Slovenia News 22 August 2006

Speaking at the first celebration marking the unification of Slovenia's northeasternmost region with the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in 1919, Jansa pointed out that it was high time for staging such a celebration. "Ever since (the unification) Slovenian politics was burdened with a certain embarrassment about Prekmurje and a justifiable guilty conscience. It was high time that such a situation ends, and a state holiday is enacted" he stressed. Tomo Kriznar, President Janez Drnovsek's envoy to Darfur, was sentenced to two years in prison by a court in the Sudanese city of Al Fasher on Monday, 14 August. Kriznar, who has been in custody since 20 July, was charged by the court of first instance with entering Sudan illegally, spying and spreading lies about the Sudanese government and people. Interior Minister Dragutin Mate called for better security for key infrastructure after meeting with several of his EU counterparts in London on Wednesday. More » The importance of the fact that Prekmurje was united with Slovenia after the end of WWI was neglected, as Slovenians at that time rued the (teritorial) losses in the north and west, Prime Minister Janez Jansa said in Beltinci (NE) on Friday. More » Cardinal Franc Rode, the former archbishop of Ljubljana, said that all Slovenians are responsible for their homeland and that they should strive to make it a "place of justice, solidarity and brotherhood", as he celebrated a special mass for the homeland in Beltinci on Friday. More » Tomo Kriznar, President Janez Drnovsek's envoy to Darfur, was sentenced to two years in prison by a court in the Sudanese city of Al Fasher on Monday, 14 August. More » Slovenia's registered unemployment rate stood at 9.7% in June, up 0.1 percentage points over May, according to the Statistical Office. The registered unemployment rate for the first six months of this year averaged 10%. More » The International Agriculture and Food Fair, which will open on 26 August in the eastern town of Gornja Radgona, is starting to recover after several years of decline. The 44th annual event, which is to close on 1 September, will feature 1,530 exhibitors from 25 countries over an area of 58,000 square metres, said the organisers at Wednesday's press conference. More » The second rotation of four Slovenian military instructors arrived in Baghdad last week, the Defence Ministry said on Monday. They are based in the al-Rustamiya training centre and have been taking over their duties in the past few days. More » The 10th annual Days of Wine an Poetry festival is to open on 23 August in Medana, a small village in the hilly wine-growing region of Goriska Brda in western Slovenia. The theme of this year's event will be avantgarde and poetry. More » The archbishop and metropolitan of Ljubljana used his sermon on the Assumption of the Virgin Mary holiday to discuss the role of family, birth rate and the issue of embryonic stem cell research. He has also urged the international community and the Slovenian government to advocate the immediate end of wars. More » Slovenia has urged the international community to act with greater resolution towards providing general access to preventive AIDS programmes, treatment, care and assistance by 2010. The appeal comes in a statement Slovenia issued as the chair of the Human Security Network at the 16th International AIDS Conference. More » Schedule of Events from 22 to 27 August More »

Archive

year month 2008 1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12 2007 1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12 2006 1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12 2005 1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12 2004 1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12

© Government Communication Office

To receive our weekly newsletter by e-mail subscribe here.