The heads of parliamentary groups met Prime Minister Janez Jansa on Friday, 17 August, and expressed their support to the cabinet in its future plans to seek a solution to open issues with Croatia. The reunification of the region of Prekmurje with the motherland was also celebrated on that day, while Slovenian Bishops broached numerous topical issues at holy masses celebrating Assumption Day on Wednesday, 15 August.
Marketing communications expert Miro Kline expects the campaign ahead of the autumn presidential election to be tough because the result of the vote will affect the outcome of the general election next year. Kline, a professor at the Ljubljana Faculty of Social Sciences, has also told STA that the run-off, which public opinion polls indicate will be fought between Lojze Peterle and Danilo Tuerk, will be very close. More »
Minister of the Environment and Spatial Planning Janez Podobnik praised the people of Prekmurje for their love of Slovenia in his speech at Friday's ceremony to commemorate the region's reunification with the homeland in 1919. He promised that the perseverance of the region, which has since independence struggled to keep pace with the rest of the country, would pay off with a "development spurt". More »
Slovenian parties agreed that the government should keep up efforts for solving open issues with Croatia at a bipartisan meeting held by Prime Minister Janez Jansa on Friday dedicated to discussing the strategy for tackling open issues with the southern neighbour. More »
The registered unemployment rate in June stood at 7.5%, a drop of 0.2 percentage points over the month before. According to the National Statistics Office, the official number of unemployed persons fell 18.1% on last June. More »
Prime Minister Janez Jansa, accompanied by two ministers, met on Monday Hartmut Mehdorn, chairman of German rail operator Deutsche Bahn (DB), for talks on cooperation between DB and Slovenian logistics and transport companies. More »
Special masses have been held around Slovenia on Wednesday to mark the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, one of the biggest holidays on the Church calendar and a national holiday in Slovenia since 1992. In their sermons, Slovenian bishops underscored the dangers of atheism and unbridled opulence for Slovenian and European society and broached a number of topical issues, including post-World War II summary killings and plans for a gaming resort in western Slovenia. More »
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Iztok Jarc visited Braslovce in mid northeast on Monday in the aftermath of a devastating hailstorm, which first estimates show caused more than four million euros in damage. The minister expressed solidarity with the hop producers there, whose produce was annihilated. More »