Slovenia News 18 April 2006

"The Development Partnership is a continuation of a positive tradition of broad political consensus ahead of important decisions, and is an important development document on the political level, first ever in Slovenia," Jansa said after signing the document. The agreement is important, because is represents a basic framework in which the partners will look for solutions and answers to the Slovenian development challenges, he added. The presidents of six parliamentary parties and both MPs of the Italian and Hungarian minorities signed Tuesday a Development Partnership pact put forward by PM Janez Jansa to secure a broad political consensus on structural reforms. More » Croatia and Hungary have been informed about Slovenia's intentions to build hydro power stations on the Mura river in the northeast, and at the same time set up a balanced ecosystem there, the Environment and Spatial Planning Ministry said on Thursday. More » FM Dimitrij Rupel met Austrian Ambassador Valentin Inzko on Friday to discuss the situation of the Slovenian minority in Austria. More » The cabinet adopted the revised version of the bill on international cooperation at Thursday's session. More » The cabinet adopted a program on safeguarding and developing the Lipica stud farm for the 2006-2010 period. More » The government has adopted changes to the insurance act which include the provisions of two EU directives published since the act was last amended in 2004. More » Slovenian ski resorts were visited by 1.835 million skiers by the beginning of April, making a 9% higher profit compared with last year, which makes this season one of the most profitable ones, according to preliminary data of the Slovenian Association of Ski Lift Operators. More » The Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GZS) forecasts that Slovenia's economic growth will be 4.1% in 2006 and 4% in 2007. Inflation will stand around 2.3% and go up to 2.5% next year, Irena Rostan of the GZS's Economic Outlook and Policy Services told the press on Friday. More » Slovenia was a net receiver in its second year of EU membership, getting SIT 4.53bn (EUR 18.9m) from the EU budget. Yet this was far below plans, which anticipated Slovenia having a SIT 42.76bn (EUR 178.47m) surplus from the EU in 2005, the Finance Ministry has said. More » The completion of the Slovenian motorway and railroad network is of key importance for the country, as the 5th and 10th cross-European transport routes cross Slovenia, Minister of Transport Janez Bozic has said in Koper. More » The Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts (MANU) in Skopje is to host an exhibition of Slovenian prints from the last 50 years, with the opening ceremony scheduled for Tuesday evening. More » Easter, the greatest Christian religious holiday, was marked by celebratory masses throughout the country on Sunday, while in some places the holiday started with religious processions. More » Journalist, editor and critic Joze Hudecek received the lifetime achievement award as the Slovenian Association of Journalists conferred its annual Consortium Veritatis (Brotherhood of Truth) awards on Thursday in Ljubljana. More » The Programming Council of the public broadcaster RTV Slovenija endorsed on Tuesday the nominees for the director of TV Slovenija, Joze Mozina, and for Radio Slovenija, Vinko Vasle. The pair was put forward by RTV Slovenija director general Anton Guzej. More » Slovenia's Forestry Institute began on Saturday the hunt for five brown bears which will be relocated to the French Pyrenees, with the transfer of four females and one male to be completed by late August. More » Schedule of Events from 18 to 23 April More »

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