Slovenia News 21 December 2007

Slovenia joined the Schengen area of free circulation a minute past midnight on 21 December, along with Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Celebrations on many Slovenian border crossings marked the significant event, attended by High Slovenian Officials. The biggest Schengen expansion to date, it created a 24-country area stretching over 3.6m sq. kilometres in which EU citizens will be able to travel without passports. In this edition we also write about the working meeting between the Slovenian Government and the Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament. European Parliament President Hans-Gert Poettering expressed after the meeting trust and support for Slovenia's EU presidency in the first half of 2008. The next edition of Slovenia News will be issued on 8 January 2008. The Government Communication Office wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. This afternoon the Prime Minister Janez Jansa, together with ministers of the Slovenian Government, held a working meeting with the Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament, on a two-day visit to Slovenia. He also met separately with the President of the European Parliament, Mr Hans-Gert Pöttering. More » Today the Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Janez Jansa, met the High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy and Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union, Javier Solana. More » Today in Ljubljana, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Janez Jansa, met the President of Businesseurope, Ernest-Antoine Seilliere, who commended Slovenia for a number of its achievements in the last few years, highlighting EU accession, the euro changeover, and the forthcoming EU Presidency. More » Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk met in Ljubljana on Wednesday Portuguese counterpart Fernando Teixeira dos Santos for talks on Slovenia's presidency over the EU's Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) in the first half of 2008, the Finance Ministry said. More » Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel said in Brussels on Thursday that Slovenia wanted to contribute to creating synergies in Europe during its stint as EU president in 2007. For this is reason it has selected "Si.nergy for Europe" as its presidency motto. More » Transport Minister Radovan Zerjav presented to the press in Ljubljana on Friday Slovenia's EU presidency priorities in transport, which include safety, common EU standards in road transports for both goods and people, as well as interoperability of rails and maritime legislation. More » The government adopted on Thursday the resolution on the National Programme for Culture for 2008-2011, which lays out the principles and guidelines of culture policy, determines the areas of public interest in culture and defines in 13 points the goals and priorities for the coming four years. More » Hammer thrower Primoz Kozmus and cross-country skier Petra Majdic have been selected Slovenia's male and female athletes of the year by the Association of Slovenian Sports Journalists, which conferred the awards on Thursday. More » Gates at Slovenia's border crossings with Italy, Austria and Hungary were lifted a minute past midnight on Friday and border checks were eliminated as the country joined the Schengen border-free area along with eight other newcomers to the bloc. More » Schedule of Events for 22 - 23 December More »

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