A crucial 2x400 kV transmission line between Krško and Beričevo on the outskirts of Ljubljana was officially switched on Wednesday, completing the biggest investment in the power grid in decades. ...
Slovenia's biggest trade union confederation, the ZSSS, called on citizens on Wednesday to cast their vote in the Sunday election to the European Parliament. ZSSS boss Dušan Semolič said the vote was an opportunity to show what kind of an EU people want in the future. ...
President Borut Pahor will visit Bosnia-Herzegovina on 3 and 4 June, the president's office said on Wednesday. Pahor is set to visit the areas hit by the devastating floods, where Slovenian military, police and disaster relief forces are helping out in a massive humanitarian effort. ...
Corporate profits in Slovenia plunged in 2013 despite the start of recovery after a prolonged recession, according to data compiled by the Agency for Public Legal Records and Related Services (AJPES). ...
The SBI TOP index of blue chips on the Ljubljana Stock Exchange closed 1.25% higher at 763.32 points on Wednesday, with Telekom Slovenije topping the winners' column. ...
Slovenia's leading grocer Mercator managed to slightly reduce group loss in the first quarter of the year to EUR 8.5m, 1.1% less than in the same period last year. Net group sales revenue fell 5.1% year-on-year to EUR 625m, which the company says is in accordance with plans....
The National Assembly is expected on Wednesday to pass changes to the 2014 and 2015 budget implementation act under which indirect budget users, such as public institutes, will have to give excess funds to the state or municipalities. Moreover, the changes will also allow the bad bank to take out more loans. ...
A crucial 2x400 kV transmission line between Krško and Beričevo on the outskirts of Ljubljana will be officially switched on Wednesday, completing the biggest investment in the power grid in decades. ...
Below is a schedule of events for Wednesday, 21 May: ...
Nature does not care about the political colour of ramparts, the daily Delo comments on the worst floods in the recorded history of floods in the Western Balkans. ...
The profits recorded in Slovenia's three biggest banks NLB, NKBM and Abanka are surely positive news, but taxpayers have no reason to be happy just yet, the daily Večer writes in its Tuesday commentary. ...
There have been persistent calls in the EU of the need to form a fiscal union, as eurozone members share a single currency but have independent fiscal policies. The STA has asked all parties vying for seats in the European Parliament about their position on a fiscal union. ...
Since the crisis started the EU's main policy approach has been austerity, accompanied only recently with ever stronger calls for encouraging growth. The STA has asked all parties vying for seats in the European Parliament how they assess the moves made in Brussels and if they believe the strict austerity line has only made the crisis worse. ...
The EU saw its latest enlargement last year. The STA has asked all parties vying for seats in the European Parliament if they support further EU enlargement and where they see the boundaries of the EU. ...
Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Tuesday, 20 May: ...
An exhibition of works by Czech photography master Josef Koudelka entitled "Sledi/Vestiges" will open at the Jakopič Gallery Tuesday evening featuring a series of black-and-white panoramas that he shot of Ancient Greek and Roman sites in the Mediterranean. ...
General manager of the telecommunications services provider T-2 Sašo Todorović has told the STA on the occasion of the company's tenth anniversary that its biggest achievement is constant growth. He announced further investments, totalling EUR 7m this year alone. ...
The campaign ahead of the 25 May elections to the European Parliament has been in the shadow of the ongoing political crisis following the resignation of PM Alenka Bratušek, and the elections are being widely considered as a stepping stone for the snap elections, which are to be held in the summer. ...
Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Monday, 19 May: ...
The epic floods in Serbia and Bosnia have brought the people of the Western Balkans together perhaps for the first time after the war that ended almost 20 years ago. On the one hand this is a sad fact, but on the other a message with a very positive impact for the region, the daily Večer says in Monday's commentary. ...