Slovenia and the EU http://www.eubusiness.com <p>Latest business news about Slovenia and the European Union</p> <ul> <li> <a href="/Slovenia/slovenia-country-profile">Slovenia country profile</a></li> </ul> <br /> daily 1 2007-01-02T13:25:17Z EU urges Croatia, Slovenia to solve border issues bilaterally http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1226512022.15 European Union enlargement chief Olli Rehn called Wednesday on Croatia and Slovenia to solve their border issues bilaterally, without making them part of Zagreb's EU accession talks. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Slovenia Croatia 2008-11-12T21:15:28Z News Item Slovenia rejects EU's criticism of road tax system as "unfair" http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1225216027.43 Slovenia's outgoing government rejects the European Commission's warning that a road tax system introduced in July is discriminatory treatment for foreign highway users. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Slovenia Headline2 Transport 2008-10-28T17:50:23Z News Item Slovenia gives guarantee on bank deposits http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1223499722.37 Slovenia decided on Wednesday to guarantee all private and small business bank savings, the country's finance minister and central bank governor said here in a joint statement. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Slovenia banking 2008-10-08T21:37:28Z News Item Slovenia's road tax system unfair to foreigners, says EU http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1222971421.81 Slovenia, under criticism from the European Commission, denied on Thursday that recently introduced road vignettes discriminated against short-term visitors. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Slovenia Headline3 Transport 2008-10-02T20:16:34Z News Item Slovenia 'can reach EU average GDP per inhabitant by 2015' http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1221481022.56 EU newcomer Slovenia could reach the EU's average salary and pensions level by 2015 if it maintains its current pace of development, says Prime Minister Janez Jansa. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Slovenia Finance Headline4 2008-09-15T20:39:11Z News Item Slovenia looks back on a successful presidency http://www.eubusiness.com/Rd/slovenia-rd.01 'We were warned that our programme is too ambitious; however, today we are proud to say we have succeeded.' With these words, Slovenia's Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology, Mojca Kucler Dolinar, summed up her country's achievements in the field of research policy during its presidency of the EU. No publisher eub2 Slovenia Research & Technology European Council 2008-06-27T20:43:35Z News Item Slovenia apologies to EU partners over nuclear alert error http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1212677222.05 Slovenia apologised Thursday to its European neighbours after wrongly informing them that an incident at a nuclear power plant was an excercise. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Environment Slovenia Energy European Council 2008-06-05T16:09:10Z News Item Repairs at Slovenian nuclear plant to start Friday: director http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1212666432.19 Repairs at on a water coolant system leak which forced Slovenia to close down its only nuclear plant will start on Friday, the plant's director. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Environment Slovenia Energy 2008-06-05T12:32:14Z News Item No threat from leak at Slovenia reactor: minister http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1212653823.61 Slovenian Interior Minister Dragutin Mate assured on Thursday that a cooling system leak at the country's only nuclear power plant posed no threat. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Environment Slovenia Energy 2008-06-05T12:51:18Z News Item EU issues alert after incident at Slovenian nuclear plant http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1212602543.73 The European Commission issued an EU-wide alert late Wednesday after Slovenia began shutting down a nuclear power plant following a leak in the cooling system. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Environment Headline Energy Slovenia 2008-06-04T23:27:09Z News Item Slovakia, Ukraine sign accord to ease border crossings http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1212157022.29 Slovakia and Ukraine signed an accord Friday aimed at easing border crossings for citizens living near their frontier which became more difficult following Slovakia's December 2007 entry into the EU's passport-free Schengen zone. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Ukraine Slovenia Living & Working in EU 2008-05-30T17:10:38Z News Item Slovenia officially recognises Kosovo http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1204741921.08 Current European Union president Slovenia Wednesday officially recognised Kosovo's independence from Serbia. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Slovenia European Council Kosovo 2008-03-05T18:38:57Z News Item Rights group criticises Slovenia's prisons http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1203097631.23 Slovenia, the former Yugoslav republic and current president of the European Union, has "unacceptable" conditions in some of its prisons, a European rights group said in a report Friday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Slovenia 2008-02-15T17:49:36Z News Item Slovenia worried Serbia bomb linked to EU role: minister http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1202585521.62 Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel expressed concern Saturday over a bomb blast at a Slovenian-run shopping mall in Serbia, saying he feared it was tied to his country's EU leadership. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Slovenia Serbia 2008-02-09T23:37:56Z News Item Slovenia and the euro http://www.eubusiness.com/Euro/slovenia-and-the-euro The euro is the single currency shared by 15 of the European Union's Member States - Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Spain, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Finland, Greece, Slovenia, Cyprus and Malta - which together make up the eurozone. Around 317 million EU citizens now use the euro as their currency. No publisher eub2 Slovenia Euro 2008-02-03T23:46:41Z Guide