Brussels defends Slovenia against Moody's

waz.euobserver.com
23.09.11@ 13:06

BY EUOBSERVER

An EU commission spokesman has said the Slovenian economy is "sound" and Brussels is "confident" in its ability to weather the financial crisis. Moody's cut Slovenia from Aa2 to Aa3 citing local banks' fragility and "growing political uncertainty" after the government fell in a no confidence vote earlier this week....more...
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http://euobserver.com/1016/113720

Ex- Yu States Agree to Divide Assets Worth $65m

balkan insight
21 SEP 2011 / 16:26

An agreement has been reached in Sarajevo on the division of diplomatic properties of the former socialist Yugoslavia.

Vecernje Novosti

The handover of 44 properties in OECD countries is due to be completed by next August.


Two decades after the violent collapse of Yugoslavia, the former republics are finally accelerating the process of dividing diplomatic property....more...
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http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/serbia-gains-ex-yu-assets-worth-26-million

Slovenia: EU bail-out ratification in danger

eu observer.com
TODAY @ 09:33

BY ANDREW RETTMAN

Slovenian MPs can still vote on the second Greek bail-out and beefed-up euro rescue fund, the EFSF, despite the fall of the government, but getting them to vote Yes "could be a problem."
Barbara Raflak, foreign policy advisor to centre-left caretaker prime minister Borut Pahor, who was defenestrated in a no-confidence vote on Tuesday, told EUobserver on Wednesday (21 September) that parliament will still vote on the measures as planned on 27 September....more...
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http://euobserver.com/19/113693

Bilingual road signs in Slovene and German to point to new era of harmony

deutsche welle
INTEGRATION

16.08.2011
Three years after the death of far-right leader Jörg Haider, the Austrian province of Carinthia and the neighboring country of Slovenia settle a long-running dispute about bilateral place-names signs....more...

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http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,6597421,00.html
audio
http://mediacenter.dw-world.de/english/audio/#!/223139/Bilingual_road_signs_in_Slovene_and_German_to_point_to_new_era_of_harmony

Slovenian PM accepts interior minister's resignation offer

xinhua

English.news.cn 2011-08-11 02:57:03

LJUBLJANA, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor accepted on Wednesday Interior Minister Katarina Kresal's resignation offer amid her alleged involvement in controversial economic activities....more...

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http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-08/11/c_131041609.htm

Slovenian PM rejects interior minister's resignation

xinhua
English.news.cn 2011-08-10 02:09:44 FeedbackPrintRSS

LJUBLJANA, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor on Tuesday refused to accept Interior Minister Katarina Kresal's resignation, hours after the woman minister announced to step down in the face of negative court opinion of her ministry's controversial economic activities....more...
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http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-08/10/c_131039237.htm

Slovenian Interior Minister resigns due to economic flaw

xinhua

English.news.cn 2011-08-09 20:42:49

LJUBLJANA, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Slovenian Interior Minister Katarina Kresal annouced on Tuesday that she would offer her resignation to Prime Minister Pahor after the Court of Audit has found that the lease of the premises for the National Bureau of Investigation was flawed....more...
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http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-08/09/c_131039114.htm

Slovenia's NLB bank eyes bond, cap hike - CEO

reuters
LJUBLJANA, July 15

Fri Jul 15, 2011 5:46pm BST
(Reuters) - Slovenia's largest bank NLB, which barely passed the EU stress tests this year and last, plans a bond and a fresh capital hike later this year, its chief executive said on Friday....more...
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http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/07/15/slovenia-nlb-idUKLDE76E18420110715

Slovenia marks 20th anniversary of ten-day war with the Yugoslav army

deutsche welle
CORRESPONDENTS REPORT

27.06.2011
When Yugoslavia split up, Slovenia fought a brief war for independence. Its casualties were light compared to the bloodshed that followed in Bosnia and Croatia....more....
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http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,6558277,00.html
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http://mediacenter.dw-world.de/english/audio/#!/166643/Slovenia_marks_20th_anniversary_of_ten_day_war_with_the_Yugoslav_army

Recognizing Slovenia, Croatia brought peace, Genscher says

deutsche welle
EUROPEAN TIES

25.06.2011
Despite thinking Yugoslavia needed to be preserved at all costs, former West German Foreign Minister Genscher became a prominent advocate of Croatian and Slovenian independence. He tells DW what changed his mind.

Veteran West German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher, one of the most prominent advocates of Croatian and Slovenian independence, spoke to Deutsche Welle about the events in the former Yugoslavia 20 years ago.

DW: Several villages and towns in Croatia have a Genscher Street or a Genscher Square. On the island of Brac, residents are squabbling over which Genscher bust is more beautiful – the marble one or the one made of bronze. Does all this attention make you proud?...more....
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http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15182463,00.html

Let's hear it for the Yugosphere

the economist
The former Yugoslavia
Jun 23rd 2011, 14:56 by T.J.

A KEY event in the break-up of Yugoslavia took place 20 years ago this week. On June 27th 1991 the Yugoslav army moved to re-establish control of the border in Slovenia. Croatia and Slovenia had declared independence a week earlier. The Belgrade magazine Vreme is marking the event and asked me to contribute a piece. Here is the English-language version:

Two years ago I coined the term "Yugosphere" in an article for The Economist. I thought the word encapsulated some of the dynamics I had seen developing in the former Yugoslavia in recent years. Some misunderstood me, but the fact that the word has since entered the lexicon suggests that it usefully captures something many people instinctively knew existed—and indeed lived every day. ...more...
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http://www.economist.com/blogs/easternapproaches/2011/06/former-yugoslavia

Balkan Leaders Given Truth and Reconciliation Petition

balkan insight
24 JUN 2011 / 09:12

The coalition of NGOs known as RECOM has started handing a petition to ex-Yugoslav leaders containing half a million signatures, demanding the establishment of a regional truth and reconciliation commission.

Bojana Barlovac Belgrade
RECOM representatives said they had handed over their petition seeking a regional truth commission to Croatia's President, Ivo Josipovic, and Slovenia's State Secretary, Jozef Skolc....more...
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http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/recom-hands-over-petition-to-balkan-top-officials

VIEWS FROM THE CAPITALS – LJUBLJANA: A euro storm in Slovenia’s tea-cup stirs up old communist divisions

europe's world
30.05.2011
Author: Cirila Toplak
The Bank of Slovenia sparked a political storm when it decided earlier this year to issue a commemorative euro coin featuring Franc Rozman Stane, the commander-in-chief of the country’s partisan army during World War II.

Conservative politicians objected to a well-known communist adorning the €2 coins, even though he died during the war and is regarded as a national hero in Slovenia. Right-wing politicians also protested about the accompanying Red Star, which is a symbol of Slovenia’s anti-Fascist resistance as well as international communism. They feared the coin sent the wrong message to fellow ex-communist EU member states, some of which have banned the Red Star from public life.....more....
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http://www.europesworld.org/NewEnglish/Home_old/CommunityPosts/tabid/809/PostID/2543/VIEWSFROMTHECAPITALSLJUBLJANAAeurostorminSloveniasteacupstirsupoldcommunistdivisions.aspx

Retraite : les Slovènes refusent de travailler jusqu’à 65 ans

le monde.fr

06 juin 2011

Malgré les appels que leur avaient lancés leur gouvernement social-démocrate et le gouverneur de leur Banque centrale, les Slovènes ont rejeté, dimanche 5 juin, à plus de 70% le projet de réforme relevant de 63 à 65 ans l'âge légal de la retraite. Selon le résultat final encore officieux de ce référendum, cité par l'Agence France-Presse (AFP), le "non" l'a emporté par 72,17% des voix, contre seulement 27,83% pour le "oui".
La participation a été faible avec seulement 41% de votants sur 1,7 million d'électeurs inscrits. Le "non" l'a aussi emporté à plus de 70% dans deux autres référendums, l'un sur un projet de loi sanctionnant le travail au noir et l'autre restreignant l'accès aux archives de la période communiste des services secrets....more...

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http://social.blog.lemonde.fr/2011/06/06/retraite-les-slovenes-refusent-de-travailler-jusqua-65-ans/

Slovenia backs Russian "European security strategy"

b92.net
Region

Monday 16.05.2011
14:53
Source: Ria novosti

MOSCOW -- Slovenian leader Danilo Turk gave his backing to a much-vaunted draft European security treaty unveiled by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev two years ago....more...
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http://www.b92.net/eng/news/region-article.php?yyyy=2011&mm=05&dd=16&nav_id=74367

Slovenia criticized over “erased” citizens, Roma

b92.net
Region

Friday 13.05.2011
14:49
Source: Tanjug, STA

LJUBLJANA -- Amnesty International criticized Slovenia in its annual report because of its treatment of Roma, and of citizens removed from permanent residence registry....more...
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http://www.b92.net/eng/news/region-article.php?yyyy=2011&mm=05&dd=13&nav_id=74320

Tusk: Croatia deserves to complete entry talks as soon as possible

tportal.hr
EU ACCESSION
07.05.2011 13:44

Author: Radio.net

Croatia deserves to complete its European Union accession negotiations as soon as possible, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told Croatian Television on Friday....more....

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http://daily.tportal.hr/126511/Tusk-Croatia-deserves-to-complete-entry-talks-as-soon-as-possible.html

Pivovarna Lasko brewery turns down offer from Agrokor

tportal.hr
MERCATOR CASE
05.05.2011 10:52

Author: Radio.net

The Supervisory Board of the Slovenian brewery Pivovarna Lasko on Wednesday turned down the offer from the Croatian food concern Agrokor to buy its 23.34% stake in Slovenia's largest retail chain Mercator for 221 euros per share....more...

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http://daily.tportal.hr/126135/Pivovarna-Lasko-brewery-turns-down-offer-from-Agrokor.html

PL brewery fails to make decision on Agrokor's bid

tportal.hr
MERCATOR
29.04.2011 20:27

Author: Radio.net

The Supervisory Board of the Slovenian Pivovarna Lasko (PL) brewery on Friday failed to make a decision on the sale of the company's 23.34 percent stake in the country's biggest retail chain Mercator, PL officials confirmed after a session of the PL Supervisory Board....more...

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http://daily.tportal.hr/125236/PL-brewery-fails-to-make-decision-on-Agrokor-s-bid.html

Slovenian PM says didn't block Agrokor's investment

tportal.hr
MERCATOR
28.04.2011 16:28

Author: Radio.net

Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor has said that neither he nor his ministers had anything to do with the decision of the government's office for market competition blocking the sale of shares in the Mercator retail chain held by the Pivovarna Lasko (PL) brewery, or with decisions of other co-owners of Mercator, including leading domestic banks....more...

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http://daily.tportal.hr/124965/Slovenian-PM-says-didn-t-block-Agrokor-s-investment.html