His Royal Highness The Duke of York visited Slovenia as the UK's special representative for international trade and investment. Prince Andrew congratulated the Prime Minister Janez Jansa on the exceptional progress Slovenia has achieved since independence, expressing hope that this would continue in the future, and stressing that the United Kingdom was willing to share good practices in the field of public-private partnerships, among other things. Prince Andrew also wished Slovenia a successful EU Presidency and said that the UK would support Slovenia's efforts.
The Duke of York, Prince Andrew, praised Slovenia's achievements since it gained independence in 1991 as he met top Slovenian officials on Tuesday, including Prime Minister Janez Jansa and Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel. More »
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano signed on Wednesday the decree that was the basis for enforcing the 2001 Slovenian minority act in 32 municipalities in the Italian Friuli Venezia-Giulia region. Zorko Pelikan, the head of the Government Office for Slovenians Abroad, welcomed the signing later in the day. More »
At today's extraordinary session of the National Assembly, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia presented his proposal to appoint Mr Radovan Zerjav the Minister of Transport, and Mrs Zofija Mazej Kukovic the Minister of Health. Prior to the session, both candidates were overwhelmingly approved by the competent National Assembly committees. More »
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Janez Jansa, today met representatives of parliamentary parties and the group of unaffiliated deputies, to discuss the resolving of outstanding issues between the Republic of Slovenia and the Republic of Croatia. At a similar meeting on 27 August 2007, a decision was reached that before any further concrete steps would be taken, an opinion would be obtained from a coordination group of international legal experts about whether referring the border dispute with Croatia to the International Court of Justice in The Hague was in principle an acceptable option for Slovenia. More »
Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel highlighted the strategic importance of Primorsko for Slovenia on Saturday as the country marked 60 years since regaining this western region under the Paris Peace Treaty between Italy and the Allies. More »
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GZS) is not concerned about the rising euro, which hit a record of 1.3927 against the US dollar on Thursday. Some 70% of Slovenia's exports go to the EU, so the strong euro is welcome, the GZS told STA. More »
In terms of working conditions, Slovenia is on par with the old EU member states, according to a European survey on working conditions carried out by Eurofund, the European Fund for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions. More »
Parliament Speaker France Cukjati discussed Slovenia's priorities during its approaching stint as EU president as he met with senior officials of the Slovakian parliament in Bratislava on Wednesday. More »
European Multilingualism Commissioner Leonard Orban, who payed on Monday an official visit to Slovenia, backed plans to introduce a second foreign language as an obligatory subject in the first three years of primary education, which are subject of the Slovenian government-sponsored education reform. More »
European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Mariann Fischer-Boel said in Portugal's Oporto on Monday she expected a lot from Slovenia's spell as EU president in the first half of 2008. She emphasised Slovenia was facing a lot of work on EU dossiers in the area of agriculture and that the interim review of the common agricultural policy would be of key importance. More »
Interior Minister Dragutin Mate and police director general Joze Romsek presented the priorities of Slovenia's EU presidency in talks on Monday with Max-Peter Ratzel, the director of the European police office Europol. More »
Defence Minister Karl Erjavec took part in Berlin on Monday in the Congress on European Defence, which saw defence ministers from the current presiding trio discuss European defence policies. According to Erjavec, he used the opportunity to present the priorities of Slovenia's EU presidency term in the first half of next year. More »
Today, the Core Working Group for the EU Presidency (CWG) headed by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Janez Jansa, met at its September session to discuss preparations for the EU Presidency in the first half of 2008. The members approved the progress report on preparations between July and September and the operational work programme of subgroups for the final quarter of 2007. More »
Slovenia's candidate for this year's Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is "Kratki stiki" (Short Circuits) by Janez Lapajne, president of the Association of Slovenian Filmmakers (DSFU) Igor Korsic said on Monday. More »
A new bilingual lower secondary school has opened its door in the Italian Friuli Venezia-Giulia region has opened in what is an important achievement for the Slovenian minority in Italy. More »
The third Slovenia Open WTA tournament will start in the seaside resort of Portoroz on Monday. The US$ 145,000 tournament running until 23 September will feature nine of the world's top 50 woman tennis players. More »
Gymnasts Mitja Petkovsek and Alen Dimic bagged two more wins for Slovenia at the gymnastics World Cup meet in Ostrava, the Czech Republic, on Saturday. More »
EU home ministers reached an agreement on Tuesday that will allow Croatian citizens to cross the Schengen border into Slovenia, Italy and Hungary with ID cards only. "The final solution was acceptable for everyone," Slovenian Interior Minister Dragutin Mate told the press in Brussels. More »