Rising food prices and climate change topped the meeting between the EU and Latin American and Caribbean, held in Lima on 16 and 17 May.
In the Peruvian capital, the leaders from the 60 participating countries adopted a declaration where they stressed that immediate measures were "needed to assist the most vulnerable countries" in dealing with soaring food prices. The declaration also expresses support for Haiti, where rising food prices sparked unrest recently. The leaders also issued a called for a global agreement on an action plan to deal with climate change after 2012. They say in the Lima Declaration that they are "determined to to conclude no later than 2009 an ambitious and global agreement" for the post-Kyoto period.
While the first day of the summit featured a debate among all the participating countries, the second consisted of meetings of the EU Troika, headed by PM Jansa and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, with regional organisations in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Prime Minister Janez Jansa hailed the close cooperation between Slovenia and Peru as he met Peruvian President Alan Garcia in Lima on Thursday in the run-up to the summit of leaders from the EU, Latin America and the Caribbean. More »
Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel labelled Tuesday's talks with his Nigerian counterpart Ojo Maduekwe as a chance to open new horizons between the two countries. Ties between the countries are poorly developed and the ministers agreed to strive to bolster them, Rupel told the press in Ljubljana. More »
The government adopted an active employment policy scheme on Thursday, allocating EUR 150m in funds for the envisaged measures in 2008 and 2009. More »
Defence Minister Karl Erjavec addressed on Tuesday a meeting of directors general for civil protection of EU member states, the EEA and candidate countries, saying that there would always be challenges in the field of disaster management and that civil protection was usually the first to provide help to disaster-hit areas. More »
Slovenian companies recorded profits for 6th year running, with the total net profit in 2007 beating total losses by EUR 3.43m, which is 39% more than the year before, the Public Legal Records and Related Services Agency of Slovenia (AJPES) said on Tuesday. More »
The Luka Koper group, centred around the port operator of the same name, boosted its Q1 revenues by 15% to EUR 36.1m year-on-year. The company's net profit stood at EUR 8.4m in the first three months of 2008, up 33% over Q1 last year. More »
Europe's largest insurer, Allianz, has launched its operations in the Slovenian market. Klaus Junker, regional CEO for Central and Eastern Europe, told the press in Ljubljana on Tuesday that Allianz would initially offer insurance products and services for corporate customers. More »
Rising food prices featured high on the agenda of the summit of the EU, Latin America and the Caribbean in Lima. In a declaration adopted by the leaders on the first day of the event, the 60 participating countries expressed "deep concern" with what they termed a crisis. More »
Prime Minister Janez Jansa has said the EU received assurances from Mexico that it will be an important ally of the EU in finding a sustainable post-Kyoto agreement for tackling climate change. More »
The Slovenian EU presidency initiated at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting in Brussels on Monday a debate on the causes for high food prices. The prices prompted many EU agriculture ministers to call for aiding the poorest countries and stress that the EU agriculture policy was not to blame. More »
European Affairs State Secretary Janez Lenarcic was endorsed by the 56 members of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) to win the post of its Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the prime minister's office said on Wednesday. More »
Transport Minister Radovan Zerjav attended on Monday a two-day conference in Brussels to mark the European Maritime Day. He pointed to Europe's maritime history and said that Europe should strive to remain a leading maritime power. More »
The 24th Druga godba festival of world music will start in Ljubljana on Tuesday with a concert by vocal band Lo Cor de la Plana from Marseille, which is performing traditional music in the Occitan language of southern France. The traditional festival will feature different genres - from blues rock, reggae, post punk flamenco to hip hop. More »
The 16th annual exhibition "Bologna after Bologna" which displays a selection of best foreign-language children's books featured at this year's Bologna Children's Book Fair, opened on Tuesday in Ljubljana's largest bookshop, Konzorcij. More »
A series of cultural and political events entitled EuroGlobe kicks off in Ljubljana on Saturday. The events, taking place at Sentjakobsko theatre and Metelkova alternative arts centre, will promote European culture and discussions on topical EU issues. More »
Our society should pay more attention to poverty, which is on the rise, President Danilo Tuerk said on Tuesday in his video message at a panel on "Poverty and Human Rights", organised by the National Council, the upper chamber of parliament, and Human Rights Ombudsman Zdenka Cebasek Travnik on Tuesday. More »
Participants of a two-day conference "Sport for All as a Means for Intercultural Dialogue" called in Ljubljana on Friday for the promotion of dialogue and partnership among the civil society, national governments and EU institutions in the field of recreational sport, which in practice could strengthen intercultural dialogue. More »