The government visited the NE region of Podravje on Wednesday in the second round of visits to the 12 Slovenian statistical regions, with Prime Minister Janez Jansa assessing that the region around Maribor could advance from being the 7th to become the fourth or even third most developed Slovenian region.
Local Government and Regional Development Minister Ivan Zagar opened in Bled on Friday a two-day meeting of mayors and other local officials by presenting three key areas for the development of municipalities and state: the funding of municipalities act, direct incentives and the establishment of provinces. More »
Riccardo Illy, premier of the Italian Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, has addressed a letter to Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa over the environmental impact of a planned railroad link between the Slovenian port of Koper and the transport hub of Divaca, public broadcaster Radio Slovenija reported on Wednesday. More »
Foreign Minister Dimtrij Rupel continued his visit to Argentina on Friday by meeting representatives of the Slovenian community there. Rupel said he thanked his Argentinian hosts for everything Argentina offered to the Slovenians who were looking for a new home. More »
Macedonian Interior Minister Gordana Jankuloska and her host and opposite number Dragutin Mate agreed in Brdo pri Kranju on Tuesday that Slovenia would share its EU accession experience in preventing organised crime, terrorism and illegal migration. More »
The government visited the NE region of Podravje on Wednesday in the second round of visits to the 12 Slovenian statistical regions, with Prime Minister Janez Jansa assessing that the region around Maribor could advance from being the 7th to become the fourth or even third most developed Slovenian region. More »
The government on Thursday adopted a bill on alternative and complementary medicine, a branch of medicine that has so far not been regulated by law. More »
The government adopted on Thursday amendments to the anti-smoking act, which introduce bans on smoking in all indoor public and work places. Also being sent to parliament are amendments to the health insurance act and the bill on quality and safety of human tissues and cells for the purposes of medical treatment. More »
The Labour Force Survey-based unemployment rate in Slovenia stood at 6% last year, down 0.5% percentage points over 2005, according to the National Statistics Office. More »
The parliamentary Defence Committee discussed on Thursday reports on the activities of Slovenian soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq as well as the possibility for Slovenia to get a multi-function vessel and anti-aircraft batteries in exchange for part of Russia's clearing debt. More »
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has ranked Slovenia among advanced economies in its world economic outlook in what is the first time ever. The document, released on Wednesday, forecasts that Slovenia's economic growth will slow down to 4.5% in 2007 and 4% in 2008, from 5.2% in 2006. More »
Participants in a panel on the "Sale of State Property" organised on Thursday by the National Council agreed that if Slovenia was to stay competitive, it must not rely solely on foreign investment or investment abroad, but also needed powerful companies seated at home. More »
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) placed Slovenia among advanced economies in its 2006 economic report mainly because all countries of the eurozone belong to the group, Maja Bednas of the Institute for Macroeconomic Analysis and Development (IMAD), the government's think-tank, said on Thursday. More »
Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk attended on Sunday in Washington a session of the Development Committee of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, which concluded the two-day spring meeting of the two bodies. Bajuk also held several bilateral meetings devoted to Slovenia's cooperation with the IMF and the World Bank. More »
Seven Slovenian higher education institutions will send some 1,000 students and over 140 professors to foreign universities within the Erasmus student exchange programme this year, while 700 foreign students are to come to Slovenia, Higher Education Minister Jure Zupan told the press in Ljubljana on Tuesday. More »
European Affairs State Secretary Janez Lenarcic met on Wednesday French Secretary General for European Affairs Pascale Andreani to discuss the EU presidency in 2008, which will be held successively by Slovenia and France. More »
Slovenia's contribution to this-year's EU budget will be EUR 5m lower than planned, the European Commission said on Friday. Because of the 2006 surplus and due to active budget management the surplus in the EU budget is to amount to EUR 1.8bn this year, thus cutting the members' payments. More »
Finnish carrier Finnair has launched scheduled flights between Helsinki and Ljubljana on a route that is expected to carry 25,000 passengers a year. Embraer 190, which touched down on Brnik Airport for the first time on Easter Friday, will fly between Ljubljana and Helsinki four times a week. More »
A photographic exhibition devoted to American Indians opened at the Slovenian Museum of National Heritage in Ljubljana on Tuesday. The exhibition, entitled "The Holy Legacy - Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indian", was an initiative of the US State Department. It will close on 2 May. More »
Slovenian poet Tomaz Salamun and the translator of his poetry into German, Fabjan Hafner, are the recipients of this year's European Poetry Prize of the city of Muenster (Preis der Stadt Muenster fuer Europaeische Poesie). They will receive the award on 6 May, says the official homepage of the poetry festival "Lyrikertreffen Muenster". More »
Photographs of reflections replaced the numerous graffiti on the banks of the Ljubljanica, the river that flows through the Slovenian capital. The spring cleaning of street art was organised by the Ljubljana Municipality as part of the annual activity "Za lepso Ljubljano" (For a Prettier Ljubljana). More »
Tomaz Pandur, who has made his mark in the international theatre community with his extravagant projects, is coming back to his hometown after spending eleven years abroad. Pandur, a genius for some and a charlatan to others, will stage his latest show, "Tesla Electric Company", in Maribor in early May. More »
A plaque was unveiled on Monday at Zale, Ljubljana central cemetery, at a ceremony marking the awarding of the European Heritage Label to the Garden of All Saints, the part of the cemetery designed by Slovenia's greatest architect Joze Plecnik. More »
The Ljubljana City Museum is starting a series of events designed to showcase diversity with an exhibition on the Jewish religion and culture Monday evening. On Sunday the visitors will have a chance to taste some typical Jewish dishes and try a few traditional dance steps. More »
Miha Valic has recently become the first man to have climbed all major 4,000-metre peaks in the Alps in winter conditions. It took the Alpine guide from Ljubljana 102 days to climb all 82 highpointers on the official list of the UIAA, the International Climbing and Mountaineering Organisation. More »
Stanislav Pejovnik, the head of the Ljubljana Faculty of Chemistry, has replaced President Janez Drnovsek at the helm of the Movement for Justice and Development, an altruistic forum set up by Drnovsek. Pejovnik was elected at the movement's general assembly in Rogaska Slatina on Sunday. More »