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Turkish film 'Swaying Waterlily' wins in Montreal

Turkish director Seren Yüce's film "Rüzgarda Salınan Nilüfer" (Swaying Waterlily) has won the Best Script Award at the 40th Montreal Film Festival, which ended on Sept. 5.

The Best Film Award went to the Croatia, Macedonia, Czech Republic and Slovenia co-production "The Constitution," directed by Rajko Grlic.

Exporters call on envoys from 73 countries to spread Turkey's devotion to democracy

The Turkish Exporters' Assembly (TİM) has called for some 181 envoys and civil servants from 73 countries across the globe to talk about Turkey's devotion to democratic rule and robust economy in their countries and to boost cooperation with Turkey during a three-day meeting hosted in the Aegean province of Çanakkale on Sept. 2-4, the association said in a statement.

Dacic taking part in Bled Strategic Forum

Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic is visiting Slovenia on Monday and Tuesday.

He is traveling to that country in to participate in the Bled Strategic Forum's panel dedicated "Western Balkans: is the EU still a pull factor?", the Serbian government announced on its website.

Slovenia's ice hockey team secure Olympic berth

This will be Slovenia's second appearance at an Olympic ice hockey tournament after the 2014 Games in Sochi, Russia, where they made it to the quarter-finals.

The lynx took a lead on a power play through Rok Tičar scoring two goals in the 22th and 23nd minute. Belarus equalised in the 52nd after two goals by Adrei Stepanov.

Turkey wraps up Euro friendlies with win over Slovenia

An early goal from striker Burak Yılmaz gave Turkey a 1-0 victory away to Slovenia on June 5, boosting morale in the team's final warm-up game before Euro 2016 starts in France next week.

Slovenia among biggest gainers in IMD competitiveness rankings

The improvement in Slovenia's ranking on the index compiled by the Swiss-based International Institute for Management Development (IMD) came on the back of better economic performance and government efficiency, although the country continued to be held back by a number of pre-existing limitations.

Turkey snatches last-minute winner in Montenegro friendly

A last-gasp header from Mehmet Topal gave Turkey a 1-0 victory over Montenegro on May 29, as well as a boost to the team's morale ahead of Euro 2016.

Midfielder Arda Turan, likely to be key to Turkey's prospects in France, set up the goal with a cross in the fourth minute of stoppage time and Topal charged into the area to head it past the diving Montenegro keeper.

Outdoor library season begins

The first outdoor library will open in Ljubljana's Tivoli Park, one of eight locations in the Slovenian capital and arguably the most popular such venue in the country.

Another popular spot is on Ljubljana Castle, one of the main tourist attractions in the city, where the selection of books is tailored to foreigners, who make up the bulk of the castle visitors.

Building bridges in cultural dialogue and business through language and education

"When I assumed the position of director of Confucius Institute Ljubljana 6 years ago, I did not know what an important role the Faculty of Economics at the University of Ljubljana can play in incorporating Chinese language and culture across Slovenian kindergartens and universities, and bringing together local and business communities between China and Slovenia.

Real estate and construction are definitely causing more headaches than companies in the manufacturing or food sectors"

DUTB is focused on facilitating the restructuring of banks, running the privatisation process and the settling the state's liabilities. Which financial institutions (e.g. investment banks, private equity houses, corporations…) are the most interested in your assets?

Ljubljana and Zagreb stock exchanges happy with investor day

Gažić noted that the considerable interest from investors despite worrying trends on the capital markets made the event satisfying.

We're not aware of many opportunities - because of our traditional focus on neighbouring large economies?

LSBC brought Comtrade, Analitica, Skylabs, Cosylab and ProNew Tech, LSBC's partner from Luxembourg, to the eye of the ICT Spring event attendees. The stand was also visited by Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel and H.E. Matjaz Sinkovec, Embasy of Slovenia in Brussels.