Slovenia News (18 July 2006)

The news of the week was the confirmation by the finance ministers of the final legal basis - the decision allowing Slovenia to introduce euro as legal tender, and a regulation determining the definitive tolar-euro exchange rate - marks the end of the formal proceedings for the EU. Slovenia will enter the eurozone with an exchange rate of 239.64 tolars to the euro, becoming the 13th member of the eurozone and the first of the ten 2004 EU newcomers to adopt the euro. In the first half of July, Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša went on a five-day official visit to the United States of America. More » Prime Minister Janez Janša has voiced regret over the absence of a step forward in bilingual town signs for the Austrian province of Carinthia, after the Austrian parliament failed to muster the majority to implement the latest agreement on Friday. More » The cabinet adopted on Thursday a decree establishing the Council for Slovenians Abroad and the Council for Slovenians in Neighbouring Countries which were envisaged as consultative bodies as part of the recently passed act on Slovenians abroad. More » The July report of the international rating firm Dun&Bradstreet (D&B) keeps the country firmly at the top in Eastern Europe. Slovenia retains a DB2b rating, thereby consolidating its position at the top of the regional table. More » EU finance ministers ushered Slovenia into the eurozone on Tuesday by giving it the final green light for the adoption of the single European currency on 1 January 2007, diplomatic sources said. More » Slovenians mostly think about the EU in connection with the single European currency, the euro, with 82% of those surveyed in favour of the European Monetary Union and the euro, according to the results of the latest Eurobarometer poll. More » The 100th anniversary of the rail line between the northern Slovenian town of Jesenice and the western town of Nova Gorica, the last section of a line running from the Czech Republic to northern Italy, is to be celebrated with a ceremony in Nova Gorica on Saturday. More » An Old Slavic burial ground has been discovered during sewage system construction works in the village of Doslovce (NW), the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage in Slovenia has told STA. More » The 47th International Mathematical Olympiad, which ended on Monday in Ljubljana, was very successful for Slovenians, who have won one silver and three bronze medals, said Josef Pelikan of the event's advisory committee. More » Mick Jagger will wear clothes by Slovenian manufacturer Mura produced for the Belgian fashion label Dries Van Noten at the Rolling Stones concert in Vienna on Friday, said the manufacturer from Murska Sobota. More »

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