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Cerar and Wang discus bilateral relations, EU-China cooperation

China is a world superpower, one of the permanent UN Security Council members and an indispensable strategic partner of the EU's, Cerar said after meeting Wang in Ljubljana.

Slovenia 13th in Global Sustainable Competitiveness Index

Slovenia scored 53.8 points, and fared best in terms of governance efficiency, trailing only Ireland and the Czech Republic.

Governance efficiency measures the results of core state areas and investments - infrastructure, market and employment structure, and the provision of a framework for sustained and sustainable wealth generation.

IMAD expects GDP growth for 2019 around the projected 2.8%

In the latest issue of The Economic Mirror publication, IMAD says that the year-on-year growth of Slovenia's GDP in the first nine months of 2019 was 2.7%, which is a significant slowdown compared to 2018, while close to its autumn projection for the whole year (2.8%).

Actors in Yugoslavia’s Collapse Voice Solidarity with Jailed Catalans

He was echoed by Stjepan Mesic, the last president of federal Yugoslavia and president of Croatia from 2000 to 2010, who wrote to Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to express concern over the "draconian" sentences.

EU court advised not to hear Slovenia v Croatia suit

The advocate general at the EU Court of Justice (ECJ) said that "the infringements of EU law of which Slovenia accuses Croatia are ancillary to the issue of determining the boundary between those two states, which is a matter of public international law".

Lek opens the first fully automated analytical laboratory - the largest of its kind within Novartis

The fully automated analytical laboratory with five robotic devices represents an important step in the development of Novartis towards increased digitisation and automation, bringing numerous advantages also in development processes. »We are proud that the large steps forward in this development field are made here, in Slovenia.

SKB Achieved Recognition as »Bank of the Year 2019 in Slovenia«

On Thursday, 28th November 2019, representatives of SKB bank, Milan Žiaran, Vojka Ravbar, Chief Executive Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Anita Stojčevska, Head of Retail and Marketing net, accepted »Bank of the year 2019 in Slovenia« recognition, at the awards ceremony that took place in London.

Coalition that spearheaded independence founded 30 years ago

DEMOS, standing for the Democratic Opposition of Slovenia, brought together the parties that had been founded in the year and a half before as part of the democratic movement that demanded an end to the one-party Communist regime.

110th anniversary of Rusjan's pioneer flight marked

The documentary called The Flying Rusjan Brothers, directed by Boris Palčič, will be screened in the evening in Eda Center, a commercial and business centre in Nova Gorica dedicated to Rusjan's memory.

Higher Employment Rates for Men and Women Aged 55 to 64 Years in 2018

In 2018, employment rates for men and women aged 55 to 64 years were higher, at 65% for men and 52% for women, than the average rates for all adult men and women (60% and 48%) in the European Union (EU), Eurostat data show.

Balkan War Photojournalists Recall Being ‘Witnesses to History’

US photographers Ron Haviv and Christopher Morris presented some of the most important of their images from the break-up of Yugoslavia in Zagreb on Tuesday evening, with Haviv saying that he went to the Balkan war zone in the 1990s to "witness history" for himself.

Ljubljana film fest turning 30, staying focused on quality art film

LIFFe, a hugely popular festival that has also spread to Maribor, Celje and Novo Mesto, began in 1990 at Ljubljana's Cankarjev Dom arts centre as what was known as the international days of author film or Film Art Fest. There were 13 films screened the first year and some 4,000 visitors.

The first deliveries are planned for November 20 this year.