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Politics
Liberal Outfit Urges PM to "Punish" Pogacnik over Dog Attack, Farmland Law
07.02.2010
The Liberal Academy, a left-leaning association linked with the coalition Liberal Democrats (LDS), has urged Prime Minister Borut Pahor to act against Agriculture, Food and Forestry Minister Milan Pogacnik over Tuesday's dog mauling death.
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Sport
Football: Slovenia Draw Italy, Serbia in Euro Qualifiers
07.02.2010
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Arts and Culture
Culture Minister: Exit Strategy Cutting EUR 10M for Infrastructure
06.02.2010
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Around Slovenia
Teenage Skier Killed by Avalanche
08.01.2010
The Slovenia Times Articles
Business Services
Supporting Growth
05.02.2010
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Interview: Goran Brankovič, Slovenian Railways
Assuming an Active Role
05.02.2010
Goran Brankovič has no easy task ahead of him. At the beginning of October, he became the eighth CEO of Slovenske železnice (Slovenian Railways) in the last five years. He took over a railway monopoly that is overburdened by debts and losses. The Slovenian government (the owner of the company) promised at the beginning of this year to provide millions of euros to help the company avoid bankruptcy. Brankovič is nevertheless confident that the company can become a successful logistics player, but some conditions need to be met. Until then, he is just trying to find as much business as possible for the company. A small success in this regard is his recent meeting with the CEO of Deutsche Bahn, which is especially interested in cooperation with Slovenske železnice in the field of cargo traffic. -
Interview: Rudolf Klötscher, BSH Hišni Aparati
Sustainability is the key to success
05.02.2010
Last year was undoubtedly one of the most difficult years companies have faced in modern times with many titans perishing. This wasn’t the case BSH Hišni Aparati, a subsidiary of the international Bosch Siemens Home Appliances Group. In fact, this company, located in Slovenia and responsible for nine countries in the Adriatic East region – including all countries of the former Yugoslavia as well as Albania and Bulgaria – managed to achieve a 6% increase in turnover in 2009. This is reason enough to talk to company CEO, Rudolf Klötscher. -
Masquerade
Fun or Faith?
05.02.2010
Since ancient times, mankind has had the urge to wear a mask. “Masking” is one of humanity’s oldest practices and its origins are tightly connected to our relationship to the metaphysical world.
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Slavko Avsenik
A True Legend, or One of Many?
05.02.2010
An innovative accordion master, who invented contemporary Slovenian country music, and made it appealing to the rest of the world, turns eighty.
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