Slovenia News (27 February 2007)
Editorial
Last week Slovenians were simply overwhelmed with the success of cross-country skier Petra Majdič, who claimed silver in the World Championship in Japan. Just a day later Andrej Jerman won first downhill race for Slovenia ever and marked the season of winter sports with excellence.
Politics
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Janez Janša, visited Sarajevo today at the invitation by Nikola Špirić, the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The official visit, the first one of its kind since 1997, was aimed at strengthening political dialogue between the countries and bilateral relations, particularly in the economic sector. More »
Sarajevo, 19 February
Foreign Policy
Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel met on Monday Mikhail Svidkoy, the head of the Russian Federal Agency for Culture and Cinema, to discuss cultural exchange between the countries and the work of the Forum of Slavic Cultures, the Foreign Ministry said in a press release. More »
Ljubljana, 26 February
Government
With a morning working meeting in Moravske Toplice, the Prime Minster of Slovenia, Janez Janša, and members of the cabinet began the second day of their visit to Pomurje. As promised at the first meeting on 2 March 2005, the government team revisited the region to see what had been done and which problems had been solved, and to see how the agreements they made with the local authorities are working. More »
Pomurje, 21 February
Today, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Janez Janša, received the Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Finland, Paavo Lipponen, who is on an official visit to Slovenia. More »
Ljubljana, 26 February
Society
The state-run Pension Fund Management (KAD) is selling premises in one of Ljubljana's landmarks. The first skyscraper ever built in Slovenia, the Neboticnik, has been waiting for a while to be restored to its former splendour. More »
Ljubljana, 21 February
Slovenian agriculture product to be listed in the EU register of agricultural products and foodstuffs with protected geographical indications and designations of origin. More »
Millions of film lovers around the world will get a glimpse of the magic beauty of river Soca, often called the emerald river, as parts of "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" are to be filmed in Slovenia, daily Delo reports on Thursday. More »
Bovec, 22 February
Sport
Petra Majdič won Slovenia's first medal at the World Nordic Ski Championships in Japan. The Slovenian came in second in the women's classic sprint on 22 February, lagging only behind Astrid Jacobsen of Norway. Finland's Virpi Kuitunen was third. More »
Sapporo, February 23
Slovenian Andrej Jerman surprisingly won Friday's World Cup downhill in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, giving Slovenia the first downhill win in history. This is also the first ski World Cup victory for men since 2000. More »
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 23-24 February
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