Slovenia News 24 October 2006

The government decided to put together again the Prime Minister's Strategic Council for Economic Development. Prime Minister Janez Jansa has appointed Marjan Senjur as the head of the council. The cabinet has also adopted a bill on the property of the state, provinces and municipalities. The proposed law forms the basis for managing the SIT 2trn (EUR 8.35bn) in property owned by the state and local governments. The island, one of the projects in Slovenia's Development Strategy between 2007 and 2023, is expected to be built by 2020. Besides, the government is planning to construct a EUR 100m artificial island between the coastal towns of Koper and Izola. EU foreign ministers have discussed the relationship between Serbia and the bloc, showing "much concern alongside their support for a democratic Serbia, governed by democratic parties," Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel said at the sidelines of the meeting in Luxembourg on Tuesday. More » The government is planning to construct a EUR 100m artificial island between the coastal towns of Koper and Izola. The island, one of the projects in Slovenia's Development Strategy between 2007 and 2023, is expected to be built by 2020, Marjan Hribar of the Economy Ministry said in Portoroz on Wednesday. More » Planica, one of the most famous ski jumping venues in the world, is to get a nordic centre worth EUR 100m in accordance with the government's plans for the period until 2023. The centre is scheduled for completion in 2013, according to Education and Sport Minister Milan Zver. More » The cabinet has adopted a bill on the property of the state, provinces and municipalities. The proposed law forms the basis for managing the SIT 2trn (EUR 8.35bn) in property owned by the state and local governments. More » The government adopted on Thursday a bill on a state guarantee for a EUR 300m loan that is to be taken out by the Motorway Company (DARS) at the European Investment Bank (EIB). More » The government resolution on national development projects also includes an informatisation of the justice system, allowing the courts to use information and communication technology to increase their efficiency and transparency and reduce the number of errors, Justice Minister Lovro Sturm told the press on Friday. More » The government decided on Thursday to put together again the Prime Minister's Strategic Council for Economic Development. Prime Minister Janez Jansa has appointed Marjan Senjur as the head of the council and Peter Groznik as his deputy. More » The supplementary budget for 2007 and the draft 2008 budget were scrutinised by the last five parliamentary working bodies on Thursday before the finance and monetary policy committee puts the finishing touches on the documents on Friday. More » Economic cooperation between Slovenia and Greece is fairly modest, so there are plenty of possibilities to join forces in practically all sectors and in particular in Southeastern Europe, established the participants of Wednesday's Slovenian-Greek business conference. More » Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa said Friday that EU leaders agreed it was impossible to have a coherent foreign energy policy without a coherent interior energy policy. The summit also agreed on establishing a European Institute of Technology (EIT), Jansa said in Finland's Lahti. More » Slovenia intends to answer the challenge of providing for increasing electricity demand primarily by constructing hydro power plants and building a second nuclear reactor at Krsko, Economy Minister Andrej Vizjak has said. More » Prime Minister Janez Jansa received Wednesday French Senate Speaker Christian Poncelet. The pair discussed bilateral relations and topical EU issues. More » The European Commission has earmarked EUR 450m to 15 member states for restructuring and conversion of vineyards in the 2006/2007 period, with Slovenia getting EUR 2.4m. The Commission also confirmed the final distribution of money for the 2005/2006 period, including EUR 2.3m for Slovenia. More » The Slovenian Public Administration Ministry has received a special award from the European Commission for its presentation of an example of good practice and a comprehensive approach towards establishing a partnership with NGOs. More » Germany, Portugal and Slovenia, which will successively chair the EU from 2007 to mid-2008, on Monday finalised the 18-month presidency programme in the field of development cooperation, the Slovenian Foreign Ministry has said. More » The transport ministers of Slovenia and Sweden, Janez Bozic and Flemming Hansen, agreed at a meeting on Tuesday that the ministries would draw up a concept for traffic in Ljubljana modeled on the experience of Copenhagen. The draft could be ready in 8-12 months, Bozic said after talks with Hansen. More » The man credited with turning Mercator into the country's leading retailer is set to get a chance to lead the city of Ljubljana for the next four years. Zoran Jankovic is headed for an overwhelming win in Slovenia's capital, according to unofficial results. Meanwhile, the race for mayor of Slovenia's second-largest city, Maribor, is set to be decided in a run-off between two right-leaning candidates. More » Slovenian Health Minister Andrej Brucan and Li Xin, China's deputy health minister, have signed an action plan on cooperation between the two ministries in the area of health and medicine for the 2006-2007 period. More » The e-zdravje (e-health) project will link all Slovenian hospitals in a uniform information system by the end of 2007, Health Minister Andrej Brucan told the press in Ljubljana on Monday. The objective does not end there, as the ministry plans to create a unified national information system by 2013, Brucan added. More » Not only is Slovenia a transit country for trafficking in human beings, it is also a country of origin and a destination country, Interior Minister Dragutin Mate has told a debate on the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings. More » EU leaders, who met in Finland's Lahti on Friday, stressed that the expansion of the Schengen border-free zone must also include the establishing of a uniform approach to migration policies, Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa said at the sidelines of the summit. More » Schedule of Events from 24 to 29 October More »

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