US elections in Slovenia

Fake elections in Slovenia confirmed what whole Europe was thinking."The US election may have happened half a world away, but for many Slovenians, Barack Obama’s victory hit close to home. It looked like any other polling place. The walls were adorned with American flags,...

Robovox in Ljubljana

Robovox arrived to Ljubljana to give people a voice. I heard that it will come to Ljubljana but still seeing a 8m high robot is quite impressive." RoboVox is a large (8m high) interactive public sound installation by...

Ana Desetnica street festival

Every year Ljubljana comes to life when dancers, actors and other performerms take over the streets for 4 days. Shows are free and anyone can stop by and watch. I attended ballet dance show this year and it was very...

Koper was rocked

Two most popular rock bands in Slovenia Siddharta and Dan D are touring together. Last concert was held in old Koper square which created a briliant ambient with church tower on the left side and old medieval stone...

Fuel Prices at multi year low

At this times of World recession at least gas prices are dropping. I save about 17eur on a full gas tank.   " Fuel prices went down again and dropped to multi year lows, following the fall of...

Beginning of a New Era in Slovenia

After a long campaign it looks like Slovenia got a new government. The results are still not official and theoretically they can still change. But one thing is certain left winged parties won this elections."The opposition SocDems (SD) hold a paper-thin lead over their main...

Economic crisis in Slovenia

Our economy was booming not long ago but now as everywhere else around the world people are afraid what next month will bring. More job cuts? Companies shutting down? No one really knows at this point I guess."The...

Slovenian film nominated for Oscar

This is an excellent film and I hope they get the award.""Rooster's Breakfast", the top-grossing Slovenian movie of 2007, was selected among the five candidates which applied to DSFU as Slovenia's candidate for the...

Opposition wins Slovenia Parliament vote (updated)

" Slovenia's opposition wins elections Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:56:52 GMT Slovenia's opposition has defeated the ruling center-right conservative party of Prime Minister Janez Jansa in the parliamentary elections. The outcome of the election held on Sunday, has put the Social...

Slovenians vote for new parliament

During a pause in its struggle with high inflation and unemployment, Slovenia has its 1.7 million citizens vote today during the fifth parliamentary elections since 1991. Prime Minister Janez Jansa, leader...

YLE Claims Stir Political Storm In Slovenia

"A report by the YLE investigative current affairs television programme MOT has caused a political storm in Slovenia. According to the programme aired on Monday, the Finnish defence materiel manufacturer Patria paid bribes to the Slovenian Prime Minister in exchange for...

The Most Successful Countries at the Olympics: Georgia and North Korea?

A new report has analyzed the medal count of every country in the Beijing Olympics in relation to its size, wealth and human rights record. The leaders of this alternate medal table may be surprising.   "...

India@Beijing Olympics 2008: Shooting

Gagan Narang and Sanjeev Rajput failing to qualify for the finals of men’s 50 meter rifle three position competition at the Beijing Olympics 2008.Read more

Canadian men lose first basketball qualifier to Slovenia

Canada's men's basketball team faces a must-win game against South Korea, after losing its opening game to Slovenia on Tuesday."Canada dropped its opener at the Olympic men's basketball qualifier on Tuesday and now faces a must-win game against South Korea.Jaka Lakovic had a...

Tragic accident on Sava River in Slovenia

Tragic accident happened yesterday on Sava River in Slovenia. So far eight bodies have been found and 5 are still missing. Rescue teams are still working in hard conditions to find the rest of missing people."LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) -- Divers pulled seven bodies out of the...

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