Slovenia News 30 May 2006

Prime Minister Janez Jansa started a three-day official visit to Russia on Monday. He is expected to hold talks with a number of senior Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov. He is accompanied by a government delegation as well as over 100 businessmen. Several agreements on economic cooperation are to be signed, as well as a programme of cooperation in culture, science and education in the 2006-2008 period, and a memorandum of understanding between the defence ministries. Economic topics will top the agenda, especially cooperation in energy projects, where there have recently been concrete talks between Russian oil giant Lukoil and Slovenian energy companies Petrol, Nafta Lendava and Geoplin. Economic cooperation between Slovenia and Russia is good, but there are plenty of unexplored opportunities, Economics Minister Andrej Vizjak said after Monday's session of the intergovernmental commission on trade, economic, scientific and technological cooperation in Moscow. Students staged the second protest rally in the last two months this week after talks with the government on a list of demands aimed at preserving and improving the students' social status broke down. Miha Ulcar, the head of the Slovenian Student Organisation (SOS), said at the 24 May protest that students in the country are ready for dialogue or a fight with the government over student rights. More » Well-developed infrastructure in a part of the region would facilitate the development of logistics and industry, while more extensive investments should also be made in tourism, PM Janez Jasna said during the cabinet's visit to the Notranjsko (SW) region. More » The Slovenian cabinet has decided to lift all restrictions on EU workers in line with Slovenian efforts to see the principle of the free movement of labour implemented across the EU. More » The Slovenian cabinet has concluded that the construction of an off-shore liquefied gas terminal in the Gulf of Trieste would have an impact on the Slovenian environment which is why the country has a vested interest in the plans. More » The National Assembly started on Monday an extraordinary session on the government's response to the planned construction of two gas terminals in the Gulf of Trieste, near the Slovenian border. More » The National Assembly passed the disputed changes to the media act. The government says that the law will promote media pluralism, a claim that the opposition disputes. The amendments deal with many issues but only a few are disputable, most notably the significantly expanded right of stakeholders to demand the publication of corrections, and the creation of a fund for the promotion of pluralism. More » Retailer Mercator remained the biggest Slovenian company in 2005, while pharma company Krka was, again, ranked as the best Slovenian company, according to the "101 Biggest and Best Slovenian Companies" survey in business daily Finance. More » The government's macroeconomic think-tank has found "good progress" in Slovenia's development in its annual development report. More » Logistics company Intereuropa is planning to build a logistics centre near the Russian capital of Moscow and the company's CEO Andrej Lovsin was looking at suitable locations for the EUR 8m to 10m investment on Monday, Intereuropa said on Tuesday. More » Europe needs new energy for the continuation of development and the process of integration, President Janez Drnovsek said on Saturday as he received representatives of the International Paneuropean Union. "This is our historical responsibility," he was quoted as saying. More » "The EU is currently moving away from the constitution, and is focusing foremost on concrete projects," Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel said on the margins of a meeting of the EU's foreign ministers on Sunday. More » The Slovenian gallery "A+A" in Italy's Venice will on Thursday open an exhibition of works by acclaimed painter Zoran Music (1909-2005), who died one year ago. More » The Tone Tomsic Academic Choir, under the leadership of choirmistress Ursa Lah, staged a concert on Sunday evening in the Cankarjev dom concert hall in Ljubljana to mark its 80th anniversary. More » Slovenia stages a Slovenian village at the Europa-park theme park in Rust near Freiburg, Germany, between 28 May and 6 June, Slovenian MEP Lojze Peterle told a press conference in Celje on Thursday. More » The world today is confused and the individual is confused as well. Until people do not change their ways and start solving global conflicts, nothing will change, President Janez Drnovsek said on Thursday at the presentation of his new book entitled "Misli o zivljenju in zavedanju" (Thoughts on Life and Awareness). More » Slovenian gymnast Mitja Petkovsek has capped the spring season with a new win. He virtually demolished the competition in the parallel bars event at the World Cup in Moscow and, scoring 16 points, got a gold medal. More » Health Minister Andrej Brucan has decided to accept the offer of a Ljubljana-based medical supplies company for a donation of 18 operating tables with all the necessary equipment to five Slovenian hospitals. More » Schedule of Events from 30 May to 4 June More »

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