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The National Assembly is expected to pass changes to the government act on Thursday which envisage a government with 14 ministries and at least one minister without portfolio. ...

Outgoing Slovenian PM Alenka Bratušek, Foreign Minister Karl Erjavec and Economic Development and Technology Minister Metod Dragonja will take part in a conference on the Western Balkans in Berlin on Thursday. ...

The daily Dnevnik describes on Thursday the Maribor football club, which has qualified for the Champions League, as the business pearl of what is still an industrial city whose unemployment rate is nearing 20%. ...

Slovenia's state-owned motorway company DARS is a step closer to starting works on key motorway section for European tourists transiting Slovenia onward to the Croatian coast. DARS chairman Matjaž Knez has announced that the company has received a building permit for the first stage of the section. ...

Wine growers in the western part of the country - at the sunny coast and in the regions of Brda and Istra - have started harvesting the early grape varieties. Despite poor weather throughout the summer and fears that the constant rain would have a disastrous effect on the harvest, experts expect average crop. ...

Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Thursday, 28 August: ...

Representatives of 12 Slovenian companies are taking part in the China Investment Forum opening in Prague on Thursday along with a meeting of leaders from Central and Eastern Europe. ...

Slovenian tennis player Blaž Kavčič has made it to the third round of the US Open, the final Grand Slam of the season, without losing a set. He defeated the tournament's 30th seed Jeremy Chardy of France 6:2, 7:6 (6) and 6:3 last night after almost two hours and a half of play. ...

Retail and wholesale companies in Slovenia generated a total of EUR 23.3bn in sales revenue in 2013, which is 5.7% less than a year before. This is the second consecutive drop in annual revenues, which puts revenues on par with the recession years. ...

Murska Sobota, a town in the north-east of Slovenia, will from Thursday to Sunday transform into a European dance centre. The ninth contemporary dance festival Front@, featuring internationally renown names, will reflect the anxieties and frictions of modern times. ...

The last summer festival in Slovenia's capital will kick off on Thursday, as Nights in Ljubljana Old Town will open with a music and dance spectacle featuring some 60 performers. The international festival will run until Saturday, focusing on music of national and religious minorities and unorthodox dance. ...

Below is a schedule of events for Thursday, 29 May: ...

President Borut Pahor will visit Serbia on Thursday and Friday accompanied by a 100-member business delegation, Finance Minister Uroš Čufer and Defence Minister Roman Jakič. Economic ties and aid to the flood-stricken country will be at the centre of Pahor's meetings with Serbian leaders. ...

Music will take centre stage in Ljubljana this weekend, as the annual Druga godba festival of world music kicks off with a concert by Argentinian Juana Molina on Thursday. For the first time ever, the festival's main guest will be a Slovenian musician - popular Magnifico will play at the Križanke open-air theatre on Saturday. ...

The daily Dnevnik savages Uroš Grilc's record as culture minister in Thursday's commentary in response to his signing a deal under which Slovenia will be featured at the Arsenale complex at the Venice Architecture Biennial. ...

Although the current boss of national railway operator Slovenske železnice Dušan Mes has managed to clean the balance sheets of the company, he failed to pull it out of the grip of trade unions, the daily Večer says in Thursday's commentary. ...

The daily Delo links the appointment of two vice-presidents of the country's anti-graft commission and the attempt to nominate a PM-designate in a front-page commentary on Thursday, calling them a "farce". ...

It will remain cloudy on Thursday and scattered showers are expected above all in the afternoon. Temperatures will range between 6 and 12 degrees Celsius in the early morning and between 19 and 23 during the day. ...

Slovenia's NBA star Goran Dragić has confirmed after initial hesitation that he will join the Slovenian team at the September 2014 Basketball World Cup in Spain....

The ARTish market in Ljubljana offers the unique possibility to see and experience the richness of Slovenia's hand-crafted goods scene....