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edolen1

March 27th, 2006, 08:02 PM

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New terminal at Brnik
from Finance

Aerodrom Ljubljana, d.d., the operator of Brnik Airport, the biggest airport in Slovenia, will finish the upgrade and renovation of Terminal 1 by mid-2007, in time for Slovenia's implementation of the Schengen system. A new terminal will also be completed by 2010.

The first phase, the upgrade of Terminal 1 will cost around €10 million. The second phase, the construction of Terminal 2 will cost €40 million. The terminal will be completed by 2010. That's also when the land for a new business-logistics centre will be ready for construction.

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A render of the new terminal

http://www.finance-on.net/?MOD=show&id=148709

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Here's also what the website of Aerodrom Ljubljana says about the new terminal:

The new passenger terminal
One result of growing air traffic at Ljubljana Airport and Slovenia's entry into the European Union, which requires the separation of traffic into Schengen and non-Schengen (domestic and foreign), is the planned construction of a new airport terminal.

The current terminal will be renovated and linked to the new terminal by a connecting walkway that will include seven boarding bridges. The capacity of the new terminal will be 850 departing passengers per hour and 850 arriving passengers per hour. An IATA level C standard of services is envisaged to ensure the necessary quality for passenger arrivals and departures. The planning took into account both international and domestic regulations and standards for such facilities and equipment.

The new terminal will be expanded to 32,000 square meters, where 40 check-in counters will be set up, including some automatic ones. The complete separation of Schengen and non-Schengen traffic will be ensured, as well as the separation of arriving and departing passengers. Luggage will be thoroughly inspected and the installation of three luggage carousels is planned for luggage pick-up. There will be room in the terminal for airlines, travel agencies, restaurants and shops, and there are also plans for business lounges and additional services for passengers.

http://www.lju-airport.si/images/clanki/img895.JPG

And a video of how Brnik will look like after all the currently planned investments:

http://www.lju-airport.si/eng/ASPDatoteka.asp?ID=159

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And some more renders of the new terminal, scanned from Aerodrom Ljubljana's company magazine:

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NOTE: None of the renders of the new terminal are final, that's why they slightly differ between each other. The final look of the terminal hasn't been determined yet.

Kommandant Mark

March 27th, 2006, 08:10 PM

Looks not much different than the new terminal already being built at Podgorica Airport...still, its an improvement over current Ljubljana airport:okay:

I'd like to know if there has been any news of a tram or light-rail system being built for Ljubljana?

Ljubljana City

March 27th, 2006, 08:21 PM

Great news, edolen :okay:

@KM: Not much... Although some of the city officials said they are seriously planning the implementation and preparing for further stages. Many studies have been made and it looks like the municipality wants it, but the government has to give resources for it in it's transport programme. The city is already considering the future traces in new plans for city development, but without the government and a more capable mayor (I hope we get a better one in November), there will be nothing. But we can say that first steps have been made. :)

edolen1

March 27th, 2006, 08:50 PM

Well, until the local elections in autumn, nothing will be done, or almost nothing, except for promises.

bambam

March 28th, 2006, 11:07 AM

Grad kao Ljubljana je u mojim ocima zasluzio puno ljepsi aerodrom a ne ovo ruglo. No dobro, nemora se svakome svidjeti.

:cheers:

Ljubljana City

March 28th, 2006, 08:16 PM

Few more information about TVM which I read in one of the magazines. TVM is continuing to produce those airport buses and covering a big portion of world's market. They also made 40 buses of their own brand Marbus last year and a big portion of parts for 800 buses which were exported to Iran where they were assembled.

OettingerCroat

March 29th, 2006, 12:38 AM

yo ljubljana city and edolen, are you guys good at croatian? just curious, bc bambam's post was in croatian in a slovenian forum. ;)

mic of Orion

March 29th, 2006, 12:51 AM

great stuff guys, looking forward to all projects on this thread, I'll try to contribute as much as I can, but for now I'm all eager to read about new projects in Slovenia..

Kommandant Mark

March 29th, 2006, 04:05 AM

yo ljubljana city and edolen, are you guys good at croatian? just curious, bc bambam's post was in croatian in a slovenian forum. ;)

I don't know about Croatian, but when I was in Slovenia for 10 days last summer, I didn't have to use a single word of Slovene. Everyone understood & spoke Serbian, to a varying degree. I was suprised some kids were so fluent, until I saw the latest Ceca CD's being sold at the Ormoz post office:|

Thanks for the quick answer, LjubljanaCity!
Im sure Ljubljana can take it its time in considering the future plans for a better transit...its bus system and modern fleet of buses are quite adequate for the time being, from what I saw.

I think for the next 5 years, up to ~2010, the most important Ljubljana priority should be a new football stadium:D

Ljubljana City

March 29th, 2006, 06:45 AM

@Oettinger Croat: I understand Croatian without much problems, but I'm not able to write it... My speaking is also very limited :)

@Kommandant: Sure many kinds understood you and even fluently replied to you... They could be Slovene, but were they? ;)

And you're right regarding the stadium. Celje is taking the sport events from us with it's renewed stadium and other facilities. And they will start building a big sports hotel next to it in a month.

bambam

March 29th, 2006, 10:42 AM

yo ljubljana city and edolen, are you guys good at croatian? just curious, bc bambam's post was in croatian in a slovenian forum. ;)

Sve ovisi iz kojeg dijela Slovenije netko dolazi ili koliko mu je godina ;)

edolen1

March 29th, 2006, 04:33 PM

Well, I understand Croatian with some difficulty, but in general I can get by. I understand it written a lot better than spoken, but I can't speak or write a word of it.. I can only write/speak in Slovenian and hope that they'll catch some of it..

KM: The thing is that Ceca listeners are mostly immigrants from other Yugoslav countries. There are a couple of Slovenian listeners as well, but Ceca in general has been having a hard time lately outside of her usual listeners, mostly because of Atomik Harmonik..

http://img.rtvslo.si/tlp/gallery/WA6K96291.jpg

Which reminds me.. This is news of national importance.. Špelca will be leaving Atomik Harmonik so she can devote her time to her studies. Atomik Harmonik are already looking for a replacement. I hope the new girl will be blonde too.. :drool:

SinCity

March 30th, 2006, 12:13 AM

^^ Hey, what style of music do Atomik Harmonik play?

I've been dying to ask as well, what are some names of well known Slovene artists that perform modern music such as dance, pop, techno etc?

Kommandant Mark

March 31st, 2006, 04:09 AM

STO anticipates Slovenian APC contract

Grzegorz Holdanowicz JDW Correspondent
Warsaw

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Slovenian company Sistemska Tehnika (STO) opened a new production facility on 17 February in anticipation of winning a Slovenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) tender to supply up to 135 wheeled-armoured vehicles by 2010. The company, based in Ravne, is offering its Krpan 8 x 8 wheeled-armoured personnel carrier (APC) - a variant of the Steyr-Daimler-Puch Pandur II 8 x 8 - for the requirement. The company will move its civil operations to the new plant, making way for the old facility to be prepared for defence operations and the expected Krpan contract.

The Slovenian company, 70.5 per cent owned by the local Viator & Vektor Group with 17.5 per cent remaining in the hands of Steyr-Daimler-Puch, has invested "substantial funds" over the past three years in developing the Krpan and hopes to create about 100 jobs with the contract award. Viator & Vektor Group obtained the licence for the Pandur II 8 x 8 in July 2003 in return for shares in STO. A number of Slovenian research and development entities, including the Centre For Digital Modelling at the University in Ljubljana, also took part in the vehicle's development.

STO is offering the Krpan in four variants: an APC with either a manually operated or remotely controlled weapon station; an infantry fighting vehicle with a 30 mm x 173 dual belt-fed Mauser MK 30-2 automatic gun in a Steyr SP30 two-man turret; a 120 mm mortar carrier employing the AMOS turret from Finland's Patria; and a command post vehicle. It is unclear if any Krpan prototype exists as apparently all tests and presentations were done using a loaned original example of a Pandur II. It is likely a Krpan prototype will be tested in the second quarter of 2006.

The Slovenian MoD launched its tender for armoured 8 x 8s in January and the preferred bidder is due to be announced by the end of June with the first 25-30 vehicles to be delivered in 2007. In 2005 the Croatian Ministry of Defence launched a similar tender for 126 8 x 8 vehicles in 10 variants. In that case the winner was to be announced by the end of 2005, but so far no decision has been released.

There were two bidders for the Croatian tender: Steyr-Daimler-Puch with the Pandur II and Patria Vehicles with the Armoured Modular Vehicle. Croatia wants to manufacture the new vehicles locally at the Ðuro Ðakoviæ Specijalna vozila company in Slavonski Brod.

Macedonia and Croatia discussed the potential of joint procurement of 8 x 8 vehicles at the end of 2005. Macedonia has a requirement for 130 8 x 8 wheeled APCs.

Brussels-east

April 11th, 2006, 09:51 PM

Informations about recent or current developments and projects in Lubjana???

thank you ! :)

Ljubljana City

April 12th, 2006, 07:01 PM

Probably the funicular/lift being built in Ljubljana (which was already posted in Infrastructure & mobility):

It will run from the city center to the city castle.

Length: 118 m
Height: 70 m
Max. speed: 3 m/s (1 minute between stations)

Capacity of the cabin: max. 33 passengers or 500 people per hour

It will be finished in June.

http://www.mladina.si/tednik/200508/clanek/slo--prestolnica-ursa_matos/img/tirna-mv-018_display.jpg

http://www.mladina.si/tednik/200508/clanek/slo--prestolnica-ursa_matos/img/tirna-mv-029_display.jpg

http://www.festival-lj.si/img/content_image/131.jpg

http://www.mladina.si/tednik/200508/clanek/slo--prestolnica-ursa_matos/img/tirna-mv-108_display.jpg

Construction site 2.4.2006:

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OettingerCroat

April 12th, 2006, 07:22 PM

^^ thats cool, i saw it in the funiculars thread in the world forums, very nice :yes:

:cheers2:

SinCity

April 13th, 2006, 01:17 AM

Not bad. I like its modern look. Hopefully we'll get to see some pics of it when it opens in June. :)

Ljubljana City

April 14th, 2006, 06:32 PM

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Construction of Technology Park Ljubljana started

Mayor of Ljubljana Danica Simšič and Director of TPL (Tehnološki park Ljubljana) Iztok Lesjak opened the construction site yesterday in western part of Ljubljana, called Brdo.

In this month, they will start a construction of the first seven premises extending over 43.000 m2, which will offer its hospitality to almost 200 companies and more than 2000 employees. Till 2010, additional 16 buildings will be built.

"Our mission is to attract and facilitate the creativity of innovative projects and companies and their technology development, primarily in the field of information communication technology, automation industry, biotechnology, nanotechnology, material sciences, environmental protection and similar fields."

Advantages of TPL:

* 0,5 km from the highway exits to Austria, Italy, Hungary, Croatia
* 20 minutes drive to the International airport Brnik
* In the vicinity (0,5km away) is a new hotel complex aimed at attracting the business world with up-to-date congress centres and other facilities for improving business communication
* A new university campus will be set-up at the distance of about 1 km, where the Faculty for computer science and informatics will be located
* An area which has been designated as a "City in small", due to its bustling infrastructure - a hotel, bank, markets, medical assistance, nursery, fitness and other infrastructure which will support efficient business process and ensure that your business environment will remain attractive, easily manageable and motivating.

TPL will offer affordable renting prices for newly established and bigger companies and also offer to buy their premises. More than 100 companies are already interested in first 7 buildings, which will be finished in summer 2007.

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Some of big international corporations showed their serious interest in TPL, including Nokia and Siemens. Nokia would like to establish a Development center, in cooperation with Slovenian insitute Jozef Stefan, which is very active on the field of artificial intelligence. Director of TPL will meet Nokia representatives in June in Helsinki to discuss possibility of their research and development center in Ljubljana. Siemens expressed it's interest too. It is intereseted in establishing a marketing and planning center for markets of former Yugoslavia.

OettingerCroat

April 14th, 2006, 06:59 PM

^^ now thats cool. i could spend DAYS in places like these! :lol:

Ljubljana City

April 18th, 2006, 06:16 PM

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GZS Forecasts 4.1% Economic Growth for 2006

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GZS) forecasts that Slovenia's economic growth will be 4.1% in 2006 and 4% in 2007. Inflation will stand around 2.3% and go up to 2.5% next year, Irena Rostan of the GZS's Economic Outlook and Policy Services told the press on Friday.

The beginning of the year was marked by a dynamic economic activity, with industrial output and exports noting a positive growth rate. The trends were also good in the services sector, especially in trade, tourism, transport and business, she added.

Positive trends are expected to continue in international trade, with exports of goods and services steadily rising. According to Rostan, exports are still the main driving force of economic growth.

She believes that investments will influence domestic demand in the next two years, with a 4% rise in investments in intermediate goods, while private demand will go up by 3.1%. Meanwhile, gross wages per employee are to increase by 2.3% in 2006, and 2.5% in 2007.

The GZS moreover expects a steady rise in employment, by 0.8% for this and 0.7% for next year. According to the ILO, however, the unemployment rate is to increase by 6.6% in 2006 and 6.7% in 2007. Last year, the ILO unemployment rate was 6.5%.

In Rostan's view, the forecast 2.3% or 2.5% inflation could be lower if prices of raw materials would no longer increase or would start dropping, which is unlikely given the current trends.

Another risk with inflation is Slovenia's euro changeover planned for the beginning of 2007, as the danger of retail prices increasing cannot be excluded despite the dual pricing period, according to Rostan.
The GZS has in its forecasts considered all possible risks, such as the euro adoption, economic and social reforms (chiefly tax policy and labour market) as well as talks on the 2006-2009 social agreement and on the wages policy collective bargaining agreement.

Earlier this month, the Institute for Macroeconomic Analysis and Development upgraded its GDP forecast for 2006 by 0.2 percentage points to 4.2%. It attributed the upgraded figure to greater investment spending and better-than-expected trends in trade.

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Building of GZS - Dom gospodarstva (Home of Economy)

Ljubljana City

April 18th, 2006, 06:21 PM

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Record Season at Slovenian Ski Centres

Slovenian ski resorts were visited by 1.835 million skiers by the beginning of April, making a 9% higher profit compared with last year, which makes this season one of the most profitable ones, according to preliminary data of the Slovenian Association of Ski Lift Operators.

"Given good weather conditions, skiing will continue through Labour Day holidays, so we expect even better results," the association's secretary Dusan Bozicnik told STA. The 2005/2006 skiing season is certainly one of the best ever. There was a total of 2,737 skiing days at all Slovenian resorts, with Pohorje in the northeast as the most successful one with 130 days. There are currently six ski centres open in Slovenia and will stay open until Labour Day holidays, including Areh, Kope, and Rogla in the northeast, and Krvavec, Vogel and Kanin in the northwest.

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Kranjska Gora

Ljubljana City

April 18th, 2006, 06:28 PM

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Transport Ministers Sees Motorways, Railroads as Priority

The completion of the Slovenian motorway and railroad network is of key importance for the country, as the 5th and 10th cross-European transport routes cross Slovenia, Minister of Transport Janez Bozic has said in Koper.

Bozic, speaking on Monday, 10 April at a meeting of a club of entrepreneurs from the Slovenian Istria, added that finishing constructing the motorways is scheduled for 2008. He also revealed that almost half of the country's regional roads are in a disastrous state.

A draft resolution on transport policy, presented in early March, aims at a smooth and environmentally friendly transport of goods and people in the country, he said, adding that Slovenia will earmark EUR 18bn until 2023 for road infrastructure.

Bozic pointed out that the priority tasks regarding road construction in the Primorsko region would be the completion of the Rebernice dual carriageway section between Razdrto and Podnanos (SW), which should be finished by the end of 2007.

The end of this year's tourist season will moreover see the beginning of the construction of a dual carriageway tunnel between Koper and Izola (SW).

Meanwhile, the overhaul of the only railroad track between the port of Koper and the Divaca transport hub will begin in 2006 and end in 2008, the year when the construction of a modern dual track rail line between the Koper and Divaca is slated to begin.

The transport minister believes that the EU's wishes for a high-speed railroad track along the Slovenian section of the 5th route are unfeasible, given that the terrain only allows for an average train speed of 160 km/h through the country.

Bozic revealed that he is in favour of the modernisation of the first terminal as well as a construction of the third terminal in the country's only port, while a recently launched construction of a nearby road would link the port with the A1 Razdrto-Koper motorway.

A bill on state guarantees which in the works will speed-up the construction, Bozic believes. The country needs SIT 130bn (EUR 542.58m) for road infrastructure projects, especially those co-financed by the EU.

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edolen1

April 18th, 2006, 06:50 PM

Lovely, only to correct some info: the motorway between Razdrto and Koper is the A1, not the A3.

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^^Lovely building, the Chamber of Commerce

Ljubljana City

April 18th, 2006, 06:57 PM

And now a bit more interesting one... :lol:

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Huge Amusement park near Ptuj

In two years, a huge amusement park will rise in Hajdina near Ptuj. It will be called Megalaksija and it will be one of the biggest amusement parks in this part of Europe.

Complex will cost 103 million € and it will cover about 160.000 m2 of surface. The construction should already be taken place, but it got delayed because of EU funds, which are an important factor with this project.

The park will be opened throughout the year as more than 10.000 m2 will be covered and so available to visit in the winter too. The whole complex will be open from April to October, which is similiar to Italian Gardaland and Mirabilandia, which are quite comparable with Megalaksija, with the size and organisation.

Italian company Preston which is also the manager of Mirabilandia will work together with Slovenian company Cross. They will help with their experience, especially with organising the management and teaching the future staff.

The new amusement compley will bring at least 440 new jobs and encorauge tourism in the region. By pesimistic forecasts at least 1 million tourists will visit it yearly, but much more are expected. Placing the amusement park near borders with Croatia, Austria and Hungary will sure help to attract foreign tourists.

The construction will probably start at end of 2006 or at start of 2007. With more than half of the money already got from investors, EU funds already in the pocket and most permissions for construction, this project will certainly rise.

Ljubljana City

April 18th, 2006, 06:58 PM

Lovely, only to correct some info: the motorway between Razdrto and Koper is the A1, not the A3.

Stupid Slovene Press Agency :D

EDIT: Yes, I like the GZS building very much too... Sadar&Vuga certainly have some talent :)

http://www.sadarvuga.com/images/001%20gzs/4/big/066%20ccis%20065.jpg

ildaniele

April 18th, 2006, 07:06 PM

edolen1

April 18th, 2006, 07:11 PM

wouldn't it have more sense to invest in the motorway link between graz and zagreb than in an amusement park (along this furture motorway route)...eu funding for this project could be understood as a slap in the face by some people...these people might try to revenge one day
It's a private investment.. And it got EU funds because the EU also supports the development of tourism, not just infrastructure.

And quite frankly, the Maribor - Zagreb link wasn't a priority until recently, mostly because there were other critical points that had the priority. This is a consequence of the fact that the NPIA (the National Programme for the Development of Motorways) was formed in 1994, during the height of the Balkans conflicts and as such the Programme is/was short-sighted as it was a reflection of the current situation more than the future situation.

EDIT: Also, the Maribor - Ptuj link, the first half of the motorway (along which this amusement park will be located) will be finished by 2010. The second half, from Ptuj to the Croatian border, will be finished a year or two later.

Ljubljana City

April 18th, 2006, 07:12 PM

dewrob

April 18th, 2006, 07:29 PM

that's great news about the funicular/lift.... me being such a lazy person, I've never climbed to the castle in Ljubljana... I just always end up in one of those cafes around the center... and than I make a plan I will climb up there the next time I visit Ljubljana...

great thing :cheers:

Milosh

April 19th, 2006, 01:18 AM

^
Tsk, tsk tsk...you don't know what you missed:(

dewrob

April 19th, 2006, 03:50 AM

^^

I'm sure the castle is nice, but all the Lasko and Union were also pretty good ;)

oh, well.... next time... :cheers:

Milosh

April 19th, 2006, 03:59 AM

LOL. Well, at least you had a valid reason;)
But beware...Un-ion is toxic.

OettingerCroat

April 19th, 2006, 04:53 AM

^^ the Laško IS good :lol:

Ljubljana City

April 19th, 2006, 06:52 PM

^^ the Laško IS good :lol:

Union is better ;) :D

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Intervju: Robert Časar, predsednik uprave Luke Koper: Luka Koper potrebuje tretji pomol in drugi tir
Nataša Ručna, Finance

Luka Koper bo v prihodnjih nekaj letih za širitev pristanišča namenila 405 milijonov evrov

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Robert Časar, predsednik uprave Luke Koper

Robert Časar, predsednik uprave Luke Koper, napoveduje širitev pristanišča in spravo z lokalnim prebivalstvom. Ne pričakuje, da bo v kratkem ustanovljena pristaniška uprava, država pa po njegovem sploh ne bo prodala svojega deleža v Luki. O osnutku zakona o pristaniščih, za katerega je bilo porabljenih 8,3 milijona tolarjev, pravi, da ne vzdrži.

Prometni minister je napovedal gradnjo tretjega pomola še pred sprejemom državnega lokacijskega načrta za območje koprskega pristanišča. Dileme torej ni več?

Zdaj, ko je tretji pomol napovedal minister, verjetno ni več poti nazaj. To morata potrditi še medresorska komisija in vlada. Komisija bo v kratkem obravnavala tudi podaljšanje prvega in drugega pomola ter državni lokacijski načrt (DLN) za celotno območje Luke. Občinski odlok obsega zmanjšano različico kontejnerskega terminala, vendar DLN, ki je močnejši akt, bo podlaga za približno tretjino večji pomol, kot je tam predviden.

Seveda pa nam vsi pomoli in lega, ki omogoča najbližjo povezavo s srednjo Evropo, ne pomagajo, če ne bo povezave. Prva faza je modernizacija železniške proge iz Kopra do Divače, ki bo za 30-odstotkov povečala prepustnost tovora. Nova dvotirna proga pa je predvidena do leta 2015, kar je zadnji rok, da ne bomo izviseli zaradi dokončanja proge med Reko in Zagrebom.

Koliko bo Luka pridobila z novimi pomoli, kolikšna bo ta naložba in kako jo boste financirali?

Prvi pomol bi podaljšali za 350 metrov, kar pomeni investicijo 110 milijonov evrov. To pa bi omogočilo dodatni pretovor blizu 250 tisoč kontejnerskih enot na leto oziroma podvojitev sedanjih zmogljivosti. Nato bi začeli gradnjo tretjega pomola na 41 hektarjih (1.050 metrov dolžine) v vrednosti 180 milijonov evrov in z zmogljivostjo 600 tisoč zabojnikov na leto. S podaljšanjem drugega pomola - strošek bo predvidoma 115 milijonov evrov - pa bi dodatno pridobili prostor za približno 60 tisoč vozil, poleg tega pa še prostor za tekoče tovore in druge energente. Omenjene naložbe, ki nam bodo štiri- do petkrat povečale promet z zabojniki - pomembno več pa bo tudi avtomobilov -, bomo financirali z dolgoročnimi posojili in evropskimi sredstvi. Verjetno bomo šli tudi v razpis obveznic.

Kako se boste pri načrtovani širitvi spopadli z nasprotovanjem krajanov?

Mislim, da ne bo šlo za spopad. V tej investiciji je predvidena tudi ureditev območja Ankarana - pešpoti, kolesarske steze, marina, večnamenska dvorana ... Poleg tega je le malo tistih, ki nasprotujejo tretjemu pomolu. Dejstvo je, da ne bomo delali neke atomske centrale; to bo najmodernejši kontejnerski terminal. Ko smo bili nedavno v Miamiju na predstavitvi potniškega terminala, so nam ob ogledu mesta pokazali vile zvezdnikov, kot so Tom Jones, Julio Iglesias in Jennifer Lopez. Pogled imajo naravnost na kontejnerski terminal (smeh).

Kako se urejajo nerešena vprašanja z državo in kdaj pričakujete podelitev stavbne pravice za luške objekte?

Medresorska komisija bo podelila prve stavbne pravice, tudi za nova vlaganja. Lastništvo ni sporno. Zemljišče je v lasti države, infrastruktura pa je od Luke, ki je v 51-odstotni lasti države. Tožba proti državi zaradi tega ne bi bila smiselna. To, kar je izjavil Bruno Korelič, da je zamujen rok in da bodo oškodovani mali delničarji, pa nikakor ne drži. V kratkem bomo sklenili aneks k najemni pogodbi, ki je predhodnica koncesijske pogodbe.

Kdaj boste končno sklenili koncesijsko pogodbo?

To je predvideno z zakonom o pristaniščih, ki pa ga ni. Napisan je zgolj osnutek, ki ne vzdrži. Zdaj se v sodelovanju z Luko pripravlja novo besedilo zakona.

Ali ni ministrstvo za promet Inštitutu za javno upravo pri Pravni fakulteti plačalo 8,3 milijona tolarjev za izdelavo tega zakona?

To je vprašanje za ministrstvo.

Kakšna bo reorganizacija Luke Koper z ustanovitvijo pristaniške uprave in do kdaj naj bi se to zgodilo?

Za zdaj ni nobenih pritiskov ali želja po reorganizaciji, saj Luka dobro funkcionira. Res pa je, da ima danes Luka obe funkciji, tako pristaniškega sistema kot pristaniške uprave, kar se bo verjetno enkrat ločilo. Cilj pa je vsekakor liberalnejši model pristaniške uprave.

Pričakujete, da bo z ustanovitvijo pristaniške uprave država prodala svoj delež v Luki?

Menim, da država ne bo nikoli prodala večinskega deleža v Luki. Tudi politično to ne bi bilo najboljše.

Če ostajajo stvari take, kot so bile, zakaj je treba sploh ustanoviti pristaniško upravo?

Ne vem, jaz tega ne zagovarjam. Pozitivno pa bo, da se bo namesto Luke pogajala z državo za gradnjo pomolov in podelitev stavbnih pravic.

Ali se uresničuje napovedano tesnejše sodelovanje z Intereuropo in SŽ?

Z Intereuropo se pogovarjamo o skupnem predstavništvu na Kitajskem, proučujemo tudi prevzem terminala v Budimpešti in Beogradu. S SŽ pa sodelujemo precej bolje kot prej, kar se tudi pozna na rekordnem pretovoru, ki smo ga dosegli marca.

Kako gledate na znižanje vrednosti delnic Luke Koper? Samo letos so upadle za sedem odstotkov.

Povsem nerealna slika. Nemogoče je, da ima družba boljše finančne rezultate, večji pretovor, investicijske načrte in da ji vrednost delnice pada.

V Luki do leta 2020 milijon zabojnikov na leto

Po izgradnji tretjega pomola bi prvi pomol namenili avtomobilom in generalnim tovorom. Tretji pomol pa bo namenjen kontejnerskemu pretovoru, razlaga Robert Časar, predsednik uprave Luke Koper. Dodatne površine načrtujejo tudi v zaledju novega pomola, kjer bi bil prostore za okoli 450 tisoč zabojnikov na leto in za blagovno-distribucijski center. Za dolgoročni cilj imajo namreč pretovor milijon zabojnikov na leto, kar sodi tudi v državni razvojni načrt do leta 2020.

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This is an interview with CEO of Slovenian port Luka Koper. He is basically talking about enlargement of Luka Koper, with lengthening the piers and constructing a new one. They also talk about the 2nd rail Koper-Divača which is essential for development of Luka Koper.

Ljubljana City

April 22nd, 2006, 02:39 PM

Few other renderings of Technology Park Ljubljana (first buildings which will be built till Summer 2007):

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/8453/tp19uh.gif

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/4585/tp28we.gif

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/484/tp42mi.gif

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/4980/tp36kg.gif

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/2895/tp54jd.gif

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/4374/tp63ul.gif

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/5684/tp73jb.gif

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/1953/tp83aq.gif

I found them in a thread about Ljubljana projects... I had no idea we had a thread about them! :shocked: I'll get some other sources from there too.

edolen1

April 22nd, 2006, 04:15 PM

Hmm.. what's that spiral thing in the map? A parking garage entrance?

OettingerCroat

April 22nd, 2006, 05:28 PM

you mean the snail-shaped thing at the right side? yah it could be.

can you guys just do me one small favor and tell what a "pomol" and what a "tir" is?

mic of Orion

April 22nd, 2006, 05:55 PM

^^ nice

Ljubljana City

April 22nd, 2006, 06:55 PM

you mean the snail-shaped thing at the right side? yah it could be.

can you guys just do me one small favor and tell what a "pomol" and what a "tir" is?

Pomol: pier

Tir: Rail (track)

You know we talked much about 2nd rail Koper-Divača? :)

OettingerCroat

April 22nd, 2006, 06:59 PM

^^ yes absolutely, it is necessary ;)

and thx ;)

:cheers2:

Ljubljana City

April 22nd, 2006, 07:12 PM

No problem :) So you generally understood the article?

edolen1

April 22nd, 2006, 08:34 PM

No problem :) So you generally understood the article?
I did ;)

OettingerCroat

April 22nd, 2006, 09:01 PM

No problem :) So you generally understood the article?

meh, im a linguist so i generally understand an article in pretty much any slavic or romance or germanic language, yes. i just need to build up my vocabulary. can u read cyrillic?

bubach_hlubach

April 22nd, 2006, 09:34 PM

Oettinger, first learn Croatian properly :D ;) :jk:

p.s. rijec "pomol" ti ima isto znacenje u hrvatskom i slovenskom.

:cheers:

Ljubljana City

April 22nd, 2006, 10:01 PM

Oettinger, first learn Croatian properly :D ;) :jk:

p.s. rijec "pomol" ti ima isto znacenje u hrvatskom i slovenskom.

:cheers:

LOL :lol:

Oh, and I can't read cyrillic.

OettingerCroat

April 23rd, 2006, 06:33 AM

Oettinger, first learn Croatian properly :D ;) :jk:

boy bubach very original.

bubach_hlubach

April 23rd, 2006, 06:56 AM

^^ Oh geez, you know darn well i meant no harm in any way, but was just joking - mostly over the word "pomol".

btw, lets stop 'wasting' this thread with unrelated stuff.

:cheers:

edolen1

April 23rd, 2006, 05:55 PM

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/6655/lavanianews17pr.png

Let's talk about orchids for a change. I found an interesting article on growing orchids in Prekmurje. Apparently it's the only orchid farm in Central and Eastern Europe:

Cvetele bodo prekmurske orhideje
Prvi cvetovi bodo na trg prišli novembra

Gospodarstvo, 23. april 2006 11:57
Murska Sobota - RTV SLO/STA

V prekmurskem Dobrovniku kot prvi in za zdaj edini v srednji in jugovzhodni Evropi v komercialne namene vzgajajo orhideje.

http://img.rtvslo.si/upload/Gospodarstvo/orhideja_show.jpg
Prve cvetove bodo ponudili novembra letos. Foto: RTV SLO

Do konca leta naj bi v rastlinjaku Ocean Orchids vzgojili prvih dvesto tisoč cvetov orhideje falenopsis, v naslednjih letih pa naj bi se število povzpelo tudi do pol milijona.

Proizvodnja orhidej je energetsko zelo potratna, saj mora biti v objektu, velikem 14.000 kvadratnih metrov, temperatura ves čas 27 stopinj Celzija. Rastlinjak ogrevajo s termalno vodo, dodatno pa še s plinom. Objekt je sicer razdeljen na štiri dele, poleg delovnega prostora so še trije prostori za različnimi umetno ustvarjenimi podnebji: tajsko poletje, pomlad in zima.

http://img.rtvslo.si/upload/slika_dneva/a_6_show.jpg
Tajska, od koder je prizor na sliki, je znana po gojenju orhidej. Tudi deli rastlinjaka v Dobrovcih se imenujejo tajska pomlad, poletje in zima. Foto: EPA

Dolgoročna naložba
Podjetje, ki zaposluje 11 ljudi, bo pretežni del svoje proizvodnje izvozilo, med 10 in 15 odstotki vzgojenih rastlin pa nameravajo prodati na slovenskem trgu.
Direktor podjetja Roman Ferenčak računa, da se bo naložba ob predvidenih tržnih razmerjih povrnila v sedmih do desetih letih, na leto pa načrtujejo okoli 2,2 milijona evrov prometa.

http://www.rtvslo.si/modload.php?&c_mod=rnews&op=sections&func=read&c_menu=4&c_id=106799
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Vir: RTV Slovenija
http://www.rtvslo.si
23. april 2006 17:49

I hope you guys can understand it. Basically it says that the first 200,000 orchids will be on the market by the end of the year and that the company will be mostly export-oriented, selling only 10-15% of the orchids in Slovenia.

They expect the investment to pay-off in 7-10 years with an annual turnover of 2.2 million €. The company employs 11 people and operates a 14,000 sq. metre greenhouse.

Ljubljana City

April 23rd, 2006, 06:50 PM

Great. :) Especially for Prekmurje, which has to orientate to other types of farming. :)

OettingerCroat

April 25th, 2006, 02:02 AM

^^ Oh geez, you know darn well i meant no harm in any way, but was just joking - mostly over the word "pomol".

no worries, but that was below the belt.

and i thought pier was "molo" in croatian?

sorry for the interruption

edolen1

April 25th, 2006, 04:09 PM

Isn't it molo in Italian?

Ljubljana City

April 25th, 2006, 04:51 PM

About Luka Koper enlargement in English:

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/6655/lavanianews17pr.png

Luka Koper Plans Investments to the Tune of EUR 450m

Luka Koper, the operator of Slovenia's sole seaport of Koper, plans long-term investments in the amount of EUR 450m for the extension of two piers and the construction of a third pier, chief executive Robert Casar told the daily Finance on Wednesday, 19 April.

The extension of the container pier by 350 metres, estimated at EUR 110m, would effectively double transhipment capacity, while the expansion of the second pier would provide additional space for about 60,000 vehicles a year as well as liquid cargo.

After the first pier is extended the company plans to start building the third pier, which has a price tag of EUR 180m. It would span 41 hectares and have the capacity for 600,000 container units a year, Casar told the business daily.

The third pier, once finished, would be a dedicated container pier, while the first pier would be used for cars and general cargo. Casar said that additional capacities are also planned in the hinterland, to make room for the handling of about 450,000 containers a year and a distribution centre.

The long-term objective is the transhipment of one million container units a year, Casar explained. The investments would be funded with long-term loans and European funding.

However, Casar was quick to point out that these projects would be in vain if the second rail track between Koper and the mainland hub of Divaca is not built by 2015 as planned.

bubach_hlubach

April 27th, 2006, 01:54 AM

no worries, but that was below the belt.

and i thought pier was "molo" in croatian?

sorry for the interruption

It is "mol" in Croatian, although in some coastal dialects it also might be "molo", while "pomol" is also "mol" lol, but could also have metaphoric meanings - example : "vidim novu nevolju na pomolu" which freely could be translated like - "i see a new trouble on horizon" :)

:cheers:

Ljubljana City

April 28th, 2006, 05:42 PM

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No more obstacles for PCL

Slovenian National Review Commission has finally rejected a complaint of AM Development regarding Potniški Center Ljubljana (Passenger Center Ljubljana). The rejection was final.
That means the negotiatons between Ljubljana, Slovenian Railways and TriGranit can continue. It is expected they will meet next week. TriGranit already promised they will be able to finish PCL in 2008. :cheers:

PCL will combine few towers (25 level, 2x 16 level, 1x 12 level), a new bus station, a new train station, 4900 new underground parking lots... There will be a cinema, conference halls, a hotel, malls, appartment buildings, recreational facilities... Masarykova street is expected to become a boullevar (with fancy trees...) and there have been some discussions about a city railroad although there seems a bit to far for now. The whole project is estimated around 250 million €.

The 1st phase (till 2008) will be a new railroad station, a new bus station, the biggest tower and few other buildings (the main facilities of Potniški center Ljubljana - Passenger center Ljubljana).

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/2290/pc13wf.jpg

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/6906/pc35md.jpg

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/1200/pc27sh.jpg

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/4092/pc118fe.jpg

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/2077/pc48wv.jpg

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/8205/pc51gj.jpg

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/2548/pc68en.jpg

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/8798/pc77nt.jpg

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/4171/pc87hl.jpg

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/1586/pc98os.jpg

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/1235/pc101qw.jpg

http://www.arhiforum.com/natecaji/lj_PCL/images/klan-pogled_po_dunajski.jpg

http://www.arhiforum.com/natecaji/lj_PCL_2/images_06931/vhod_500.jpg

http://www.arhiforum.com/natecaji/lj_PCL/images/volk-city_skyline.jpg

One of the visions:

http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/460/pcl4ew6dz.jpg

AstroBoy

April 30th, 2006, 02:32 AM

Looks great. Do they have a confirmed start date?

Ljubljana City

April 30th, 2006, 10:48 AM

Looks great. Do they have a confirmed start date?

No, not yet. But it should be this year according to the plans.

bambam

May 1st, 2006, 03:05 AM

mic of Orion

May 1st, 2006, 03:13 AM

very nice, great designs, nice one :okay:

Ljubljana City

May 1st, 2006, 09:53 AM

Hmm.. za mene je taj projekt promasaj. Ne zbog izgleda, to ce 100% super da izgleda.. No, kad se vec takvo nesto gradi onda bi se moglo staviti taj dio zeljeznice koji prolazi kroz najuzi dio centra pod zemljom. S tim bi se dobilo ogromno puno prostora i moglo bi se na njemu jednu sasvim drugu vizuru grada sagraditi.. no dobro..

:cheers:

I agree with you. Many members of the City Council and urbanists said it should be done the way you suggest. Maybe it even will during the negotiations, but I doubt it.

SinCity

May 2nd, 2006, 12:52 AM

Ljubljana City

May 2nd, 2006, 01:06 PM

Luckily, this plan predicts possible implementation of lightrail system which would also run on existing rails. It will happen, but it's a question when. Not in this decade though. :bash:

AstroBoy

May 2nd, 2006, 01:09 PM

Luckily, this plan predicts possible implementation of lightrail system which would also run on rails that already exist. It will happen, but it's a question when. Not in this decade though. :bash:

What combination of public transport functions in Ljubljana?

Ljubljana City

May 2nd, 2006, 01:32 PM

Buses in the city itself:

http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/6585/dsc008347bv.jpg

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/3396/dsc009048xn.jpg

http://img318.imageshack.us/img318/7620/dsc015150dx.jpg

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/5617/avtobus9tz.jpg

In the urban area there are:

Suburban buses:

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/6966/primestniavtobus3bl.jpg

And trains of course:

http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/si/electric/emu/312/001-010/312_002_Js.jpg

http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/si/electric/emu/312/131-140/312-131_132_MB.jpg

http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/si/diesel/dmu/713-715/red/715_110_Lj.jpg

edolen1

May 2nd, 2006, 03:32 PM

I like the design too. Ljubljana City is this a rail terminus? Therefore the trains wont procede beyond the main station. I too think they should make it underground to free up more space. Hopefully they expand the suburban rail network for Ljubljana.
Well, the railway comes in from two sides if that's what you're wondering. It's basically a station, although it's the terminus for most passenger trains.

I agree with you guys though that the railway should be underground. I think this might be realized when high-speed rail comes to the city. But that won't be anytime soon :P

bubach_hlubach

May 5th, 2006, 03:47 AM

In this photo, there are quite a few of outer airoconditiong units attached on balconies and facades. How much it costs in Slovenia to install these?

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/5617/avtobus9tz.jpg

:cheers:

bubach_hlubach

May 5th, 2006, 04:06 AM

Ehh one more thing, i've been searching for photos of Croatian made boats, yachts and cruisers in order to open a thread about them. So i have also come across these Elan boats - Power E35 and E42. Both models are manufactued in Obrovac (Croatia), by Elan PBO which is owned by Slovenian Elan.

Now, i want to know; are these Elan boats from the Croatian factory above only for Cro's market or wider?

Elan Power E35
http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/3953/elanpowere3516pi.jpg

Elan Power E42
http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/4199/elanpowere422ql.jpg

awesome looking boats! :)

:cheers:

SinCity

May 5th, 2006, 08:13 AM

^^ Nice boats. :yes: I thought that Slovenian Elan was actually owned by Croats. Can anyone confirm who owns Elan?

Ljubljana City

May 5th, 2006, 06:15 PM

^^ Nice boats. :yes: I thought that Slovenian Elan was actually owned by Croats. Can anyone confirm who owns Elan?

Skimar, whose biggest owners are Kapitalska družba, NFD 1 and DSU. I see no Croats :)

Ljubljana City

May 5th, 2006, 06:18 PM

Ljubljana City

May 5th, 2006, 06:31 PM

Elan is establishing itself very well recently...

It's Elan 344 Impression got a title Yacht of the Year at Duesseldorf Boat Show.

"A jury of 10 European boating magazines from 10 countries at Dusseldorf Boat Show 2006 elected the Elan Impression 344 the European Yacht of the Year in the category up to 10 metres.
Extensive sea trials were conducted in Barcelona and the judges have highlighted the Impression's spacious interior and distinctive design. The yacht is described as perfectly balanced with remarkable high stability and excellent response.
Elan Impression 344 The Impression 344 is another example of Rob Humphreys' masterful configuration of keel, rudder, rig and hull design producing quality and excellence overall."

"The Impression 344 is a great choice for cruising families and charterers. She offers a lot of space outside and inside, plenty of natural daylight and makes a great impression with her extravagant look. The Impression concept is all about creating an onboard environment that is easy to live with over a long period, and in this respect the Impression 344 will invite long stay-aboard periods. And with a fine turn of speed under sail and power, she will offer her owner considerable cruising scope."

http://www.yachthub.com/international/images/elan.jpg

http://www.moody.co.uk/imp344/imp344.jpg

Slovenian Seaway Shipman 63 also got the title in it's class... With its cost of 1.5 million € it is a bit different than Elan's Impression. :) Seaway is the world's biggest producer of carbon fibre sailing boats.
Seaway, Bled-based company and their in-house J&J design office is the world's biggest nautical development company. In 22 years of existence it has been responsible for more than 200 projects, which have led to the production of more than 41,000 boats in a total of 20 countries.

bubach_hlubach

May 5th, 2006, 06:36 PM

^^ Nice boats. :yes: I thought that Slovenian Elan was actually owned by Croats. Can anyone confirm who owns Elan?

No, it is purely a Slovenian company. Although, for a moment Zagrebacka bank owned it, but that was back in late 80's, and didn't last too long.

:cheers:

Ljubljana City

May 5th, 2006, 06:36 PM

In this photo, there are quite a few of outer airoconditiong units attached on balconies and facades. How much it costs in Slovenia to install these?
:cheers:

Hmmm, I have no idea... :) But I am sure you can get average ones below 400 €.

dewrob

May 5th, 2006, 06:39 PM

@LJubljana city is this new passanger center going to be constructed on the place of the old railways station? Or is this some whole new location in the city?

Ljubljana City

May 5th, 2006, 06:42 PM

@LJubljana city is this new passanger center going to be constructed on the place of the old railways station? Or is this some whole new location in the city?

It's the same location. Many buildings (most of them) will be demolished, but the old train station remains as it's considered as architectural heritage.

bubach_hlubach

May 5th, 2006, 09:15 PM

Hmmm, I have no idea... :) But I am sure you can get average ones below 400 €.

Oh i meant just "bare hands", how much it would cost just to put them up. :)

Anyway, i hate to see those boxes sticking on facades, i think no one should be allowed to put them up. Not just they make buildins ugly and messy, but they damage facades as well when they leak and stuff.
There are many of these on Zagreb's buildings, but thank God there ain't any in historical parts of the city. :master:

:cheers:

Ljubljana City

May 5th, 2006, 09:20 PM

Oh i meant just "bare hands", how much it would cost just to put them up. :)

Anyway, i hate to see those boxes sticking on facades, i think no one should be allowed to put them up. Not just they make buildins ugly and messy, but they damage facades as well when they leak and stuff.
There are many of these on Zagreb's buildings, but thank God there ain't any in historical parts of the city. :master:

:cheers:

Oh, I really don't have an idea how much would you cost you... ;)

Same in Ljubljana. You can't see any of them on old-style buildings. :)

Ljubljana City

May 9th, 2006, 06:22 PM

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European Commission Upgrades Growth Forecasts for Slovenia

Brussels, 08 May

The European Commission has upgraded its 2006 economic growth forecast for Slovenia by 0.3 percentage points to 4.3% in its spring report on economic outlook in the EU.

The Commission also lowered the anticipated inflation rate in Slovenia for this year to 2.4% from 2.5% in its autumn report, backing its decision by saying that inflation-busting measures are progressing well in Slovenia.
The report leaves the outlook in Slovenia for 2007 almost unchanged compared to the autumn report: economic growth is expected to stand at 4.1%, while inflation is anticipated at 2.5%.
Slovenian growth is a fair way above the 2.3% average growth rate anticipated for the EU this year. Meanwhile, Slovenia's inflation forecast is only a touch above the 2.1% expected in the EU this year.
According to the Commission, the double pricing mechanisms in place in Slovenia should ensure a limited impact on prices of the planned euro changeover.
The report, released just over a week before the Commission releases a report on Slovenia's readiness for the euro, adds that the current government policies and exchange rate stability are thwarting inflationary pressures.
Slovenia is well on the way to meeting other eurozone membership criteria as well: the budget deficit is set to stand at 1.9% this year and 1.6% next year (limit is 3%), while the general government debt is to remain below 30% in both years (limit is 60%), according to the report.
Among the risks that could threaten Slovenia's steady inflation rate, the Commissions points to the price of energy, foremost fuel and electricity.
According to the report, economic growth in Slovenia will be fuelled by domestic spending, while exports are slated to have a smaller positive impact than in 2005.

gwinczlav

May 10th, 2006, 04:36 PM

^^ Nice boats. :yes: I thought that Slovenian Elan was actually owned by Croats. Can anyone confirm who owns Elan?

I was owned by Croats. It's one of the many ecomomy affairs in Ex-YU. I can't find anything about it on the net, but i was told that Ostoja and partners bought Elan's debt in exchange for major share in Elan. They got more than they actually paid for by taking over the debt. Standard privatization affair.

Darko ostoja - član Nadzornog odbora
....Osmislio je i vodio jedan od najvećih hrvatskih pothvata u inozemstvu – preuzimanje tvrtke Elan u Sloveniji.....
http://www.podravka.hr/o_podravki/darko_ostoja.php

Darko Ostoja and his partners took over Elan, then sold it to Privredna Banka Zagreb wich sold it further. I don't know the details.

Elan prodan za 14 milijuna DEM
ZAGREB, 17. ožujka 2000. - Elan je prešao u stopostotno slovensko vlasništvo ugovorom koji su u petak potpisali Privredna banka Zagreb, Državna agencija za osiguranje štednih uloga i sanaciju banaka i Slovenska razvojna družba. Riječ je o prodaji 77,3-postotnog udjela u Elanu i 85,7-postotnoga u Elanu Commerc te svih potraživanja PBZ-a prema Grupi Elan. Vrijednost je kupoprodajnog paketa 14 milijuna njemačkih maraka, priopćili su iz PBZ-a.
http://www.vjesnik.hr/Html/2000/03/18/

Ljubljana City

May 15th, 2006, 06:34 PM

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Municipality Wants to Buy Airport, Plans Massive Logistics Hub

A municipality in NE Slovenia is putting together a consortium that has offered to buy the company operating the international airport in Slovenia's second-largest city, Maribor. The Hoce-Slivnica municipality says the offer is part of a project to build a EUR 100m logistics hub at the airport.

According to Hoce-Slivnica mayor Anton Obreht, the municipality sent a bid to Prevent, the company which owns Aerodrom Maribor, offering SIT 800m (EUR 3.34m) for the airport operator.

The aim of the municipality is to buy the airport operator and then establish a consortium that would build a logistics hub on the premises of the airport, Obreht told STA.

According to him, the municipality, which is trying to revive business in the area, expects Prevent to respond to the bid by next week.

"I believe we have offered a fair price," said Obreht, who added that the airport has lain more or less idle since Prevent bought it four years ago.

The mayor believes the future of the airport lies in cargo transport and logistics services. He added that the municipality was willing to make Prevent a partner in the project.

Meanwhile, Prevent spokesperson Monika Zvikart told STA that the company would study the offer and take a decision on it by the end of May."

According to her, Prevent, which bought the airport for SIT 240m (EUR 1m) four years ago, examines every bid received for the airport and weighs it up in view of the anticipated consequences for the entire region.

Obreht stressed that the municipality has already launched talks with potential investors, both domestic and foreign.

"We have established contacts with 14 potential investors...among others, we held talks with representatives for Israel today and intend to meet Irish representative next week," said Jurij Pinter, the coordinator of the project.

According to him, a public call for bids is to be published in the Slovenian Official Gazette and the Official Journal of the EU as well as Slovenian business daily Finance and the Financial Times.

Among foreign investors interested in the project, which is expected to completed by December 2008, are Siemens, Raiffeisen, Vienna Airport, Bonn-Cologne Airport, UBM and Porr.

Meanwhile, postal company Posta Slovenije, the Slovenian Railways, port operator Luka Koper and logistics group Intereuropa are among the domestic investors said to be interested in the project.

According to Obreht, the project also enjoys the support of the economics and environment ministries.

Ljubljana City

May 15th, 2006, 09:20 PM

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Slovenia Awaiting Decisive Euro-Readiness Reports

The European Commission and European Central Bank (ECB) are scheduled to release on Tuesday, 16 May separate assessments of Slovenia's readiness to join the eurozone as of 1 January 2007. Both institutions are expected to give Slovenia the thumbs up thereby paving the way for it to become the first among the countries that joined the EU in May 2004 to adopt the euro.

Slovenia asked for an individual convergence report - instead of the usual group report that would be issued in October - on 2 March in a bid to make sure that it would have enough time to carry out all the preparations for eurozone entry.

The country has been meeting all the criteria for eurozone membership since late last year, when it brought down its inflation to the euro-compatible level. The fact that Slovenia is compliant with all Maastricht criteria has been confirmed by European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Joaquin Almunia on several occasions in recent weeks.

Slovenian officials are not hiding their high-hopes for the decisive reports: "I'm expecting a positive assessment. There are no signs that our expectations are not justified," Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk said during a recent visit to Brussels.

Despite the overall positive assessment, well-placed sources suggest that Slovenia will also be given a number of warnings, the main concerning public finance sustainability. The Commission is likely to underscore the need to ensure the sustainability of its pension system.

The reports are to be first steps leading to the confirmation of Slovenia's bid to join the eurozone. Following the reports, EU leaders are expected to vote on admitting Slovenia to the eurozone at their summit on 15 and 16 June. Moreover, EU finance ministers are expected to take a final vote on the legal basis for Slovenia's membership on 11 July.

The convergence criteria define that a candidate country's inflation must be within 1.5 percentage points of the average inflation rate of the three euro-zone countries with the lowest rates. Slovenia's inflation rate in March (the basis for the reports) was 2.3%, which is 0.3 percentage points under the ceiling.

The country's deficit must moreover not exceed 3% of its GDP (Slovenia anticipates a deficit of 1.8% this year), the public debt must stay below 60% of GDP (Slovenia's is below 30%) and the member state must spend at least two years in the ERM II waiting room. Slovenia entered the mechanism on 28 June 2004 as the first of the newcomers to do so.

The quick entry into the ERM II, the waiting room for the euro, was a result of the government's decision to seek rapid eurozone entry because of the anticipated benefits this would have for an economy that is heavily reliant on that of the EU.

Since joining the waiting room for the euro, Slovenia has not faced any great instability in its economy and Slovenia's currency, the tolar, has fluctuated only slightly around the parity rate of SIT 239.64 for one euro. It is therefore expected that the changeover rate is to stand at around the parity rate.

Besides meeting the convergence criteria, Slovenia must bring its national legislation in line with the EU's. The parliament recently passed amendments to the act on the country's central bank, while a draft version of the euro changeover bill has been sent to the ECB for scrutiny before it is adopted by the government and sent to parliament.

Slovenia has opted for the big-bang euro adoption, with the changeover period, when both euros and tolars are in circulation, lasting through 14 January 2007. Banks will accept tolar bills until February 2007, while the central bank will impose no limitations.

The country introduced double pricing as of 1 March of this year in a bid to prevent unjustified price hikes at the time of the switch. The system has been working well so far, with only a few violations noted.

edolen1

May 16th, 2006, 05:33 PM

It's done, the European Commission gave us the green light! :D

Ljubljana City

May 16th, 2006, 06:54 PM

It's done, the European Commission gave us the green light! :D

Right :D

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REUTERS

Slovenia gets euro entry go-ahead, Lithuania fails

By Jan Strupczewski

BRUSSELS, May 16 (Reuters) - The European Commission and the European Central Bank (ECB) gave Slovenia the green light on Tuesday to become the 13th member of the euro zone in 2007 but said Lithuania's inflation was too high to join.

Slovenia will become the first of the 10 new European Union members to adopt the single currency which is now used in Portugal, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Luxembourg, Italy, Austria, Ireland, Finland and Greece.

"Slovenia has achieved a high degree of sustainable economic convergence with the other member states and ... it fulfils the necessary conditions to adopt the euro," the Commission said.

Lithuania, on the other hand, is the first EU country to have its application turned down after its inflation rate was just too high to qualify and was expected to rise further.

The ECB, the guardian of the euro, also said Slovenia was well placed to adopt the currency but Lithuania was not.

Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia hoped EU finance ministers would back Slovenia's entry on July 11 after talks among EU leaders and in the European Parliamnet.

He also said he had offered Lithuania advice on bringing its inflation down without damaging its strong economic growth in order to be able to join as soon as possible.

Vilnius should focus on tighter fiscal and wage policy and a better functioning market. "If nothing is done in the future, inflation will increase in Lithuania," Almunia said.

EU officials say the criterion may be outdated but is still part of existing law and candidates must meet it.

EU officials also fear leniency towards Lithuania could make it harder for them to make bigger Eastern Europe member states like Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic abide by the rules.

JOY AND FRUSTRATION

"This is one of the most important projects of Slovenia in the last decade, it is a historic event, which is unique and cannot be repeated," Prime Minister Janez Jansa told a news conference in Ljubljana.

"But we realise the euro will mean new responsibility, we will have to keep healthy public finances in the future, therefore Slovenia will not delay with reforms that are needed," he said.

Lithuanian EU Budget Commissioner Dalia Grybauskaite criticised the decision as interpreting too rigidly the Maastricht Treaty of 1992 which sets the euro entry criteria.

"The Maastricht criteria were set down in order to support economic stability and economic development," she was quoted by an EU official as saying.

"That is the purpose of this instrument. When it is applied in a dogmatic fashion, the instrument does not serve its purpose," Grybauskaite said.

The decision on Lithuania had been expected and officials from the country have said they will now take their fight for a 2007 entry into the euro zone to an EU heads of state summit in June in the hope of changing the inflation criterion.

"The government still considers that based on economic arguments Lithuania could be admitted to join the euro zone," the Lithuanian government said in a statement, adding interpretation of the inflation criterion should be wider.

To become a member of the euro zone, an EU candidate has to meet criteria on debt and budget deficit levels, price and currency stability and long-term interest rate levels.

To pass the price stability test a candidate country has to have average annual inflation no higher than the average of the three best performers in the EU plus 1.5 percentage points.

The inflation rates of the three -- Poland, Sweden and Finland -- plus the margin set the ceiling at 2.6 percent for the 12-month reference period ending in March.

Lithuania's inflation was 2.7 percent. While the difference is small, Lithuania, the Commission and the ECB expect inflation in the Baltic state to rise further this year.

The Maastricht Treaty says the inflation criterion must be met in a sustainable way.

Lithuania argues, as Greece did in 1999 when it struggled to bring down its inflation to adopt the euro, that the reference group for the comparison should be the best performers from just the euro zone, not from the whole EU.

If that were the criterion, Lithuania would fulfil it.

EU OBSERVER

Slovenia to join eurozone in January 2007

16.05.2006 - 18:21 CET | By Lucia Kubosova

EUOBSERVER / STRASBOURG – Slovenia is set to become the 13th member of the eurozone following a positive assessment of its economic situation by the European Commission on Monday (16 May).

The commission proposed that Slovenia kicks off the "long period of eurozone enlargement" as the first of the ten EU newcomers to join the single currency in January 2007.

However, as widely expected, Lithuania's bid to join the eurozone next year, was rejected by Brussels.

Only the Czech and Lithuanian commissioners reportedly argued in favour of Vilnius during the commission's weekly policy meeting on Tuesday.

Speaking to journalists following the debate among the commissioners, monetary affairs commissioner Joaquin Almunia said both countries were legally prepared to join the euro but Lithuania did not meet one of the five economic criteria, concerning inflation.

He argued the country was not only "slightly above" the reference rate calculated as 2.6 per cent in March by Eurostat, it also failed to prove the sustainability of its current inflation rate.

According to the commission's estimates, Lithuania will record an average inflation of 3.5 per cent in 2006.

"We have taken into account the criteria as they are spelled out in the treaty - nothing else but them," said the commissioner, adding Brussels may still give a positive answer to Vilnius next year if the country's government takes measures to curb inflation.

The rule, which states that euro newcomers should be judged by the average inflation rates in the whole of the EU - not just the eurozone - has been criticised by several economists, including the eurozone's chief Jean-Claude Juncker.

But Mr Almunia commented that a similar thing happened when Greece was joining in 2000, adding that the commission "simply cannot invent a new treaty."

He said EU policy makers did have a possibility to challenge the Maastricht rules during the debate on the new EU constitution, but although "not everybody thought this particular rule was rational, nobody proposed to change it."

Slovenia to make crucial preparation

The commission's recommendation on Slovenia is to be debated by EU leaders at a summit next month and officially endorsed by the bloc's finance ministers on 11 July.

The ministers will also agree on the exchange rate between the country's tolar and the euro.

Mr Almunia urged the Slovenian authorities to use the remaining time to prepare the citizens and business community for the euro and avoid problems that other member states have encountered.

"We have seen cases of price abuses at the time of the switch to the euro, but also good examples of how to prevent them," he noted.

The commissioner also said that Ljubljana should prepare the information campaigns for the impact of the single currency, as the public image of its impact "is usually much worse than reality."

BBC

Slovenia to enter eurozone club

The first new entrant since 2003 to the twelve-member eurozone has been agreed by the European Commission.

Slovenia's application to join the single currency on 1 January 2007 was accepted by the Commission.

The application by the former communist state must now be approved by the European Parliament and EU member states, who will set the exchange rate.

However, Lithuania's application for euro membership was rejected because its inflation rate was too high.

If all goes to plan, EU finance ministers will fix the exchange rate between the euro and the tolar, the Slovenian currency, on 11 July.

The euro could be legal tender in the new year, with just a two-week transition period during which it circulates alongside the Slovene tolar.

The Slovenian central bank would have the task of distributing 155 million euro coins and 42 million bank notes by 1 January.

The news was generally welcomed in the small Alpine nation of two million people, which borders Italy and Austria but was formerly part of communist Yugoslavia.

"This is a matter of prestige. I'm boasting to visitors that Slovenia will be the first [of the new EU members] to adopt the euro," said Franjo Bobinac, chief executive of Slovenia's largest household appliances maker Gorenje.

The government hopes that euro membership will boost tourism and foreign investment.

Sticking to the rules

Countries wanting to join the eurozone are supposed to meet economic performance criteria, set out in the Maastricht Treaty which is the legal basis for the euro.

The criteria cover government debt, currency stability and interest rates.

But for Lithuania, it was the inflation target which proved the sticking point.

Prices there are rising very slightly faster than the maximum allowed under the EU's rules.

There was bitterness that despite a strong economy, the country's inflation rate was 0.1% outside the target.

"We can proudly say that we did our best in our attempt to join the eurozone at the start of 2007," Lithuanian Finance Minister Zigmantas Balcyti told the AFP news agency.

"Our economy is one of the best performing in the EU and if there is some problem in our joining the eurozone, the problem is that the EU cannot make a decision on expanding the eurozone," he added.

Hazy timetable

All the countries that joined the EU is 2004 are supposed to be preparing to adopt the euro, but in practice, the timetable for the other countries is unclear.

Estonia, for instance, was at one stage due to be considered alongside Slovenia and Lithuania, but has asked for a year's delay.

Some of the bigger new entrants - such as Hungary and Poland - have large budget deficits that they would have to reduce before qualifying for entry.

The idea behind having strict criteria for adopting the euro was to ensure that economies converged with each other before joining a zone with a single interest rate policy - set by the European Central Bank.

But critics of the euro project say these difficulties are already painfully apparent in the weak economic performance of some of the large economies using the euro, notably Germany and Italy.

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Cool :)

Ljubljana City

May 16th, 2006, 07:29 PM

Slovenian euro coins:

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http://img.rtvslo.si/upload/Slovenija/evro3_show.jpghttp://img.rtvslo.si/upload/Slovenija/evro4_show.jpg

http://img.rtvslo.si/upload/Slovenija/evro5_show.jpghttp://img.rtvslo.si/upload/Slovenija/evro6_show.jpg

http://img.rtvslo.si/upload/Slovenija/evro7_show.jpghttp://img.rtvslo.si/upload/Slovenija/evro8_show.jpg

number1

May 16th, 2006, 09:37 PM

OettingerCroat

May 17th, 2006, 12:41 AM

great news my camarades!

edolen1

May 17th, 2006, 07:35 PM

meni fali taj klopotec :)
Is that some weird Styrian dialect or something?

But still, I don't see any klopotec on the coins..

On a less side note, news about Brnik coming soon, maybe already tomorrow..

Ljubljana City

May 17th, 2006, 07:57 PM

On a less side note, news about Brnik coming soon, maybe already tomorrow..

Yp... Interesting ones ;)

number1

May 19th, 2006, 06:57 PM

Is that some weird Styrian dialect or something?

But still, I don't see any klopotec on the coins..

On a less side note, news about Brnik coming soon, maybe already tomorrow..

thats something from prlekija in the east of slovenia, insider know what i mean ;) :D

Ljubljana City

May 19th, 2006, 07:24 PM

thats something from prlekija in the east of slovenia, insider know what i mean ;) :D

What's with klopotec? It's not on the coins... Or you would like to see it on one of them?

EDIT: We know, what it is ;)

edolen1

May 19th, 2006, 07:24 PM

I know what a klopotec is, thankyouverymuch..

I just don't see one on the coins.. If I correctly understood what you said, that is..

mic of Orion

May 19th, 2006, 07:32 PM

Ljubljana City

May 29th, 2006, 06:38 PM

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Port of Koper Signs Deal with Korean Logistics Company

Luka Koper, the operator of Slovenia's only commercial port, has signed a deal with the Korean company Glovis for the use of the port as a logistical base for the new car factories which Kia and Hyundai are building in Slovakia and the Czech Republic, Luka said Tuesday, 23 May.

Luka Koper CEO Robert Casar and board member Aldo Babic last week concluded talks in Seoul with representatives of Glovis, the largest logistics company in South Korea. Glovis Europe Corporation plans to build a subsidiary in Koper.

The deal also foresees an increase in the annual flow of vehicles and containers. "The deal has been struck despite fierce international competition and has been helped by the good relations between the transport minister and his foreign counterparts," the port said.

On 23 May 1957, the company Luka Koper was established. Works on the construction of Slovenia's first commercial port started the same month, with its first terminal being completed in November.

Defence Contractor to Build New Factory in Autumn

Defence technology company Sistemska tehnika intends to start building in autumn its new production facility for the assembly of the Krpan 8x8 and Valuk 6x6 light armoured personnel carriers, the Viator&Vektor transport and logistics group has said.

Slovenia's largest defence technology specialist intends to complete the construction of the 8,000 square metre facility in the first half of 2007, boosting development opportunities and opening over 100 new jobs in the region of Korosko (NE).

The Ravne na Koroskem-based company is also awaiting the decision by the Ministry of Defence on the acquisition of 8x8 armoured vehicles. The ministry told STA that it received two bids, the second from bearings producer Rotis Trzin, both in line with the tender's specifications. The final decision is expected by the end of the year.

Sistemska Tehnika currently employs 320 workers, with two-thirds working on its defence programme. It is currently involved in talks on producing nearly 900 armoured personnel carriers, added Viator&Vektor, the parent of Sistemska tehnika, in a press release.

Gorenje CEO Reveals Ambitious Expansion Plans

The chief executive of household appliance maker Gorenje has said that the company has ambitious expansion plans, whereby production will only be expanded abroad and remain level at home.

"In Slovenia we want to retain the current output and the number of productive jobs, while additional volume growth will be achieved elsewhere," Franjo Bobinac said in an interview for the weekly Demokracija.

According to him, 10% of the production is already taking place in the Czech Republic (after last year's acquisition there of Mora Moravia). In the coming years production will be expanded to four locations, including Russia and Ukraine.

Gorenje will grow through a combination of acquisitions and greenfield investment with a view to raising sales to between 1.5 and 2 billion euros a year. "If we double our market share, we will capture around 7% or 8% of the European market."

This would make Gorenje the fifth largest player in the industry in Europe, which accounts for 90% of the company's sales.

Other priorities for the company include achieving economies of scale and effective cost management, as well as brand innovation. "We will try to instill our design with a greater sense of technological innovation," he said.

In terms of international presence, Gorenje is already the biggest Slovenian multinational, but it plans to become at least twice as big, with a strong market position and based in Slovenia, he said.

Telco Telekom Slovenije Acquires 75% of Kosovo's Ipko Net

Telco Telekom Slovenije acquired 75% of Kosovo's Internet service provider (ISP) Ipko Net, ivnesting EUR 19.5m into the company, out of which EUR 10m will be used for expanding and modernising the network of Kosovo's largest ISP.

This is Telekom's third investment abroad, having purchased in March FYROM's second-biggest Internet provider, On.net, and signed in April an agreement with German international phone services provider 01066.

Ipko Net posted revenues of EUR 4.6m and a pre-tax profit of EUR 2.4m in 2005.

OettingerCroat

May 29th, 2006, 07:44 PM

croatian army is giving you guys business, around 200 krpans!!! :colgate:

cheers my northern brothers!

:cheers2:

bambam

May 30th, 2006, 08:39 AM

Hey.. daj mi reci zbog koje od tih kovanica je se austrijski dio Stajerske bio pobunio? Znam da je Haider i Company digili veliku prasinu zbog slovenskih kovanica jer jedna od njih kao narusava integritet Austrije i pokazuje tenzije da se prisvoji dio Stajerske.. ili tako slicno :weird:

Kovanice su stvarno lijepe.. mada mi se ne svidjaju kovanice sa portretima ova kovanica od 2 € je stvarno super ispala i svidja mi se!

Hehe.. a sto se ove kovanice tice:

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mogu se obkladiti da ce se Jaros ili kako se onaj borac za slovesnku istru vec zove prepoznati u tom motivu kako pjesaci magarecim puticiem iz svoje kuce mimo granicnog prijelaza.. lol.. ako nebude tek placam svima cugu

:cheers:

Ljubljana City

May 30th, 2006, 05:29 PM

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Haider (Kärnten prime minister) was complaining about this coin. It's a picture of "knežji kamen", a stone where coronation of Karantanian dukes happened. Karantania, also Carantania or Karantanija in Slovene is believed to be a direct ancestor of Slovenia and Slovenes. Carantania was the 1st state of Slovene ancestors as South Slavic people. As this stone is stationed in Koroška or German Kärnten, Haider likes to provoce sometimes. Of course nobody serious listenes to him.

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"Karantania sometimes Carantania, Carentania, Carinthia (in old Slovenian onomastics Korotan, or Karantanija) was a Slavic principality that developed in the 7th century and was centered on the territory of contemporary Carinthia. Lasting almost 300 years, it is considered one of the first Slavic state forms. The people of Karantania are considered as one of the precursors and ancestors of modern Slovenians."

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Ljubljana City

May 30th, 2006, 05:34 PM

croatian army is giving you guys business, around 200 krpans!!! :colgate:

cheers my northern brothers!

:cheers2:

Really? Nice :D

Slovenian army just finished its testings of Krpan... I really hope they will choose this one instead of Finnish Patria. It is a very versatile and quick vehicle with lots of technology. It's easy to use and mantain, especially because it has about 40 % of same parts as smaller Valuk 6x6 which Slovenian army is already using.

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Ljubljana City

May 30th, 2006, 05:48 PM

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Intereuropa Plans EUR 8m-10m Logistics Centre Near Moscow

Moscow, 30 May

Logistics company Intereuropa is planning to build a logistics centre near the Russian capital of Moscow and the company's CEO Andrej Lovsin was looking at suitable locations for the EUR 8m to 10m investment on Monday, Intereuropa said on Tuesday.

Intereuropa wants to strengthen its presence in key markets, including Slovenia and Eastern and SE Europe by 2011, the company added, listing Serbia, the Russian Federation and Ukraine as its most important countries in the area.
According to Intereuropa, which has a subsidiary in Russia, the new logistics centre could already now be half-filled with Slovenian goods. The company is also ordering ten new refrigerated lorries for transporting products such as medicine.
Intereuropa moreover wants to become a major player in the logistics market, not only for Slovenian products but also for transporting goods from the Russian Federation into EU member states.

Ljubljana City

May 30th, 2006, 05:49 PM

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Finance: Mercator Remains Biggest, Krka Best Slovenian Company

Ljubljana, 29 May

Retailer Mercator remained the biggest Slovenian company in 2005, while pharma company Krka was, again, ranked as the best Slovenian company, according to the "101 Biggest and Best Slovenian Companies" survey in business daily Finance.

Using weighted data on shifts in company results and size according to different factors (revenues, profit, number of employees), the paper concluded that Mercator retained its position as the biggest Slovenian company in 2005.
Ranked by size, Mercator was followed by Krka, pharma company Lek, national telco Telekom Slovenije and car manufacturer Revoz, the survey published in Monday's edition also shows.
Meanwhile, Krka was the best Slovenian company of 2005, due to its return on equity and growth in profit. The Novo-mesto based drug maker was followed by steel producer Metal Ravne, Revoz, gaming company Hit and another steel producer, Store Steel.

bambam

May 30th, 2006, 06:36 PM

Hey puno ti hvala LJ C na ovom opsirnom odgovoru.. imas pozdrav ;)

Ljubljana City

June 1st, 2006, 04:37 PM

Slovenian Railways received today the first of 20 ordered Siemens locomotives.

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On testing few months ago:
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These new locomotives from Siemens will be constantly delivered from June 2006 till May 2007.

Ljubljana City

June 6th, 2006, 08:55 AM

This is not so important as it is interesting :)

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Gorenje Sells Swarovski-Sprinkled Fridge for US$ 110,000

Household appliance maker Gorenje sold one of its top-of-the-line Premium Touch refrigerators for a record US$ 110,000. The refrigerator, sprinkled with 7,000 Swarovski crystals, was bought by a Russian millionaire, with the proceeds going for charity.

The fridge was sold to Russian millionaire Rustam Tariko at an auction held in Moscow's elite night club Dagilev. Gorenje donated the money to a charity that helps homeless Russian children, the company said on Monday, 29 May.

The Moscow sale comes on top of two other Premium Touch fridges which have already been sold and proceeds donated to charity in Romania's Bucharest and in Slovenia.

The fourth in the series of five unique black refrigerators was meanwhile sold at London's prestigious department store Harrods.

The last one will soon be auctioned in the Serbian capitol Belgrade.

Gorenje also sells the retail version of the fridge, which has 3,500 hand-mounted crystals.

Ljubljana City

June 6th, 2006, 08:57 AM

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Lonely Planet: ''Celica Hostel the best in the world''

Lonely Planet, the world's leading publisher of travel guides, has awarded the title of ‘Hippest Hostel in the World’ to Celica Youth Hostel, which is located in a former military prison. The Šouhostel organisation, which has run the Celica Hostel since it opened three years ago, has said that according to Lonely Planet, the hostel offers the most attractive accommodation for young travellers.

Because of its extraordinary interior, which features converted cells, Celica has made it on the list of most unusual places to stay. According to Tomaž Štefe, director of Šouhostel, this is one of the reasons Celica has become a Ljubljana landmark, and why it boasts one of the highest occupancy rates.

In 2005, the hostel had 15,726 guests, which accounted for a total of 27,986 overnight stays. Ninety-seven per cent of all overnight stays were by foreign guests, with UK citizens accounting for 22 per cent, followed by Americans (10 per cent), Germans (9 per cent) and Australians (8 per cent) of all overnight stays.

According to Šouhostel, in 2005 the Celica Hostel saw turnover of SIT186.6 million (approx. €778,000), at a 93 per cent occupancy rate, which is twenty-two per cent more than the year before. Meanwhile, net profit in the last fiscal year rose by fifteen per cent over 2004 to SIT12.6 million (approx. €52,000).

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Here's the page of the hostel: http://www.souhostel.com/

Ljubljana City

June 9th, 2006, 01:22 PM

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Slovenian GDP growth rate in first quarter of 2006 was 5.1 % which is one of the highest growths in last years.

http://novice.siol.net/default.aspx?site_id=1&page_id=4&article_id=1406060912154484&cid=103&pgn=1

Ljubljana City

June 10th, 2006, 10:18 PM

One of the news in English:

Slovenian economy grows by 5.1 percent in first quarter

Slovenia's gross domestic product ( GDP) grew by 5.1 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of this year, one of the highest growth rates in the past six years, the Slovene Press Agency reported on Friday.

"The economy is currently in good shape because it has taken advantage of favorable trends in the broader region," Karmen Hren, a senior official of Slovenia's National Statistical Office, told the press in Ljubljana on Friday.

One of the main features of the first quarter was the 13.7 percent year-on-year increase in exports, with imports growing by 12.1 percent, said Hren, adding that 80 percent of the GDP growth is a result of soaring domestic expenditure despite the rapid trade growth.

Housing construction continued to hop along at an annual rate of 13 percent, but the peak has been reached so the curve would start to flatten out gradually, said Hren.

Added value increased the most in manufacturing, but high growth was also recorded in transport, hotels and restaurants and in trade. In basic industries added value increased by 6.6 percent, in market services by 4.9 percent and in the general government sector by 2.6 percent.

edolen1

June 11th, 2006, 04:50 PM

W00t! Excellent news!

Islom

June 13th, 2006, 01:12 AM

Slovenija izabrala Finsku "Patriju" umesto Krpana!

Veliki posel z oklepniki bo sklenjen z Rotisom

(STA)

LJUBLJANA - Ministrstvo za obrambo je na razpisu za dobavo pehotnih bojnih vozil (oklepnikov 8x8) za Slovensko vojsko izbralo podjetje Rotis, ki zastopa finsko podjetje Patria. Z Rotisom se bodo sedaj začela pogajanja, je današnji novinarski konferenci povedal minister za obrambo Karl Erjavec. Po njegovih besedah bodo prva vozila Patria AMV dobavljena v letu 2007, do leta 2012 pa naj bi SV dobila predvidoma 136 vozil, za katere je skupno predvidenih 63 milijard tolarjev proračunskih sredstev.

Po besedah Erjavca bodo z Rotisom najprej sklenili pogodbo za 64 vozil, ki naj bi bila dobavljena do leta 2010. Preostale oklepnike bodo dobili na podlagi aneksov k pogodbi, možno pa je, da bo skupna številka oklepnikov nižja, odvisno od potreb vojske, je dejal Erjavec. Po njegovih besedah je bila Rotisova ponudba za deset do 18 odstotkov cenejša od ponudbe podjetje Sistemska tehnika.Kriteriji za ocenjevanje najugodnejšega ponudnika so bili tehnična učinkovitost, komercialna učinkovitost ter dolgoročna korist za slovensko gospodarstvo v obliki protidobav in sodelovanja domače industrije pri nabavi orožja. Postopek izbire najboljšega ponudnika je bil zaupne narave, na izbiro pa se ni možno pritožiti.

DNEVNIK.SI

Verso

June 13th, 2006, 02:38 AM

Oops, I had to edit my post, I didn't notice the money's gonna be spent in another 6 years. Btw, how do u delete your post?

OettingerCroat

June 13th, 2006, 04:11 AM

^^ for some strange reason i dont think you can. you just have to erase it all and leave it there. strange, no?

Verso

June 13th, 2006, 01:50 PM

^^ Almost all. :D U have to leave at least 2 characters (or make new 2). I'm asking cause when you approach your mouse to "Edit", it says "Edit/Delete Message"! :?

Verso

June 14th, 2006, 01:32 AM

Yesterday I noticed on the northern Ljubljana bypass (a 4-lane fast road, 100 km/h; part of the ring also) that they started controlling the traffic!! What does this mean, that from now on you'll have to drive 100 km/h at most (and I did it, didn't wanna get caught :master: )?! And what about at the interchange with the eastern bypass/Styrian motorway, you'll have to drive 80?!
I saw the board at the entrance on the ring by Bežigrad (Dunajska cesta) in the direction of Maribor (to the east).

And is by any chance this done on the whole ring (higher speeds are alowed there though, it's a real motorway, mostly 130 km/h)?

SinCity

June 14th, 2006, 02:37 AM

130 kph is a fast speed. Most motorways in Australia are either 100 kph, maximum anywhere is 110 kph. I'm not sure in the rest of Europe.

Verso

June 14th, 2006, 06:46 PM

^^ I don't care :D

edolen1

June 14th, 2006, 09:57 PM

Verso: Really, they installed those radars on the northern bypass too?

Anyway, the speed limit on the controlled section of the western bypass is 100 km/h, but only because you're approaching a tunnel and an interchange, otherwise it's 130 km/h. I'm not sure why is the northern bypass an expressway and not a motorway (hence the speed limit is 100 km/h instead of 130 km/h), probably to make sure transit traffic goes round Ljubljana and only commuters use the northern bypass?

Sincity, 130 km/h is the usual speed limit on European motorways. Some countries also have lower speeds (or higher, Italy has a speed limit of 150 km/h on motorways with 6 or more lanes and Germany has no speed limits on some sections), but most people drive over 140 km/h anyway.

Verso

June 15th, 2006, 03:33 AM

^^ Yo, man! :D

Anyway, the speed limit on the controlled section of the western bypass is 100 km/h, but only because you're approaching a tunnel and an interchange, otherwise it's 130 km/h.
U meant the eastern one, I guess! Yeah, I know, but it's from the beginning and I think it's controlled only in the direction of the south (Koper, Novo mesto, Zagreb,... whatever). Btw, in the Golovec tunnel it's even 80 kph and I saw cameras in there (to south). :bash:

I'm not sure why is the northern bypass an expressway and not a motorway (hence the speed limit is 100 km/h instead of 130 km/h), probably to make sure transit traffic goes round Ljubljana and only commuters use the northern bypass?
This is definitely the reason! For now there's just a few of it (2 km) left for transit on the very western side of it, between Šiška (Celovška cesta) and the future interchange with A2 called Koseze until the A2's built between Koseze and Šentvid.

Sincity, 130 km/h is the usual speed limit on European motorways. Some countries also have lower speeds (or higher, Italy has a speed limit of 150 km/h on motorways with 6 or more lanes and Germany has no speed limits on some sections), but most people drive over 140 km/h anyway.
Hehe, Austria's got 160 kph on some test section in Carinthia/Kärnten/Koroška whatever, near Spittal/Drau just 12 km long and just 4-laned. :)

:cheers: zdej grem pa spet k unmu fukjenmu 'coth'-u v 'Busiest freeway/motorway in Europe'! He totally pissed me off!! :gunz: :guns1: :gunz:

edolen1

June 15th, 2006, 06:23 PM

Lol, na juriš! :D

Well, anyways, yeah, I meant the eastern bypass, silly me. Heh, did you hear the western bypass will be turned into a 6-laned motorway after the Šentvid tunnel will be completed? :)

And yeah, I heard about that 160 km/h speed limit near Spittal, however that's only a test, it doesn't mean that we will get a limit of 160 km/h anytime soon. I hope we will though. ;)

Verso

June 15th, 2006, 06:35 PM

Lol, na juriš! :D
Yeah, someone almost died there :gunz: , but luckily he went to sleep! :D

Well, anyways, yeah, I meant the eastern bypass, silly me. Heh, did you hear the western bypass will be turned into a 6-laned motorway after the Šentvid tunnel will be completed? :)
Aha, 3 years ago :D , still no works, around 2013 I think. :sleepy:

And yeah, I heard about that 160 km/h speed limit near Spittal, however that's only a test, it doesn't mean that we will get a limit of 160 km/h anytime soon. I hope we will though. ;)
We?! No way, stari, not us, never. :sleepy: :)

edolen1

June 15th, 2006, 06:49 PM

No, this time it's for real, I saw the DLN (državni lokacijski načrt) draft a couple of weeks ago.

Verso

June 15th, 2006, 07:18 PM

^^ For the western bypass or the 160 km/h speed limit?!

Can't believe either :D

edolen1

June 16th, 2006, 03:48 PM

No, no, the western bypass.. You don't need a DLN to impose speed limits, heh..

Ljubljana City

June 16th, 2006, 06:00 PM

Yp, I know that too... The tunnel is 3-laned in both tubes... :)

Verso

June 16th, 2006, 06:07 PM

No, no, the western bypass.. You don't need a DLN to impose speed limits, heh..
Ok, yeah, I'm short-minded :D , u really don't need a location plan for speed limits. :hammer:

Btw, congratulations for the 700th post :cheers1: , I'm approaching the 100th, I guess I'm gonna chill out when I comment and put my nose in everything and when I mix shit in every thread I come to and hijack it with some Slovenian stuff. :D

Ljubljana City

June 16th, 2006, 06:08 PM

Dun&Bradstreet raised its rating for Slovenia from DB2c to DB2b. :cheers:

Nobody mentioned that here. :)

edolen1

June 16th, 2006, 06:09 PM

Yp, I know that too... The tunnel is 3-laned in both tubes...
Yeah, but, looking from the south, the tubes are 3-laned only till the Šentvid exit, which is partially in the tunnel (that's so cool), after that they're 2-laned.

I think making Šentvid a full exit was a good idea and so was making the Golovec tunnel 6-laned, which prevents the need for an expensive tunnel enlargement should the ringroad be expanded to 6 lanes in the future (and it will be sooner or later).

Verso: Oh yeah, didn't even see that one, thanks!

Verso

June 16th, 2006, 06:12 PM

Dun&Bradstreet raised its rating for Slovenia from DB2c to DB2b. :cheers:

Nobody mentioned that here. :)
That's why we have you, I talk enough about Slovenia in other (non-Slovenian) threads. :D

Ljubljana City

June 16th, 2006, 06:21 PM

Slovenija izabrala Finsku "Patriju" umesto Krpana!

We have to add that most of those vehicles will be produced in Slovenia. Although I'm not sure how will they manage to do that in such a short period. They'll have to as that was one of the conditions.

OettingerCroat

June 16th, 2006, 06:31 PM

Dun&Bradstreet raised its rating for Slovenia from DB2c to DB2b. :cheers:

Nobody mentioned that here. :)

really? im sorry, i didnt see that... wow, that must have seemed mean :(

sorry... :no:

and good news on the raise! :yes:

Ljubljana City

June 16th, 2006, 06:39 PM

really? im sorry, i didnt see that... wow, that must have seemed mean :(

sorry... :no:

and good news on the raise! :yes:

LOL :D What are you talking about? :) I said that because I see there is some discussion lately in this thread :) It seemed nothing :)

But I accept your apologies... ;) hehe

OettingerCroat

June 16th, 2006, 06:45 PM

well i mean, i thought u said that bc i posted the same credit thing on the croatia thread, and didnt mention slovenia

thats what i meant

:lol:

Verso

June 16th, 2006, 07:00 PM

This is my 100th :cheers: :dizzy: , I wanna write it 'at home' :D
the Šentvid exit, which is partially in the tunnel (that's so cool)
Aha :cool: makes u wanna move here :D

Don't even know what I wanted to say lol, ok here's a little ad to play with, hehe: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=363032

mic of Orion

June 16th, 2006, 08:47 PM

Ljubljana City

June 16th, 2006, 09:10 PM

nice one :)

love them all :okay:

Thank you for another comment on our coins :) It's the 3rd one now, right? :lol:

I'm happy you like them so much. :D

bubach_hlubach

June 16th, 2006, 09:44 PM

My favorites are that one with the Lipicaners on it, and the one with the Triglav mountain on it OJ TRIGLAV MOJ DOM :) Very, very nice. and these two represent real Slovenia :okay:

The one with Preseren is nicely designed as well - nice artistic touch.
Wish that Trubar's one came out just as good, so far looks undefined and kinda messy.

:cheers:

OettingerCroat

June 16th, 2006, 10:14 PM

Thank you for another comment on our coins :) It's the 3rd one now, right? :lol:

I'm happy you like them so much. :D

yah hes quoted the same msg about 15 or 20 times by now, yes. :lol:

Verso

June 16th, 2006, 11:18 PM

The one with Preseren is nicely designed as well - nice artistic touch.
Wish that Trubar's one came out just as good, so far looks undefined and kinda messy.

:cheers:
:lol: Oh lol, he wasn't really a beauty.

And stop drinkin'!

:cheers:

Verso

June 17th, 2006, 03:19 AM

yah hes quoted the same msg about 15 or 20 times by now, yes. :lol:
He's a spammer accusing other people of spamming. :D

mic of Orion

June 17th, 2006, 03:27 AM

Thank you for another comment on our coins :) It's the 3rd one now, right? :lol:

I'm happy you like them so much. :D

lol, was it, :D I like them so much, one with horses is my favourite :)

OettingerCroat

June 17th, 2006, 04:59 AM

He's a spammer accusing other people of spamming. :D

i spam? :eek:

never realized...

EDIT: or wait, your saying Mike is a spammer? :lol:, with regards to these coins, yes he is :lol:.

Verso

June 17th, 2006, 01:18 PM

i spam? :eek:

never realized...

EDIT: or wait, your saying Mike is a spammer? :lol:, with regards to these coins, yes he is :lol:.
Exactly, if that's 'mic_of_Orion' you're talking about. So, he's Mike? :)

Ljubljana City

June 21st, 2006, 08:29 PM

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Mercator začel graditi v Novem Sadu

Vrednost investicije v Mercator center Novi Sad znaša 33 milijonov evrov, odprtje pa je predvideno v prvi polovici leta 2007

Danes ob 12. uri je družba Mercator Srbija v Novem Sadu začela z izgradnjo novega Mercatorjevega objekta - Mercator centra Novi Sad, ki bo brez garažnih površin meril 20 tisoč kvadratnih metrov in imel 499 pokritih parkirnih mest. Odprtje MC Novi Sad je predvideno v prvi polovici leta 2007. Vrednost investicije znaša 33 milijonov evrov.

Površina zemljišča meri 10.500 kvadratnih metrov, Mercatorjev objekt pa bo obsegal pritličje in dve nadstropji. V centru bo Mercatorjev hipermarket zavzemal 4.200 kvadratnih metrov površine, ponudba pa bo dopolnjena tudi z ostalimi Mercatorjevimi programi. V okviru centra bo tudi 60 najemniških lokalov. Center bo zaposloval skoraj 500 ljudi, večinoma iz Novega Sada in okolice.

Ljubljana City

June 21st, 2006, 08:33 PM

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Four Slovenian Trade Offices to be Launched This Year

The Public Agency for Entrepreneurship and Foreign investment is expected to open this year Slovenian branch offices in Duesseldorf, Bucharest, Istanbul and Milan, the first such Slovenian trade offices in the world.

Offering a wide range of services, the trade offices will be particularly tailored to meet the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Meanwhile, the agency has promised that additional trade offices would be opened in the coming years.

The selection of the cities was based on a number of factors: entry barriers for SMEs, demand growth for major Slovenian exports, potential foreign investors, labour potential and market growth in general.

"The decision on the locations was taken based on an economic survey of the expected benefits and the plans of the trade office," the agency said.
Each trade office will employ three people: two Slovenian officials as well a domestic marketing and enterprise expert.

The basic operations of the trade offices will be financed from the state budget, with SIT 144.7m (EUR 604,000) earmarked for this purpose this year. Over time, the offices will charge the users for its services - in four years, the offices intends to cover 20% of its costs through sales.

Among other things, the trade offices will carry out analysis of the market as well as look for suitable business partners for Slovenian companies.

Ljubljana City

June 21st, 2006, 08:35 PM

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Ministers Sign Protocol on 10th Pan-European Corridor

The transport ministers of countries crossed by the tenth pan-European transport route between Salzburg and Thessaloniki, including Slovenia's Janez Bozic, signed a protocol on cross-border cooperation in Greece's Corfu on Friday.

"Slovenia has expressed a great economic interest in increasing traffic along the 10th corridor, especially railroad transport," Bozic told STA after signing the document which is set to upgrade international transport of passengers and goods and economic cooperation.

From the economic point of view, the route is important for Slovenia because of the development of a traffic hub in Ljubljana, which lies on the crossroads of the fifth and tenth corridors, the minister explained.

Bozic moreover praised Slovenia's activities in the development of the 10th corridor's infrastructure. The construction of motorways is underway, and is to be concluded in 2008, while the national railroad infrastructure programme is being finalised," he added.

The protocol, which was also signed by Austria, Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia, Greece, Hungary and Bulgaria, envisages the cooperation of signatories in achieving higher levels of security, facilitating better transport and preventing crime along the corridor.

With it, the signatories agreed to establish a multilateral working group, with each country naming its national coordinator. They are moreover to draft an action programme in line with similar activities in Central and Southeastern Europe.

OettingerCroat

June 22nd, 2006, 03:30 AM

Verso

June 23rd, 2006, 11:51 AM

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New 8 km of Motorways

From today the Lower Carniola (Dolenjska) motorway branch is with the opening of section Hrastje - Lešnica longer for 7.8 kilometres. The section is going to discharge the "capital" of Lower Carniola, Novo mesto.

The section's amount of investment totals 23.8 billion SIT (almost 100 million euros). There are two junctions and 12 other objects on it, among them 278 metres long cut-and-cover as well as 165-metre viaduct Mačkovec. By the motorway section there was also built a maintenance base.

There was a need for excavation of two million cubic metres of ground because of alleviation of the Karteljevo slope. It namely equaled around seven percent and therefore had to be reduced to about four to five percent to be adjusted with the motorway standards.

With opening of the section there are now four fifths of the Lower Carniola motorway between Ljubljana and Obrežje (direction Zagreb) finished. The entire motorway is going to have a length of 104.7 kilometres and for its completion in 2008 there are around 20 kilometres missing.

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from STA, 24UR

OettingerCroat

June 23rd, 2006, 07:13 PM

^^ just get those remaining 20 km finished!!! :happy:

Verso

June 23rd, 2006, 09:15 PM

^ We're doing our best here :laugh: , well... u'll have to wait until 2008. :)

OettingerCroat

June 23rd, 2006, 10:01 PM

yah i noe, trust me, im very patient with these things ;)

SinCity

June 26th, 2006, 02:28 AM

Congratualtions to Slovenia on 15 years of freedom! :okay:

Verso

June 26th, 2006, 02:28 PM

^ Thanks, there's a special thread for that. :D

Ljubljana City

July 10th, 2006, 02:35 PM

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Slovenia to host International Mathematical Olympiad this week

Slovenia will host the 47th International Mathematical Olympiad this week, with the participation of over 500 secondary school students from almost 100 countries, the organizer said in Ljubljana on Thursday.

The Olympiad, which is held in a different country every year, will take place in Slovenia from July 11 to 17 as the most prestigious international competition in mathematics, the Slovene Press Agency reported.

During the event, the participants will be solving tests for two consecutive days. Both tests will include three mathematical tasks, which have to be solved in four and a half hours.

After a review and grading of the tests, European Commissioner for Science and Research Janez Potocnik will close the Olympiad.

Slovenia May industrial output up 9.8 pct yr-on-yr, up 14.6 pct from April

LJUBLJANA (AFX) - Slovenia's industrial output grew 9.8 pct in May from a year earlier, and was up 14.6 pct from May, reported STA news wire citing the National Statistical Office.

Finnair launches direct flights to Ljubljana

Finnair is to be the first airline to launch direct flights between Finland and Slovenia’s beautiful capital of Ljubljana. The route, to be flown with Embraer 170 aircraft, will be opened in April 2007. Flights will be operated four times a week on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays.

New Adria Airways cargo aircraft, New Ljubljana–Liège cargo route

Ljubljana, 30 June 2006 – Adria Airways began cargo service on the Ljubljana–Liège route today. Adria has also purchased a new SAAB 340A Cargo aircraft. There are also plans to lease and bring another aircraft of this type on line this autumn. Adria anticipates that its freight volume will increase by 30% this year.

Verso

July 11th, 2006, 06:01 PM

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Slovenia Given Euro Green Light

European Union finance ministers have cleared Slovenia's entry into the eurozone, the last legal hurdle before it adopts the euro next January.

They confirmed the political decision made by EU leaders in June, making Slovenia the first of the trade bloc's new members to take up the currency.

It will join the 12-member eurozone on 1 January 2007, with an exchange rate of 239.64 Slovene tolars to the euro.

Slovenia was one of 10 new EU members that joined on 1 May, 2004.

At that time many of the new entrants set themselves ambitious timetables for the adoption of the single European currency.

Slovenia has met eurozone criteria for public debt, budget deficit, interest rates and inflation levels.

Lithuania's application for euro membership was rejected because its inflation rate was too high, while Hungary has put back its date for entry after its budget deficit ballooned.

Economic boost

The euro will be Slovenia's fourth form of legal tender since splitting from Yugoslavia in 1991, when it dropped the dinar for a transitional currency before adopting the tolar.

The Slovenian central bank will have to distribute 155 million euro coins and 42 million bank notes by 1 January, with just a two-week transition period during which the currency will circulate alongside the tolar.

The government hopes that euro membership will boost tourism and foreign investment in the small Alpine state of just two million people.

BBC

vid

July 11th, 2006, 06:17 PM

No more ¤30,000 SIT grocery tripŝ! :D

Verso

July 11th, 2006, 06:50 PM

ŝ
Where did u find this letter? :D

Ljubljana City

July 11th, 2006, 07:19 PM

The final green light was lit. Great news. :D :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

http://img.rtvslo.si/upload/Slovenija/welcome_show.jpg

vid

July 11th, 2006, 08:45 PM

Where did u find this letter? :D

I hit the circumflex deadkey, before hitting s. I noticed it, but didn't bother changing it.

âŝŵêŷûîôâŝĝĥĵĉ

It's used alot.

Don't confuse it with š though. Different sound, zeah? :D

Rabljen za govoren Slovenščina. (if that's wrong, don't kill me. It's far from being a first, second or even third language of mine. In fact, All I really know is 'vreme' and 'pravi')

edit: Oh, and «kaj zej pedr!» :D

Verso

July 11th, 2006, 09:00 PM

Don't confuse it with š though. :D
I won't, I promise. ;)

Rabljen za govoren Slovenščina. (if that's wrong, don't kill me)
I won't; it's more like Slovak. :D :jk:

edit: Oh, and «kaj zej pedr!» :D
:lol: :lol: :lol: But let's not hijack this thread too. :D

Btw, is your name by any chance Vid? It's a Slovenian name otherwise, I think.

vid

July 11th, 2006, 09:05 PM

No, but I know that 'vid' is a name there. :P It was explained long ago. And kaj zej pedr is the first slovenian phrase I learned! :happy:

Verso

July 11th, 2006, 09:10 PM

^ Poor you! :lol:

vid

July 11th, 2006, 09:16 PM

^ Poor you! :lol:

Well considering almost every Slovenian I know is 'pedr' it isn't that bad. :cheers:

Verso

July 12th, 2006, 04:34 PM

Just to make that 'dirty talk' a little less visible... :)

:cheers:

OettingerCroat

July 12th, 2006, 06:54 PM

Well considering almost every Slovenian I know is 'pedr' it isn't that bad. :cheers:

hahah wow that is some funny shit slovenes :hilarious

so random :rofl:

here you want to see my attempts at slovenian? (okay theyre not really attempts, just the stereotypical differences i noe about the language ok)

kaj vzebuješ rdečilo za ustnice v Slovenijo, eh? Pojdi vzhodno po avtocest premda hrvaško.

ok im done.

:lol:

Verso

July 12th, 2006, 07:33 PM

Ljubljana City

July 12th, 2006, 07:54 PM

^ What on earth is 'vzebuješ'? 'Vzemaš' perhaps?

And even if we write it as 'Zakaj vzemaš rdečilo za ustnice (šminko :) ) v Slovenijo, a? Pojdi vzhodno, po avtocesti proti Hrvaški.', I still don't get it. :dunno:

You should use "jemlješ" instead of "vzemaš"... ;) And I don't get what he means either :)

vid

July 12th, 2006, 08:03 PM

Even presis.amebis.si can't figure it out. At least I make sure mine makes sense before showing it off.

I know drkaj too, but I call it 'Dr Kadž' because Im Ingli?š. :)

Verso

July 12th, 2006, 08:03 PM

@ Ljubljana City: exactly, but the word 'vzemaš' sounds much more similar to 'vzebuješ' than 'jemlješ' does, so I thought it came from it.

Verso

July 12th, 2006, 08:10 PM

I know drkaj too, but I call it 'Dr Kadž' because Im Ingli?š. :)
If you pronounce it like [drkadž], then this thread is safe. :laugh: Now, all North Americans, out of this thread. :D (this includes OettingerCroat :P)

Ljubljana City

July 12th, 2006, 08:15 PM

Actually, "vzemaš" isn't even a correct Slovenian word :D

And yes, enough of smuggling lipstick to Croatia through Slovenia.

OettingerCroat

July 12th, 2006, 11:19 PM

guys i dont mean ANYTHING, i just coupled the only slovenian (or slovenian-sounding) words i knew together into a sentence!!! it means nothing! :lol:

i knew rdecilo za ustnice from lipstick my mom bought in croatia and had slovenian on it too, avtocest i noe from the Slovenian Motorways page, vzebuješ means nothing, kaj and pojdi are words that are similar in croatian, basically i just slapped together what i knew for fun!!!

and you guys are actually analyzing what i said, as if i meant it :lol: :hilarious

:cheers2: to slovenes and their language!!!

OettingerCroat

July 12th, 2006, 11:21 PM

If you pronounce it like [drkadž], then this thread is safe. :laugh: Now, all North Americans, out of this thread. :D (this includes OettingerCroat :P)

hey hey hey, no anti-expatriate comments out of u!!!! :colgate:

Verso

July 12th, 2006, 11:41 PM

^ Hehehe :laugh:

And I gotta say you fooled us badly! :lol:

Verso

July 13th, 2006, 04:04 PM

Actually, "vzemaš" isn't even a correct Slovenian word :D
Haha, you're right. :lol:

It's either 'jemlješ' ('jemati' in infinitive) - that's imperfective verb; or

'vzameš' ('vzeti' in infinitive) - that's perfective verb

:cheers:

OettingerCroat

July 13th, 2006, 06:26 PM

how do u say "contains" in slovenian?

like "sadrži" in croatian? like "this contains approximately"...

:?

Verso

July 13th, 2006, 07:47 PM

^ 'vsebuje' ('vsebovati' in infinitive); I noticed 'vzebuješ' was very similar to 'vsebuješ', but it made even less sense than 'vzemaš/jemlješ'...

OettingerCroat

July 13th, 2006, 09:07 PM

^^ ok so i meant to write vsebuješ earlier when u guys all went crazy analying what i said, but i wrote vzebuješ with a Z... mi dispiace...

Verso

July 15th, 2006, 12:06 AM

Sth from the first page:As there are not as many Slovenes on this forum, please understand that this thread can't be filled with news every day.
+ Verso =P (= a lot of us :D )

vid

July 15th, 2006, 04:31 AM

^did you count Loki? He doesn't post much but I think that will bring it to 5. Or 6.?

Verso

July 15th, 2006, 11:58 AM

^ Oh, yes, those 20 posts bring a lot. :okay:

Ljubljana City

July 17th, 2006, 02:11 PM

Pity that bziherl just disppeared... Although he came now and then to "Urbana Slovenija", he didn't log in here for few months... Verso didn't even meet him :)

Most active are me, edolen1, Verso and AZ2SI. Others peek a little now and then.

Ljubljana City

July 17th, 2006, 02:19 PM

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Brniško letališče bo močno zraslo

Brnik - Aerodrom Ljubljana ima za prihodnje desetletje zelo ambiciozne načrte, v skladu s katerimi naj bi postal vodilni ponudnik letalskih storitev v regiji.

Uresničitev tega cilja zahteva širitev letališča, ki ga narekuje tudi vse večje število letalskih prevoznikov, letov in potnikov. Na letališču zato že poteka širitev letališke ploščadi, avgusta pa bodo začeli tudi z gradnjo povezovalnega hodnika, ki bo tako prvi del novega terminala, ki se ga bodo lotili, saj mora biti zgrajen do vstopa Slovenije v schengensko območje.

Čimprej izgradnja novega terminala

Kot je minuli teden pojasnil predsednik uprave Aerodroma Ljubljana Vinko Može, si želijo čim prej začeti z izgradnjo novega terminala. Vendar se bodo zaradi zahtev schengena morali naprej lotiti nadgradnje obstoječega terminala in povezave do novega, za katero bodo v torek podpisali pogodbo z družbo SCT.

"Logično bi bilo, da bi začeli z izgradnjo terminala, torej prostora za odhode in prihode, šele potem pa bi zgradili most, ki bi povezoval oba terminala. Tako pa žal moramo iti iz zadnjega konca proti prvemu, kar ni logično, ampak schengen je tu in naša obveza je, da ga vzpostavimo, zato smo našli zasilno rešitev, za katero upam, da bo zadovoljila tudi evropske inšpektorje," je poudaril Može.

Obstoječa infrastruktura ne omogoča delitve potnikov

Inšpektorji so namreč ugotovili, da obstoječa infrastruktura na letališču ne omogoča delitve potnikov na domače - schengenske in mednarodne iz neschengenskega območja, kjer se še opravlja mejna kontrola. Schengenski pravni red namreč zahteva fizično ločevanje teh potnikov, da ne more prihajati do njihovega mešanja in prestopanja. S prizidkom terminalu in povezovalnim hodnikom, ki bosta stala deset milijonov evrov in bosta dokončana v slabem letu dni, do junija 2007, bodo zadostili prav tem zahtevam.

"S prizidkom pa ne bomo izboljšali ravni storitev za potnike, saj prihodi in odhodi potnikov ostajajo isti," je povedal Može in opozoril, da na brniškem letališču, kjer letos pričakujejo skoraj 1,3 milijona potnikov, zmanjkuje okenc za prijavo na let in prostora ob prihodih, kar bo ob delitvi potnikov ustvarjalo še nove probleme. "Zato čakamo, da bomo čim prej lahko začeli z izgradnjo samega novega potniškega terminala, ki bo lahko na 40 okencih na uro sprejel 850 potnikov v prihodu in 850 v odhodu," je poudaril.

Na Brniku končno tudi aviomostovi

Z izgradnjo prizidka obstoječemu terminalu, ki je hkrati tako tudi prva faza novega terminala, bodo na Brniku začeli prihodnji mesec, po tem ko so po petih letih vendarle dobili gradbeno dovoljenje. Z izgradnjo novega prizidka bodo potniki iz letal in v letala vstopali prek aviomostov in uporaba letaliških avtobusov se bo zmanjšala. Vendar pa bodo na letališču, kjer širijo manevrske površine za 6000 kvadratnih metrov, avtobusi še vedno prevažali potnike iz letal, ki bodo bolj oddaljena od terminala.

Ob razširitvi glavne letališke ploščadi bodo spremenili tudi način parkiranja letal, ki bo prilagojen aviomostovom za neposreden vstop potnikov, ki so trenutno štirje, ob zaključku gradnje aneksa terminalu pa jih bo predvidoma 13. V prihodnjem letu se bodo lotili tudi podaljševanja vozne steze za letala, ki jih je na brniškem letališču iz leta v leto več, saj se stalno povečuje število letalskih prevoznikov, ki sodelujejo z letališčem, in število letalskih povezav.

Začetek gradnje novega terminala šele jeseni leta 2008

Sam 25.000 kvadratnih metrov velik potniški terminal, ki bo povečal kapacitete letališča in zmanjšal gnečo, bodo na brniškem letališču začeli graditi šele jeseni leta 2008. "V prvi polovici leta 2008 namreč Slovenija prevzame funkcijo vodenja EU in izražena je bila želja, da v tistem obdobju nimamo odprtega gradbišča," je pojasnil Može. Na Aerodromu Ljubljana, ki je v večinski lasti države, druga dva največja lastnika pa sta paradržavna sklada, so takšno željo seveda morali upoštevati.

Nov potniški terminal bi moral tako predvidoma biti končan konec leta 2010, prve dni leta 2011 pa bi ga lahko predali prometu. Za sam terminal bodo na letališču namenili 40 milijonov evrov. Torej bodo skupaj s še desetimi milijoni evrov za prizidek obstoječega terminala s 50 milijoni evrov uredili celoten terminal, povezavo med njima, pripadajočo infrastrukturo, ceste in nove parkirne površine ter zagotovili ustrezno opremo.

Tudi poslovno-logistični center

Sočasno z izgradnjo terminala pa bo ob letališču na površini 20 hektarov nastajal tudi poslovno-logistični center, kjer se bodo razvijale dejavnosti turizma, trgovine, skladiščenja, logistike in druge dejavnosti, povezane z letališčem. Tako se bo celovita podoba brniškega letališča v prihodnjih 15 letih popolnoma spremenila. Nastali naj bi novi objekti za poslovno upravne programe s parkirišči, hotelski kompleks, rekreacijski in športni objekti, proizvodno-ekonomski objekti ter objekti za vzdrževanje letal in vzdrževalno dejavnost letališča.

Območje severno od letališča, kjer bo nastal obsežen kompleks, je sicer omejeno s cesto Kranj - Mengeš, ki je tudi zelo nevarna, saj je praktično nespremenjena že od začetka obratovanja letališča, ne glede na to, da se je obseg prometa od takrat povečal za več kot desetkrat. Zato si na aerodromu prizadevajo za premik ceste. "To je zaenkrat še popolnoma odprta zadeva, saj glede tega ni še čisto nič rešenega. V proračunu RS je opredeljeno le, da naj bi bila nekje do leta 2009 nova cesta zgrajena," je povedal Može. Ob tem je dodal, da je predvideno, da bi približno 30 odstotkov sredstev za prestavitev ceste moralo zagotoviti letališče.

Za razvijajoče letališče bi bila zelo dobrodošla tudi železniška povezava z Ljubljano. Vendar, kot pravi Može, "so to zaenkrat samo sanje".

STA, SIOL

Verso

July 17th, 2006, 03:53 PM

I know about 'bziherl', alias Blaž Ziherl :) and good for the Brnik Airport.

Verso

July 17th, 2006, 03:56 PM

I've got some bad news about edolen: he's got appendicitis in Portugal :(

OettingerCroat

July 17th, 2006, 07:51 PM

oh my god :eek: give him my regards from the SSC croats towards an effective and quick recovery

Verso

July 17th, 2006, 08:09 PM

^ Thanks, I will!

Ljubljana City

July 18th, 2006, 06:19 PM

Oh... Poor edolen... I hope he gets better soon...

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Sklenjena pogodba za izgradnjo prve faze novega potniškega terminala

Predsednik uprave Aerodroma Ljubljana, d. d., Vinko Može in predsednik uprave SCT, d. d., Ivan Zidar sta podpisala pogodbo o izgradnji prve faze novega potniškega terminala T2 in adaptaciji obstoječega terminala T1 na letališču Ljubljana. Skupna pogodbena vrednost znaša 2,3 milijarde tolarjev (brez ddv). Ob podpisu sta bila prisotna tudi minister za promet, mag. Janez Božič in pa državni sekretar dr. Peter Verlič. Minister Božič je poudaril, da so na ministrstvu zadovoljni s podpisom, saj pogodba zagotavlja, da bo letališče pravočasno pripravljeno na sprejem schengenskega pravnega reda.

Predmet sklenjene pogodbe je adaptacija obstoječega terminala, prizidek k obstoječemu terminalu in izgradnja prvega nadstropja, v katerem bodo odhodne čakalnice in mejni prehod. Nadstropje bo kasneje povezovalo obstoječi terminal z novim terminalom T2, ki se bo začel graditi leta 2008. Pogodbeno obveznost naj bi SCT, ki je bil za izvajalca del kot najboljši ponudnik izbran na javnem razpisu, izpolnil v 261 koledarskih dneh. Za izvedbo objekta v štirih nivojih (klet, pritličje in dve nadstropji) bodo gradbinci SCT uporabili 11.770 kvadratnih metrov opaža, 3.300 kubičnih metrov betona, 290 ton armature in postavili 244 ton jeklenih konstrukcij. Na objekt, kjer bo 6.000 kvadratnih površin, bodo položili za 3.640 kvadratnih metrov strehe in 4.600 kvadratnih metrov fasade. Cel projekt je izvedbeno zelo zahteven, saj bo moralo letališče med samo gradnjo obratovati nemoteno, prav tako pa bodo morali biti kljub gradnji izpolnjeni vsi standardi varovanja potnikov in prtljage. Veliko dela bo zato opravljenega v nočnem času. Pripravljalna dela bodo stekla takoj, graditi pa se bo dejansko začelo takoj po zaključku širitve letališke ploščadi. Ta naj bi bila zaključena v nekaj dneh, z njo pa bodo na letališču dobili nova parkirna mesta za letala.

Celotna naložbena vrednost adaptacije terminala T1 in izgradnje povezovalnega hodnika do novega terminala znaša 12 milijonov evrov, vanje pa je poleg gradbeno-obrtniških in inštalacijskih del vključen še nakup opreme, kjer so najpomembnejši štirje avimostovi, skozi katere bodo potniki vstopali v letala. Aviomostovom bodo prilagodili tudi način parkiranja letal.

Z adaptacijo in dograditvijo obstoječega terminala bo predvsem zadoščeno zahtevam schengenskega pravnega reda, ki zahteva fizično ločevanje prometa na domači in tuji. Takoj po zaključku del prve faze gradnje bo Aerodrom Ljubljana začel z gradnjo novega potniškega terminala T2, ki bo lahko na 36 okencih za prijavo na let v eni uri sprejel 850 potnikov v prihodu in 850 v odhodu. Terminal bo predvidoma v celoti zgrajen leta 2010, potnikom pa bo takrat na voljo 38.000 kvadratnih metrov novih površin. Naložbena vrednost drugega dela projekta presega 40 milijonov evrov.

Podoba letališča Ljubljana, katerega cilj je, da se v prihodnjih 15 letih razvije v vodilno regijsko letališče, se bo popolnoma spremenila. Sočasno z izgradnjo terminala bo ob letališču na površini 20 hektarov nastajal tudi poslovno-logistični center, kjer se bodo razvijale dejavnosti turizma, trgovine, skladiščenja, logistike in druge dejavnosti, povezanih z letališčem. Cesta Kranj Mengeš bo pomaknjena proti severu, v načrtu pa je tudi dograditev vozne steze ob vzletno-pristajalni stezi, ki bo povečala varnost in pa kapaciteto vzletno-pristajalne steze. Na območju letališča bodo zgrajeni tudi novi objekti za poslovno-upravne programe s parkirišči, hotelski kompleks, rekreacijski in športni objekti, proizvodno-ekonomski objekti ter objekti za vzdrževanje letal in vzdrževalno dejavnost letališča.

Brnik, 18. julij 2006

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SinCity

July 19th, 2006, 01:23 AM

^^ Looks really nice. :yes:

Ljubljana City

July 19th, 2006, 12:55 PM

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D&B: Slovenia Still Firmly Top in the Region

The July report of the international rating firm Dun&Bradstreet (D&B) keeps the country firmly at the top in Eastern Europe. Slovenia retains a DB2b rating, thereby consolidating its position at the top of the regional table.

News that Slovenia will be the first of the ten new EU members to adopt the euro has been greeted positively by the markets. This comes on top of preliminary figures for real GDP growth in Q1 2006 that indicate a more robust pace of expansion than expected previously.
Dun&Bradstreet believes sharp increases in prices are unlikely to accompany the introduction of the new currency, as Slovenian prices are already aligned with prices in the eurozone and the government has set up a well thought-out campaign to prevent the "rounding-up" of prices from the tolar to the euro.

V Pomurju odprli največjo bioplinarno v Evropi

Murska Sobota - V bližini farme Nemščak so danes odprli prvo bioplinarno v Pomurju in največjo tovrstno v Evropi. Projekt je družba Ekoteh uresničila sama in je vreden slabi dve milijardi tolarjev, gradnja pa je bila končana v rekordnih 10 mesecih. Bioplinarna je namenjena pridobivanju toplotne in električne energije ter odličnega organskega gnojila, v njej pa bodo letno pridobili 10 milijonov kilovatnih ur električne energije.

Električna energija iz nove bioplinarne bo poslana v javno omrežje že avgusta, zanjo pa bodo v skladu z evropsko uredbo dobili 28,97 tolarja za KWh, pri čemer 20 odstotkov predstavlja subvencija. Pridobljeno toplotno energijo bodo porabili za ogrevanje fermentorjev bioplinarne in hlevov farme Nemščak, delovanje pa bo za 9000 ton zmanjšalo emisijo ogljikovega dioksida v ozračje, kar predstavlja pomemben prispevek k uresničevanju Kjotskega protokola.

Da je enota za proizvodnjo zelene energije iz bioplina velik prispevek k varovanju okolja, je ob odprtju poudaril tudi državni sekretar na ministrstvu za okolje in prostor Marko Starman in dodal, da namenja država dvigu deleža obnovljivih virov vrsto aktivnosti, od ozaveščanja do spodbujanja naložb s sofinanciranjem, je dejal in dodal, da je tudi ta naložba podprta s posojilom Ekološkega sklada v višini 1,5 milijarde tolarjev.

Tehnologija bioplinarne bo postala tudi pomemben izvozni produkt

Predsednik uprave KG Rakičan, ki je krovna družba skupine Panvita, Blaž Miklavčič pa je povedal, da nova bioplinarna uporablja tehnologijo za prihodnje tisočletje in enega največjih tehnoloških dosežkov znanja družbe Inter Holding. Družba Ekoteh je namreč v 50-odstotni lasti KG Rakičan in v 50-odstotni lasti Inter Holdinga. Tehnologija bioplinarne bo postala tudi pomemben izvozni produkt, saj jo nameravajo patentirati v zahodni Evropi.

Osnovni namen bioplinarne je predelava in energetski izkoristek stranskih produktov v skupini Panvita, ki nastajajo v mesnih obratih, zelene mase s polj in gnojevke, ki nastaja pri reji prašičev. Pridobljena energija zadošča za oskrbo 3000 gospodinjstev, 14 ton zgoščene biomase, ki bo nastala v procesu, pa bodo po anaerobni razgradnji vračali na začetek proizvode verige kot organsko gnojilo. S tem v skupini Panvita končujejo naravni cikel polje-hrana-predelava-bioplin-polje.

V bioplinarni bodo zaposlili pet delavcev, v skupini Panvita pa načrtujejo nekoliko manjšo napravo v Motvarjevcih, za kar že pripravljajo dokumentacijo.

OettingerCroat

July 19th, 2006, 05:33 PM

^^ cool news, especially regarding the euro

edolen1

July 21st, 2006, 07:52 PM

oh my god :eek: give him my regards from the SSC croats towards an effective and quick recovery

Thanks, guys! :D

Also thanks to Ljubljana City and Verso. :)

OettingerCroat

July 21st, 2006, 10:00 PM

^^ hey dude, how much lighter are you know? :colgate:

edolen1

July 22nd, 2006, 04:15 PM

I have no idea, the stitches add to the weight tho.. :D

Verso

July 23rd, 2006, 01:50 PM

I know the next article will interest quite some forumers here :D

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Green Light for Gay Unions in Slovenia

Today, a registered gay partnership law came into effect in Slovenia. The law covers only property relations, the right/obligation to support a socially weaker partner, and inheritance rights to a degree. It does not grant any rights in the area of social security (social and health insurance, pension rights) and it does not confer the status of a next-of-kin to the partners.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_unions_in_Slovenia :D

Uradna istospolna razmerja

Istospolne partnerske skupnosti bodo lahko registrirane. Urejena bodo premoženjska vprašanja.

Začel je veljati pred letom dni sprejeti zakon o registraciji istospolne partnerske skupnosti. Osnovni namen zakona je ureditev pogojev in postopka za registracijo istospolne partnerske skupnosti in njeno prenehanje.

Zakon določa pogoje za registracijo skupnosti, postopek registracije, obseg pravic in obveznosti partnerjev, ureja premoženjska, dedovanjska in stanovanjska vprašanja ter uvaja pravico in dolžnost preživljati nepreskrbljenega partnerja.

Zainteresirane nevladne organizacije z zakonom niso zadovoljne, saj menijo, da je v nekaterih pogledih nedorečen in pomanjkljiv ter da postavlja istospolne pare v neenakopraven položaj v primerjavi s pari različnega spola. Zato so minuli teden na vlado naslovili pobudo za dopolnitev zakona. Želijo si aktivno sodelovati v prihodnjem postopku dopolnjevanja zakona.

Tatjana Greif iz društva Škuc LL je poudarila, da nov zakon omogoča več enakopravnosti kot prej, ko tovrstnega zakona sploh ni bilo. Zakon ni najboljši, važno pa je, da imajo pari to možnost. Prepričana je, da bo tudi tak zakon gotovo komu prišel prav.

Z zakonom ne moremo biti zadovoljni, a nismo negativno nastrojeni in menimo, da je dialog še vedno možen, pravi Greifova. Prepričana je, da če se bo zakon nadgradil, lahko postane dober.

Source: http://24ur.com/naslovnica/novice/slovenija/20060723_3077816_16124796.php

edolen1

July 23rd, 2006, 05:13 PM

Yay! Go us! :D

Ljubljana City

July 23rd, 2006, 05:20 PM

^^

LOL

Aren't gays angry because this law doesn't give them so many rights as they want?

Well, congratulations ;)

edolen1

July 23rd, 2006, 05:37 PM

^^

LOL

Aren't gays angry because this law doesn't give them so many rights as they want?

Well, congratulations ;)
Something is better than nothing. We'll get our way eventually, don't worry.. ;)

Ljubljana City

July 24th, 2006, 02:49 PM

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S čolni med šejke

PIRAN - Portorož se bo vrinil med arabske šejke in najbogatejše Skandinavce. To se bo zgodilo od 1. do 3. septembra, ko bodo v Piranskem zalivu prvič v Sloveniji pripravili dirko najhitrejših čolnov za svetovno prvenstvo class-1.

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Deset okoli 13-metrskih katamaranov, vsak ima blizu dva tisoč konj in doseže hitrost do 270 kilometrov na uro, se bo podilo od starta pred Bernardinom mimo Pirana proti odprtemu morju in nazaj.

Našemu mestu rož je namreč po zaslugi skupine zagnanih organizatorjev, zbranih ob podjetju C1, uspelo dobiti eno od letošnjih devetih dirk (z možnostjo ponovitev v naslednjih štirih letih) tega atraktivnega tekmovanja, ki jih sicer pripravljajo ob Arabskem zalivu, na Norveškem, v Angliji, Španiji in na Azurni obali. Tej turistični eliti naj bi se pridružila slovenska obala.

Deset okoli 13-metrskih katamaranov, vsak ima blizu dva tisoč konj in doseže hitrost do 270 kilometrov na uro, se bo podilo od starta pred Bernardinom mimo Pirana proti odprtemu morju in nazaj. Tekmovalni krog bo precej blizu obale, da bodo gledalci dirko dobro videli. Napovedujejo celo 35.000 obiskovalcev, med njimi tudi zelo vplivne in bogate (ob Arabcih in Skandinavcih tudi veliko Italijanov), ki so običajni sodelujoči, spremljevalci in ljubitelji formule 1 na vodi.

"V piranski občini se močno trudimo, da bi pridobili velike in odmevne kulturne, športne ali drugačne prireditve. Dirka čolnov za svetovno prvenstvo to gotovo je, lahko rečemo celo, da gre za pravi spektakel, ki bo pritegnil veliko ljudi," je zadovoljna Vojka Štular, piranska županja. "Zato si obetamo finančni učinek za turistično gospodarstvo in občino na sploh. Pa še nekaj: ta prireditev pomeni izjemno promocijo za Portorož in našo obalo ter s tem tudi za Slovenijo."

Newspaper Dnevnik

Ljubljana City

July 25th, 2006, 02:33 PM

DEVELOPMENT RESOLUTION 2007 - 2023

Slovenian Government has drafted a special development resolution for years 2007-2023.

It will be presented to public after summer holidays in the parliament.

Resolution consists of 34 projects, which would improve competitiveness, raise economic growth, improve the usage of knowledge for economic growth, make country and instituations more effective and cheaper, make country more social and to lower the unemployment.

Price: 25,9 billion € (14,2 billion from the national budget, 1,5 billion from EU, 9,7 billion from private sources)

Main projects:

HEALTH

- University and clinical center Maribor

Renovation and additional buildings of medical faculty and faculty of health, establishment of new clinical center which would raise the level of effectiveness of health services and give more possibilities for practical work of students.

Price: 22 million € (3 from the national budget, 19 from EU)

Time: start 2010, end 2013

- New clinical center Ljubljana

A new, modern clinical center for health services for the whole Slovenia. It would have to be very well connected with the current one. It would be built somewhere between current center and highway ring on the east. The old clinical center would become a secundary center for Ljubljana region.

Price: 269 million € (from the national budget)

Time: start 2011, end 2015

- Net of emergency centers

Project would improve and establish 5 emergency centers in clinical center of Ljubljana and 4 other regional hospitals. It's goal is to improve survival of pacients, to take work from unemergency health services and to erase differences between ERs in different regions.

Price: 78 million € (74 from the national budget, 4 from EU)

Time: start 2013, end 2017

- Modernizing e-health system

Implementing communication and information services in terms of health according to health concepts in EU. It should improve quality of life of citizens.

Price: 66 million € (56 from the national budget, 10 from EU, 5 from regional sources)

Time: start 2009, end 2010,

SPORT

- Planica

Renovation of jumps, building an athletic stadium and other buildings, system for artifical snowing, lifts, athletic and footbal stadium, cycling and walking paths.

Price: 94 million € (10 from the national budget, 50 from the EU and 34 from private sources)

Time: start 2008, end 2013

- Development park Ljubljana-Stožice

New objects for fair, congress and sport activities for biggest national sport events (football, athletics, ...). Park would also be used for educational purposes.

Price: 350 million € (100 from the national budget, 250 from private sources)

Time: start 2012, end 2020

OTHER

- Second block NEK

Building of 2nd block of the nuclear powerplant Krško. It would lower the emissions, there would be less imports of electricity, prices of electricity would be more competitive and so good for national economy.

Price: 2 billion € (all from private sources)

Time: start 2013, end 2017

- Amusement park Megalaxia

Amusement park similiar to Italian Gardaland and Mirabilandia (few pages back in this thread). It would bring at least 300 new jobs and 2,000 for a shorter period of time.

Price: 97 million € (10 from EU, 87 from private sources)

Time: start 2010, end 2010

Slovenian Adriatic island

Island would be at least 30,000 m2 big, it's height from the sea surface would be 3 metres. It would be a great solution to get rid of material from the new tunnels and highways in Primorska and to build a tourist and recreational area. It would bring at least 200 new jobs.

Price: 100 million € (25 from EU, 5 from regional sources, 70 from private sources)

Time: start 2010, end 2020

Most money (8,9 billion €) would be used for modernization of railway system which would start in 2007 and end in 2020. Projects of energy and economy of hydrogen are following with 3,9 billion € and modernization of public roads (2,7 billion €) with the start in last year and the end in 2020.
Energy projects also include 2nd block of NEK, 6th block of Šoštanj termo powerplant, new hydro powerplants on Sava and new gas storage facilities for termo powerplant Bresternica. Road projects include additional highway programme.

Strategy also includes building of 9 economical centers in Slovenia of worth of 1,2 billion € and would create 20,000 new jobs.

- Novo mesto (2010-2023, 1500 jobs, 100 mil. €)
- Phoenix in Brežice and Krško (2010-2023, 2500 jobs, 160 mil. €)
- Kranj (2007-2023, 2500 jobs, 160 mil. €)
- Perspektiva in Postojna (2010-2023, 1000 jobs, 100 mil. €)
- IN PRIME in Goriška (2009-2023, 2500 jobs, 160 mil. €)
- Oko in Murska Sobota (2007-2023, 2000 jobs, 100 mil. €)
- Multimodal logistical center in Maribor (2009-2023, 2500 jobs, 100 mil. €)
- Noordung in Slovenj Gradec and Dravograd (2009-2023, 1000 jobs, 100 mil. €)
- Tehnopolis in Celje (2008(2006)-2023, 4300 jobs, 160 mil. €)

Those centers include economic and business zones, economic and development incubators, science and technological parks, logistic areas, even civil airport as a part of Phoenix project, medical parks, universities and faculties...

Finance newspaper

Let's see what will Janša cook this time. It's interesting how they put almost all the projects after mandate of this government which ends in 2008.

edolen1

July 25th, 2006, 03:32 PM

Let's see what will Janša cook this time. It's interesting how they put almost all the projects after mandate of this government which ends in 2008.
But of course. Local elections this fall, and he's beginning the second part of his mandate in November. It's the perfect chance.

Anyway, some of these projects were already planned before the resolution, some, however, are new and not quite what you'd expect from a document like this. If they manage to construct even half of those projects, though, I'll be amazed.

I don't know, maybe we should be optimistic about this. But past experience with some of these projects (Planica, Stožice, etc.) doesn't make me too sure..

SinCity

July 26th, 2006, 01:22 AM

^^ That island idea sounds pretty interesting. Sort of like what they have been doing in Dubai which of course is on a more grand scale.

edolen1

July 26th, 2006, 05:21 PM

Ljubljana City

July 26th, 2006, 06:26 PM

It appears the time-frame posted in Finance is not entirely correct. There was an article in today's Finance with the director of the company that is going to finance Megalaxia and he said they are going to build the park in 2008, not 2010 as the article suggests.

Well, according to news from couple of months ago, the construction should start next year... :bash:

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Velik posel Slovenije v Republiki Srbski

Modernizacija termoelektrarne in izgradnja hidroelektrarn

Banja Luka – Generalni direktor Holdinga slovenske elektrarne (HSE) Jože Zagožen je danes v Banja Luki z Elektroprivredo Republike Srbske (EPRS) podpisal sporazum o dolgoročnem poslovno-tehničnem sodelovanju med družbama. Sporazum predvideva sodelovanje HSE in EPRS pri izgradnji novega, 600 megavatnega bloka v Termoelektrarni Ugljevik, modernizacijo stare Termoelektrarne Ugljevik, izgradnjo hidroelektrarn in nekatere druge oblike poslovno-tehničnega sodelovanja, so sporočili iz HSE.

Pri podpisu sporazuma je bil prisoten tudi minister za gospodarstvo vlade Republike Srbske Milan Jelić, ki je označil ta dogodek kot izjemno pomemben za nadaljnji razvoj elektroenergetskega razvoja Republike Srpske. Predvidena velikost skupnih vlaganj HSE in EPRS je ocenjena na 600 do 700 milijonov evrov.

Dogovor o dosedanjih terjatvah

Podpisniki sporazuma so se tudi dogovorili, da bodo razrešene dosedanje terjatve Slovenije do Termoelektrarne Ugljevik. Pri določitvi višine sedanje vrednosti dosedanjih vlaganj Slovenije v to termoelektrarno pa bo sodelovala neodvisna strokovna inštitucija.

http://www.delo.si/images/iman/te_ugljevik.jpg

Daily newspaper Delo

edolen1

July 26th, 2006, 07:06 PM

Well, according to news from couple of months ago, the construction should start next year... :bash:
Well he said construction would start and finish in 2008, so the preparations would probably start in 2007..

Ljubljana City

July 27th, 2006, 11:48 AM

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Moody's dvignil oceno kreditnega tveganja

Ljubljana – Bonitetna agencija Moody's je Sloveniji izboljšala ocene kreditnega tveganja za državne obveznice, izdane na domačem in tujem finančnem trgu, z Aa3 na Aa2. Zgornja meja kreditne ocene za obveznice drugih slovenskih izdajateljev je ostala Aaa. »Ocena, dodatno podprta še s pozitivnimi napovedmi za nadaljnje izboljšanje, potrjuje naše videnje umestitve Slovenije kot trdne članice skupine držav z ratingom AA,« so na slovenskem ministrstvu za finance zapisali v sporočilu za javnost. Z oceno so na ministrstvu zelo zadovoljni. Utemeljitev njenega izboljšanja je hkrati spodbuda za nadaljnje prizadevanje za izvajanje ekonomskih politik, ki mora zagotoviti dolgoročno fiskalno stabilnost in konkurenčno okolje gospodarskim subjektom. Po besedah predstavnika agencije Moody's Jonatahana Shifferja je glavna ekonomska moč države v izkušeni in spretni menedžerski srenji, ki ji je mogoče pripisati zasluge za hitre prilagoditve nišam na evropskih trgih za potrošniške proizvode z visoko dodano vrednostjo in za korporacijsko naravnano institucionalno strukturo. R. G.

Daily newspaper Delo

Ljubljana City

July 27th, 2006, 11:49 AM

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SCT pridobil 36,8 milijona dolarjev vreden posel v Rusiji

Ljubljana – Družba SCT, solastnica mešane družbe Dormoststroj iz ruske Samare, je v Rusiji pridobila 36,8 milijona dolarjev vreden posel. Naročnik del je samarsko ministrstvo za transport, komunikacije in avtoceste, dela pa obsegajo gradnjo avtomobilske ceste, nadvoze in podvoz. Končana naj bi bila v 15 mesecih. Pridobitev posla za gradnjo avtomobilske ceste z nadvozi in podvozom je prvi projekt nizke gradnje, ki ga je v Rusiji pridobil SCT. Ta tako postaja eno redkih tujih podjetij, ki sodeluje pri ruskih cestnih projektih. Krepitev prisotnosti skupine SCT na tujih trgih je ena osnovnih strateških usmeritev družbe v prihodnjih letih, zato je pridobitev omenjenega posla zanje zelo pomembna, navajajo v družbi. Skladno s strateškimi cilji želijo v prihodnjih letih doseči vsaj desetih odstotkov letne realizacije na tujih trgih. SCT je marca s podjetjem Samaraavtodor v Rusiji ustanovil mešano podjetje Dormoststroj s sedežem v Samari. Namen novoustanovljenega podjetja je pridobivanje in realizacija projektov v Samarski regiji v Rusiji, predvsem gradnja in rekonstrukcija ceste in železnic, gradnja predorov, stanovanjskih in poslovnih objektov in letališč. R. G.

Daily newspaper Delo

Ljubljana City

July 27th, 2006, 11:52 AM

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Vlaganja pospešila trgovino

Slovenija je znova druga zunanjetrgovinska partnerica BiH, za Hrvaško in pred Nemčijo

Sarajevo – Dveletno upadanje in stagnacija trgovinske menjave med Slovenijo in BiH sta se ustavila, v šestih mesecih pa se je blagovna menjava občutno povečala. Slovenija je zdaj druga trgovinska partnerica BiH, za Hrvaško in pred Nemčijo. Tudi pokritost uvoza z izvozom se je z lanskih 35 povzpela na 51 odstotkov. V pol leta je v BiH izvozila za 578,2 milijona konvertibilnih mark blaga, kar pomeni 19,4-odstotno rast, hkrati pa je BiH v Slovenijo prodala za 299,8 milijona konvertibilnih mark blaga, kar je 73,4-odstotna rast.

Direktor predstavništva Slovenske gospodarske zbornice v Sarajevu Amir Hujić take trende razlaga s kontinuiranimi in pomembnimi vlaganji slovenskega kapitala v BiH, zlasti v proizvodne zmogljivosti, banke in trgovino. Po uradnih bosanskih podatkih je Slovenija prva tuja investitorica v BiH, po podatkih predstavništva GZS v BiH pa je doslej vanjo vložila 729,8 milijona konvertibilnih mark oziroma 373,1 milijona evrov. Po pričakovanjih bi lahko ta znesek do konca leta dosegel 800 milijonov konvertibilnih mark. Tako v Perutnini Ptuj za to jesen napovedujejo naložbo 11 milijonov evrov v proizvodne zmogljivosti, Terme Čatež so se odločile, da bodo v drugo fazo Term Ilidža v Sarajevu vložile 15 milijonov evrov, pomembne naložbe pa bodo prišle na vrsto, ko bodo entitetne in kantonalne oblasti odobrile več zahtev za koncesije za gradnjo in upravljanje malih in srednjih hidroelektrarn.

Z odpiranjem številnih večinoma izvozno usmerjenih tovarn s slovenskim kapitalom so dosegli uvoz repromateriala iz Slovenije in izvoz končnih izdelkov. Na Visokem pri Sarajevu je Prevent v začetku leta odprl največjo tovarno za predelavo junčje kože v regiji za potrebe avtomobilske industrije, s čimer je skoraj povsem ustavil uvoz te surovine in povečal izvoz. Cimos TMDAi-ITC je v BiH odprl več obratov za izdelavo avtomobilskih delov, nadaljujejo pa se vlaganja v nove tovarne. Vse te naložbe so pripomogle k oživljanju proizvodnih zmogljivosti, s tem pa tudi h konkurenčnim proizvodom za svetovni trg, pravi Amir Hujić.

BiH ne dosega dobrih poslovnih uspehov le v trgovinski menjavi s Slovenijo, temveč tudi z drugimi partnerji. V šestih mesecih je uvozila za 4,9 milijarde konvertibilnih mark blaga z le triodstotno rastjo, izvozila pa ga je za 2,4 milijarde konvertibilnih mark z 37,12-odstotno rastjo. Čeprav je s Hrvaško v sporu zaradi prevelikega uvoza mleka in mlečnih proizvodov ter mesa in mesnih izdelkov pa tudi zaradi izvoza bosanskega mleka, se je hrvaški izvoz, ki znaša 1,1 milijarde konvertibilnih mark, povečal za 8,5 odstotka, prodaja v obratni smeri pa znaša 453,2 milijona konvertibilnih mark, kar pomeni 19,32-odstotno rast. Zaradi podobnih sporov in ponovne uvedbe carin za mlečne in mesne izdelke se je uvoz iz Srbije in Črne gore, statistiki namreč ti dve državi še vedno spremljajo kot eno, zmanjšal za 3,3 odstotka oziroma znaša 525,9 milijona konvertibilnih mark. Prejšnja leta je dosegal uvoz iz njiju največji odstotek rasti in je po vrednosti trgovinske menjave presegal Slovenijo. Izvoz iz BiH v Srbijo in Črno goro se je povečal za 11 odstotkov in znaša 297,2 milijona konvertibilnih mark. Če pogledamo po entitetah, je zanimivo, da ima Federacija BiH s Srbijo in Črno goro, ki je po vrednosti na šestem mestu, pozitivno bilanco, medtem ko ima Republika srbska, katere prva poslovna partnerica je Srbija in Črna gora, velik primanjkljaj.

Zdravko Latal

Daily newspaper Delo

Verso

July 27th, 2006, 03:59 PM

An interesting article :D :D :D :D :D

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Merjenje mišic obeh predsednikov

Janez Drnovšek je dejal, da je Janez Janša, namesto da bi resno vzel opozorila, nanje odgovoril z žaljivimi napadi.

"No, ste videli? Če mački stopiš na rep, zajavka," :D :D :D je zapisal predsednik države na straneh Gibanja za pravičnost in razvoj. Ob tem je dodal, da bi moral predsednik vlade resno vzeti opozorila, da se dogajajo stvari, ki se ne bi smele. Treba je opozarjati na pomanjkljivosti v delovanju naše države in jih postopno odpravljati. Pa ne zato, ker bi bili proti kaki konkretni vladi, ampak zato, da bo naša država pravičnejšja in prijaznešja.

Opozoril je, da bo gibanje še naprej opozarjalo na nepravilnosti kljub takojšnjim ostrim napadom vlade in zasmehovanju provladnih časopisov.

Vlado bomo tudi pohvalili, če bo delala v korist državljanov. Trenutno pa se bolj ukvarja sama s sabo in utrjuje svojo oblast. Gospodarskih reform ni od nikoder, sosedska vprašanja ostajajo odprta. Medtem pa vlada veliko kadruje. "V gospodarstvu, v medijih, povsod. Izgleda, da je pomembna predvsem lojalnost vladi oz. stranki, ne pa kakovost ljudi."

Drnovšek je pozval k spremembam pri vladanju, ki bi bilo v korist vseh državljanov. Vsakdo se lahko spremeni na bolje, tudi vlada, je prepričan. Sam je pripravljen na sodelovanje na podlagi poštenosti in pravičnosti. Gibanje bo še naprej opozarjalo na slabosti in podprlo vse dobro, kar bo storila ta ali kakšna druga vlada, je še dodal.

MZZ odgovarja Drnovšku
Zunanje ministrstvo je odgovorilo na kritike predsednika države Drnovška, da ni ustrezno obveščen o zunanjepolitičnih dejavnostih vlade. Zapisali so, da je urad predsednika republike prejemal v povprečju po 9,4 poročila predstavništev Slovenije na dan. To pomeni, da je Drnovšek sproti obveščen tako rekoč o vsem, ne samo o najpomembnejših zunanjepolitičnih dejavnostih zunanjega ministrstva.

Predstavniki iz urada predsednika pa sodelujejo tudi v delovni skupini za usklajevanje zunanjepolitičnih dejavnosti in v strateškem svetu, ki se ukvarja z aktualnimi zunanjepolitičnimi vprašanji. MZZ pa je na udeležbo zunanjepolitičnega svetovalca predsednika republike naslovil tudi kritiko. Zapisali so, da je na seje strateškega sveta vedno vabljen tudi svetovalec, ki "se je žal udeležil le ustanovne seje 1. junija 2005. Ostalih osmih sestankov se ni udeležil, pri čemer praviloma ni opravičil svoje odsotnosti."

Prvi oster odziv Janše na Radiu Ognjišče
Znano je, da se v vrhu slovenske politike dogajajo trenja. Premier Janez Janša je v sredo za Radio Ognjišče dejal, da "če bi se vsak dan ukvarjal z vsemi zapisi Gibanja za pravičnost in razvoj, potem bi delal samo to. Predsednik države bo moral razčistiti, ali je predsednik Gibanja ali je predsednik vseh državljanov in se počasi začeti tako tudi obnašati." Odnose med vodilnimi politiki je najprej zaostril vljudnostni obisk princa Karadjordjevića v Sloveniji, kamor ga je povabil prav predsednik Drnovšek. Drnovšek je na Janševe očitke dejal, da so "odnosi lahko vedno dobri, da pa je treba povedati resnico. In to tudi, kadar ta ni v prid vladi."

Source: http://www.rtvslo.si/modload.php?&c_mod=rnews&op=sections&func=read&c_menu=1&c_id=115287

vid

July 27th, 2006, 06:49 PM

« »Ocena...AA,« »

They put the quotes backward. :P

Ljubljana City

July 27th, 2006, 07:18 PM

vid

July 27th, 2006, 09:02 PM

http://www.kiberpipa.org/~mathjazz/drnovsek.jpg

I honestly don't know what you guys see in him. According to *someone* Putin is way hotter.

edolen1

July 27th, 2006, 09:18 PM

I never thought of this, but a British friend of mine pointed out that Drnovšek always looks somewhat evil on pictures... And it's true too.. :runaway:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cymru/tramor/images/slofenia-arlywydd.jpg

And can anyone tell me why are both the PM and the President single? Do you know how much trouble that causes to the Protocol? :tongue2:

Oh, and in reaction to a previous post: GO JANŠA! :D :nocrook:

vid

July 27th, 2006, 09:49 PM

edolen1

July 27th, 2006, 10:15 PM

'And can anyone tell me why are both the PM and the President single? '

They're waiting until ssm is officially legal in slovenija, and then they're become the worlds first gay heads-of-state.

After, of course, Pierre Elliot Trudeau. But he didn't admit it.
Well, there is that gay civil union thing.. But you're right, cuz there's no next-of-kin status, Janša won't be able to become both PM and President when Drnovšek dies.. :D

Maybe that's why they didn't include it in the law.. :runaway:

Ljubljana City

July 27th, 2006, 10:43 PM

How do you manage to turn this kind of discussion into a gay thing? :runaway:

edolen1

July 27th, 2006, 10:45 PM

How do you manage to turn this kind of discussion into a gay thing? :runaway:
Beats bickering who's the greatest arse in mainstream Slovenian politics... :D

This way we stay friends.. :)

vid

July 27th, 2006, 10:46 PM

How do you manage to turn this kind of discussion into a gay thing? :runaway:

Drnovšek is gay. That's how.

Hey mat, remember last winter when I was Drnovšek for a week!? Good times!

He usus a pink font in msn and has very bad broken Slovenian. but he's a demon in the sack! :dirty:

edolen1

July 27th, 2006, 10:48 PM

Lol, that was hideous.. Still, it was funny..

But you make a terrible Drnovšek.. I think someone like Jelinčič would suit you better.. The only thing you'd need to do is develop a very bad case of Croatophobia.. :D

Ljubljana City

July 27th, 2006, 10:50 PM

You won't see a post from me here until any new economic news... :D

vid

July 27th, 2006, 10:50 PM

Hmm... the guy at the Hrvatska Catolicka Crkva does look at me funny when I walk by.. :P

And croat is a hilarious word!

edolen1

July 27th, 2006, 10:57 PM

You won't see a post from me here until any new economic news... :D
Where's that Q2 GDP growth when you need it? :D

Ljubljana City

July 28th, 2006, 02:12 PM

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Dogovor o podaljšanju steze

Letališče Portorož je, kot kaže, našlo rešitev za podaljšanje letališke steze, s katero se strinjajo vse sprte strani.

Stezo naj bi po novem podaljšali znotraj letališča in se s tem izognili poseganjuv krajinski park Sečovlje. Načrtom o podaljšanju steze na ministrstvu za okolje ne nasprotujejo. Sprejeto rešitev, ki predvideva 200 metrov daljšo stezo na obstoječem letališkem območju, celo podpirajo, saj je usklajena s smernicami razvoja krajinskega parka Sečoveljske soline.

O podaljšanju letališke steze v Sečovljah je bilo v preteklih letih veliko govora. Turistični delavci poseg podpirajo, naravovarstveniki na nasprotni strani svarijo in pozivajo k premišljenim dejanjem. Želje, da bi letališko stezo za 200 metrov podaljšali v območje krajinskega parka, kar bi omogočalo pristajanje večjih letal, so bile že v preteklosti, a so jih na pristojnih ministrstvih s planskimi dokumenti dokončno ovrgli.

Naslednji korak: dokumentacija
Takšna rešitev ne predvideva bistvene spremembe režima obratovanja letališča, s čimer se strinjajo tudi v krajinskem parku in podjetju Soline. Ovir za podaljšanje steze torej ni več, zato bodo kmalu pristopili k pripravi potrebne dokumentacije.

Source: TVS

edolen1

July 28th, 2006, 04:03 PM

Yaaay! Go Portorož! So the runway will be expanded from 1200 metres to 1400 metres.. Cool..

Ljubljana City

July 28th, 2006, 04:40 PM

Yp yp... Their goal is to allow at least 50-passenger jets to land on the airport.

bubach_hlubach

July 29th, 2006, 02:03 AM

Hmm... the guy at the Hrvatska Catolicka Crkva does look at me funny when I walk by.. :P

Hrvatska Katolicka Crkva doesn't exist, at least not that i know of ;)

And croat is a hilarious word!

So is your username which in Croatian means - eyesight :D ;)

Besides that, there is this famous saint called Vid also known as Saint Vitus, and many churches in Cro were named after him or....you, Vid :D

:cheers:

vid

July 29th, 2006, 02:09 PM

Hrvatska Katolicka Crkva doesn't exist, at least not that i know of ;)

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/754/24hrvatskakatolichkacrkva1ut.jpg
Hrvatska Katolička Crkva
479 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, Ontario
Canada P7B 2G8

Phone: 1.807.345.98.64 or 1.807.345.22.49

If it still doesn't exist, I'm superman. :)

So is your username which in Croatian means - eyesight :D ;)

Besides that, there is this famous saint called Vid also known as Saint Vitus, and many churches in Cro were named after him or....you, Vid :D

vid (no capitals) is short for Vidiomann, a name I chose for registering SimCity4. I found out about it being a word over there about a year ago. :P Very interesting, indeed. :yes:

LoKeY

July 29th, 2006, 02:15 PM

Yp yp... Their goal is to allow at least 50-passenger jets to land on the airport.

Yay great, even more noise when u're tryin to pay attention to the teachers :D

edolen1

July 29th, 2006, 03:40 PM

So is your username which in Croatian means - eyesight :D ;)

Besides that, there is this famous saint called Vid also known as Saint Vitus, and many churches in Cro were named after him or....you, Vid :D

:cheers:
Don't fret, we've already given him the drill a very long time ago.

bubach_hlubach

July 29th, 2006, 07:36 PM

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/754/24hrvatskakatolichkacrkva1ut.jpg
Hrvatska Katolička Crkva
479 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, Ontario
Canada P7B 2G8

Phone: 1.807.345.98.64 or 1.807.345.22.49

If it still doesn't exist, I'm superman. :)

That's the name of the building, or could be a restaurant too, huh? :D

What i meant was that officialy and institutionaly Croatian Catholic Church doesn't exist. Only Catholic church :)

:cheers:

OettingerCroat

July 29th, 2006, 08:17 PM

^^ right. its not like orthodoxy where theres russian, ukrainian, greek, macedonian, etc.

vid

July 29th, 2006, 10:52 PM

That's the name of the building, or could be a restaurant too, huh? :D

What i meant was that officialy and institutionaly Croatian Catholic Church doesn't exist. Only Catholic church :)

:cheers:

I'm not religious, I wouldn't know. :P

It is a church. I gave you the phone number. If you want to debate it's existance, be my guest. :)

edolen1

July 29th, 2006, 11:55 PM

Give them a call, Bubach.. I'm sure the priest would love to explain to you why it's called Croatian..

vid

July 30th, 2006, 12:03 AM

Yeah, and hurry. It's already 18h here! :D

bubach_hlubach

July 30th, 2006, 03:02 AM

Yeah, and hurry. It's already 18h here! :D

Nah, churches don't have specific working hours, however it wouldnt hurt some folks here to give them a call before it gets too late ;)

:cheers:

vid

July 30th, 2006, 03:10 AM

It's 21h now.

The second phone number is the rectory, I think that has longer hours. You can also mail them. They don't have a website though. Only the big churches have websites.

Ljubljana City

August 2nd, 2006, 05:51 PM

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Iskra Avtoelektrika Signs EUR 120m Deal with Deutz

Iskra Avtoelektrika, a maker of electrical components for the car industry, on Thursday signed a five-year EUR 120m deal with German diesel engine manufacturer Deutz for the supply of starter motors and alternators.

The contract with the distinguished maker of diesel motors is crucial for Iskra Avtoelektrika, as the company will increase its global market share and up revenues by 10%, Iskra Avtoelektrika chief executive Ales Nemec told the press on Thursday.

Deutz board member Alexander Matuschka Greiffenclau said that this was the first big contract with a supplier outside of Western Europe.

Iskra Avtoelektrika, which has been a supplier for Deutz since 2001, will initially deliver 200,000 starter motors and alternators a year, with the figure expected to rise to 300,000 eventually.

Nemec said that the company wants to be the sole supplier of starter motors and alternators for Deutz by 2008.

edolen1

August 2nd, 2006, 09:46 PM

This is the Iskra from Šempeter, right? I always get those Iskras mixed up..

Ljubljana City

August 2nd, 2006, 10:05 PM

This is the Iskra from Šempeter, right? I always get those Iskras mixed up..

Yp, Šempeter pri Gorici...

vid

August 2nd, 2006, 11:17 PM

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edolen1

August 4th, 2006, 05:28 PM

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Adria Airways v prvih sedmih mesecih prepeljala več kot pol milijona potnikov

Ljubljana, 03.08.2006 – V Adrii Airways so v prvih sedmih mesecih letošnjega leta prepeljali preko 570.000 potnikov. V rednem prometu je v tem obdobju potovalo za 16 odstotkov več potnikov kot v enakem obdobju lani. Prav tako so za devet odstotkov povečali število letov in za devet odstotkov izboljšali odstotek zasedenosti kabine.

V mesecu juliju je Adria Airways prepeljala 129.000 potnikov. Število letov so povečali za devet odstotkov, zasedenost kabine pa so v primerjavi z enakim obdobjem lani povečali za 5 odstotkov. V rednem prometu, kjer ima Adria okoli dvesto rednih tedenskih poletov v dvajset evropskih mest, je v juliju potovalo 20 odstotkov več potnikov kot v enakem obdobju lani.

»Na rast prometa ugodno vpliva tudi uvedba štirih novih letalskih povezav - v Barcelono, Rim, Tirano in Birmingham, med katerimi je še posebej uspešna linija v Barcelono,« je dosežene rezultate v prvih sedmih mesecih komentiral predsednik uprave, mag. Tadej Tufek.

Vir: Adria Airways (http://www.adria.si/sl/aboutAdriaAirways.cp2?uid=E6EB3B4C-2F11-18A8-1941-143656A39562&linkid=pressCenter&cid=B57704DC-05C5-9350-5CCE-22ED8AF1FCC0)

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Adria Airways transported more than half a million passengers in first seven months

Ljubljana, August 3, 2006 - Adria Airways transported 570,000 passengers on scheduled routes in the first seven months of 2006, a 16% increase over 2005. The company also increased the number of flights by 9% and cabin occupation by 9% as well.

In July alone, Adria Airways transported 129,000 passengers. The number of flights increased by 9%, while cabin occupation grew by 5% compared to July 2005. On scheduled routes, where Adria has around 200 regular weekly flights to 20 European cities, the number of passengers increased by 20% percent compared to July 2005.

Tadej Tufek, chairman of the board, commented the results: "The increase in traffic was also aided by introducing four new routes - to Barcelona, Rome, Tirana and Birmingham, of which the line to Barcelona is especially successful."

Source: Adria Airways (http://www.adria.si/sl/aboutAdriaAirways.cp2?uid=E6EB3B4C-2F11-18A8-1941-143656A39562&linkid=pressCenter&cid=B57704DC-05C5-9350-5CCE-22ED8AF1FCC0)