Slovenia News 14 August 2007

Slovenia's relations with Croatia continued to make headlines over the past week, as the PM's office announced on Tuesday the PM would be holding a bipartisan meeting with deputy group leaders on 17 August. Media attention also focused on the discovery of a mass grave near Maribor, which is thought to hold the remains of over 15,000 victims of Communist reprisal after World War II. In business news, the Economy Ministry announced the call for bids to the privatisation of near half of telco Telekom Slovenije would be published at the end of the month. A historian heading the probing work at a mass grave near Slovenia's second-largest city, Maribor, confirmed reports that it was one of the biggest if not the biggest post-World War II mass grave in Slovenia. More » Prime Minister Janez Jansa is scheduled to meet heads of all parliamentary groups on 17 August to consult them over Croatia's response to Slovenia's latest initiative in the efforts to resolve issues dividing the countries. More » Two contingents of Slovenian troops are ready to replace their colleagues in Kosovo and Afghanistan. The ceremony prior to their departure was held in the Franc Rozman Stane barracks in Ljubljana on Friday and the soldiers were assessed as well trained. More » The Virus, a light airplane model produced by Slovenia's Pipistrel, won on Saturday a NASA award worth US$ 100,000 for being the closest of the four competitors to a prototype for so-called air cars, the cnet website wrote on Sunday. More » US Ambassador to Slovenia Thomas Robertson visited Slovenian soldiers taking part in the KFOR mission in the Serbian province of Kosovo on Monday. Robertson stressed the important role played by the Slovenia contingent, which has managed to gain trust of both Serbs and Albanians in the province, the Defence Ministry said on Tuesday. More » The government Institute for Macroeconomic Analysis and Development (IMAD) said on Wednesday Slovenia economy stands to grow at between 4% and 5% until the current EU budget period runs out in 2013, while two different scenarios are possible between 2013 and 2030. More » A public call for bids for a 49.13% state stake in Slovenia's national telco is expected to be published on 24 August, envisaging three options in which the stake can be sold. More » A survey by business daily Finance of the people's preferences for presidential candidates has found that the highest income earners prefer presidential hopeful Mitja Gaspari, while the lowest income earners are most inclined to Danilo Tuerk. Lojze Peterle leads the rural vote while most of Zmago Jelincic's support is from men. More » Slovenia is one of eight EU member states that have already transposed the directive which smooths entry of third-country researchers into the 27-nation bloc. All member states are obliged to introduce visas for non-EU nationals coming to carry out a research project for more than three months by October 2007. More » "New Architecture in Slovenia", a book presenting modern Slovenian architecture, has been launched by the international "SpringerWienNewYork" publishing house. The book, compiled by acclaimed architect Matevz Celik, presents 45 interesting buildings built by 30 architects during the past decade in Slovenia. More » The Slovenian Tourist Board (STO) is participating in the three-day International Trade Fair for Coach Travel and Tourism, which opened in Cologne on Tuesday, with a presentation featuring Slovenian cities. More » Singers from all over Europe will flock to Ljubljana between 12 and 19 August to participate in the Europa Cantat festival, which will feature workshops for mixed choirs, individual singers and small vocal groups. More » A book dedicated to Slovenia's great architect Joze Plecnik in Slovenian and its translations into Italian and English were published by the Ljubljana-based Cankarjeva Zalozba publishing house at the end of July to mark the 50th anniversary of his death. More » The 27th Biennial of Graphic Arts (MGB) will get underway on 6 September, while six accompanying events will open ahead of the main exhibitions. One of them will be a show of works on paper by New York-based artist Thomas Nozkowski, which will open on Monday at Mestna galerija 2 in Ljubljana. More » The hop harvest began last weekend in eastern Slovenia, some two weeks earlier than usual. The hop plants have ripened and are ready to be picked, Darko Simoncic, the director of the Slovenian Institute for Hop Research and Brewing said. More » The drought and warm temperatures in recent months have forced Slovenia's winegrowers to start preparing for the grape harvest earlier than usual. The first winegrowers are set to begin the harvest in about a week's time, expecting a quality vintage, albeit in smaller quantities than usual. More » Besides the usual crowds of tourists that flock the streets of Ljubljana in the summer, this year the capital has been overrun with construction workers, as after years of stagnation, the city centre is finally getting a much-needed facelift. More » A member of the Slovenian Scout Association is the oldest among more than 42,000 participants in the 2007 World Scout Jamboree, a gathering of scouts from all over the world, which is to wrap up in Britain's Chelmsford on Wednesday. More » A Slovenian emigrant association is once again staging a summer camp for children of Slovenian emigrants. Teenagers included in the programme get to stay in the Debeli rtic youth camp on the Slovenian coast, where they learn about the land of their ancestors. More » Schedule of Events for 14-19 August More »

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