper. In three weeks the festival hosted ten world-famous writers, who presented their work at more than twenty literary events. More »
On 16 February 2006 at 11.16 hrs, the Veterinary Administration of the Republic of Slovenia received from the National Veterinary Institute of the Veterinary Faculty the results of further tests conducted in the Community Reference Laboratory Instituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (The Tri-Veneto Region Experimental Animal Health Care Institute) in Padua, Italy, on the samples taken from the swan which the National Veterinary Institute discovered to be carrying the H5 Avian Influenza virus strain on Saturday, 11 February 2006. The sample was sent to Padua on Monday 13 February 2006. More »
The European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules on local border traffic at the external land borders of the Member States, which was passed on Tuesday, in fact re-defines the rules. More »