News

27 november 2014

Insurers Aviva and Friends Life have agreed terms for a possible all-share merger, with Aviva offering Friends shareholders a 15% premium for a 26% share in the merged entity.

26 november 2014

A two-day nuclear safety exercise will get under way in Ljubljana and Krško Wednesday acting out a scenario in the event of nuclear fallout from the Krško Nuclear Power Plant. The last such exercise was carried out in 2008.

26 november 2014

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is set to present his investment strategy to the European Parliament on Wednesday.

25 november 2014

German President Joachin Gauck will arrive for a two-day visit to Slovenia on Tuesday to meet senior state officials, including President Borut Pahor, Prime Minister Miro Cerar and Speaker Milan Brglez. A strong business delegation is accompanying Gauck.

25 november 2014

Gunshots rang out and bottles and rocks were thrown as protester violence erupted onto the streets of Ferguson, Missouri.

24 november 2014

Slovenia is celebrating Rudolf Maister Day on Sunday, the day 96 year ago when this general took control of Maribor at the end of WWI and in effect secured what later became Slovenia's northern border.

24 november 2014

Volkswagen has announced it is to invest €85 bn in its operations over the next five years.

21 november 2014

The National Assembly appointed Alenka Smerkolj minister without portfolio for development, strategic projects and cohesion in a 53:19 vote on Wednesday. She was backed by coalition MPs, while the opposition Democrats (SDS) and the United Left (ZL) voted against. The Alliance of Alenka Bratušek (ZaAB) abstained.