STA, 24 October 2018 - Foreign Minister Miro Cerar expressed support for Macedonia's push to change the country's name to allow it to proceed with its efforts to join the EU and NATO as he held talks with his Macedonian counterpart Nikola Dimitrov in Skopje on Wednesday.
STA, 24 October 2018 - The wood processing machinery maker Mebor from Železniki has won the annual Golden Gazelle Award for the fastest-growing company in Slovenia, conferred by the newspaper publisher Dnevnik. The winner is a family company whose roots trace back to 1982, and which today generated 95% of its sales revenue abroad.
STA, 25 October 2018 - Slovenians will observe Sovereignty Day on Thursday, remembering 25 October in 1991, when the last Yugoslav People's Army soldiers left Slovenian territory four months after the end of the Independence War.
Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Thursday, 25 October as prepared by the STA:
And large differences in the region in terms of average net wealth per adult.
STA, 24 October 2018 - More than 26,650 runners have signed up for the 23rd Ljubljana Marathon to be held in the capital this weekend. The organisers are hoping for records in both women's and men's competitions. They are also hoping to win the top road race label by the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS).
Whether you tend to birdie, bogie, or blow up, the country has enough varied courses to keep both residents and visitors coming back for more.
STA, 23 October 2018 - The supervisory board of Slovenian Sovereign Holding (SSH) endorsed on Tuesday all documents required for the initial public offering of NLB bank, allowing privatisation of Slovenia's largest bank to proceed. The price range will be revealed by the end of the week, presumably on Friday, when the prospectus is published.
Comparisons breed unhappiness, listicles are (often) lazy and the notion of “best” is rather strained (at…best), but in the interest of “total Slovenia” coverage we must report that the country has made it on to one of Lonely Planet’s four Best in Travel 2019 lists, which rank the “top 10” countries, cities, regions and best value.
STA, 23 October 2018 - A project which tells a story about the past along the river Ljubljanica from its source near Vrhnika to Ljubljana has won the European Heritage Days Grant Award 2018.
STA, 23 October 2018 - Slovenia recorded the sharpest decrease in general government debt in the EU in the second quarter of the year, show the latest figures released by Eurostat.