Slovenia News (4 July 2006)

The European Commission has proposed that the final and irrevocable exchange rate at which Slovenian tolars are exchanged for euros on 1 January 2007 be fixed at 239.64 tolars per euro. This is the rate at which Slovenia entered the ERM II exchange rate mechanism two years ago. Following an informal working meeting, the Slovenian and Croatian Presidents, Janez Drnovšek and Stipe Mesić, have called on the governments of both countries to begin talks and start resolving issues pertaining to the border, and the debts of the former Ljubljanska banka owed to its Croatian depositors. More » The Slovenian government has approved an increase in its contribution to the Slovenian-run International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF) by SIT 42m (EUR 175,000) for this year, the Government PR and Media Office said in a press release. More » The government approves an action plan for implementing an electronic toll collection system, and supports an initiative for establishing a Slovenia-based Drought Management Centre for the countries of South-Eastern Europe. More » MPs decided at an extraordinary session of parliament to postpone voting on amendments to the Auditing of Public Procurement Procedures Act to a future session, as none of the amendments was endorsed by the budgetary and public finance control commission. More » The European Commission has proposed that the final and irrevocable exchange rate at which Slovenian tolars are exchanged for euros on 1 January 2007 be fixed at 239.64 tolars per euro. More » The Slovenian national carrier, Adria Airways, has launched daily cargo flights between Ljubljana and Liege, which will be serviced by a SAAB 340A cargo turboprop that it has purchased. More » The streets of Ljubljana have come alive with the 9th Ana Desetnica international street theatre festival, which aims to revive the old city centre and encourage informal gatherings of diverse audiences and artists. More » The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia (CCIS) has conferred awards for the best innovations at national level in 2005 with the aim of encouraging the innovation potential of the Slovenian economy through thirteen regional CCIs. More » The Slovenian government has decided to rename a section of the road between Kranjska Gora and the Vršič mountain pass the Russian Road to honour the memory of the more than 100 Russian prisoners who died at the mountain pass Vršič (NW) in the First World War. More » Vasilij Žbogar, for years one of the world's top five competitors in the Laser class, and an Olympic bronze medallist in Athens, 2004, has moved up one place in the ISAF rankings to take second position. More » Slovenia's health care system, in comparison with other EU members, is close to the European average, according to recent research conducted by the European health care think-tank the Health Consumer Powerhouse. More »

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