PM Janez Jansa, who was on an official visit in Bulgaria, and his host, Bulgarian PM Sergei Stanishev called for stronger cooperation between the two countries, and shared a view that Bulgaria will join the EU on 1 January 2007. It is important for the date of Bulgaria's EU entry to remain 1 January 2007 to encourage it to pursue its reforms, necessary for Bulgaria to enter the EU, Jansa said at a press conference in Sofia on Wednesday, 10 May.
PM Janez Jansa, who was on an official visit in Bulgaria, and his host, Bulgarian PM Sergei Stanishev, called for stronger cooperation between the two countries, and shared the view that Bulgaria will join the EU on 1 January 2007. More »
PM Janez Jansa said that participating at the EU, Latin American and Caribbean countries summit was a valuable experience considering that the next such meeting, presumably hosted by Peru at the beginning of 2008, will take place with Slovenia as EU president. More »
The government confirmed the privatisation plan for Slovenia's second largest bank, the Maribor-based Nova kreditna banka Maribor (NKBM), under which the state would keep 25% plus one share in NKBM. More »
The cabinet adopted on Thursday a bill to change the Constitution in order to allow for the appointment of judges with a fixed five-year term as a means of tackling the backlog of pending court cases, Justice Minister Lovro Sturm told the press. More »
The Slovenian Armed Forces have made significant progress over the last 15 years. Proof of this is the successful participation in various international peace-keeping missions, President Janez Drnovsek has said at a ceremony marking the 15th anniversary of the Slovenian army. More »
To have a competitive economy we must first ensure the effectiveness of our capital market, Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk told the participants of the two-day stock market conference that opened in the seaside resort of Portoroz (SW) on Thursday. More »
Numerous politicians, artists and other opinion leaders took the pen in their hand on Tuesday to join 27 writers of the "Story of Europe" across the continent in celebration of Europe's cultural, literary and culinary diversity, the focal point of this year's Europe Day. More »
Slovenia will contribute two soldiers to the EU's civilian-military support action (AMIS II) in the Sudanese region of Darfur, Slovenian Army Chief-of-Staff, Major General Ladislav Lipic, said at the end of the spring meeting of NATO and EU chiefs of staff. More »
The menu of the 22nd annual Druga godba festival of world music to be held in Ljubljana between 30 May and 3 June will offer 15 performances from 12 countries, including India, Indonesia, Peru, Nigeria and Mali. More »
Ljubljana Festival 2006 will open on 19 June with the famous New York Philharmonic Orchestra, led by conductor Lorin Maazel. The concert will honour Mozart by playing his Symphony No. 41 in C-Major, KV 551 "Jupiter" and Mahler's Symphony No. 1 in D-Minor. More »
A leading German daily has labelled Slovenia a "cultural nation" in its overview of the 25 EU member states and two accession countries published on Europe Day. More »
In another successful day for Slovenian gymnastics team, Aljaz Pegan won gold on the high bar and Mitja Petkovsek bagged silver on parallel bars at the Gymnastics World Cup meet in Belgium's Ghent on Sunday. More »
The 11th international boat show Internautica opened in the seaside resort of Portoroz on Tuesday. The show's main attraction is some 200 vessels, including super-yachts that are over 26 metres long. More »