Ljubljana, Slovenia News

LEAVE the highway from Ljubljana and wend your way west through the lush, vineyard-dotted region of southwestern Slovenia known as the Karst, and eventually you will come upon the tiny village of Tomaj and the flower-fringed courtyard of the Skerlj family farm.

By Lisa Chapman The director of Vienna's world-famous Albertina Museum has said the lack of damage to precious works of art at the museum after thousands of litres of water leaked into a storage room is "proof of God's existence." Klaus Albrecht Schroder said a simple metal plate on the roof of the storage area had stopped 2,100 litres of water ...

By David Rogers Graz real-estate developer Supernova Holding bosses have said they are confident of the success of a new project in Slovenia despite the recession.

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HURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2009 Open letter of support to the demonstrators in Iran! This morning Ayatollah Ali Khamenei demanded an end to the massive and forceful demonstrations protesting the controversial result of last week's election.

Ljubljana has delivered an angry protest note to Zagreb after Croatian fighter planes encroached on Slovenian airspace eight days ago.

Eight masked individuals attacked participators of a gay and lesbian literature night and assaulted journalist and gay activist Mitja Blaziae.

Milton Glaser's Seeing Things is an exhibition of his drawings, watercolors, prints, giclA©es, and sketchbooks, and a collection of arts-related posters, all created over a span of 50 years.

Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Regional Development Mladjan Dinkic and Slovenian Minister of Economy Matej Lahovnik said today in Ljubljana that Slovenian firms have invested EUR 1.7 bn in Serbia up until now and are interested in making new investments.

Slovenian architecture firm Ofis just completed their competition-winning farewell chapel in Krasnja, near Ljubljana, Slovenia.

The Slovenian Health Ministry has confirmed the country's first case of swine flu in a young woman who recently visited New York.

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Belgrade Ljubljana Convicted war criminals in the Hague could serve their sentences out in Slovenia.

At a meeting in Paris on 12 June 2009, the Jury of World Book Capital, a jury which includes IPA, IBF, IFLA and UNESCO, appointed Buenos Aires as World Book Capital 2011 for the quality and variety of its application file, widely and enthusiastically supported by all players involved in the book industry .

Bloomberg LJUBLJANA, Slovenia -- The Slovenian government said it will not sell its stake in Petrol Group to Gazprom after the gas giant's CEO, Alexei Miller, said he received a proposal to buy into the fuel retailer.

Women speak to a wheelchair-bound boy as he rests in the garden of the Institute for Rehabilitation in Ljubljana yesterday.

Hungary will delegate 22 members to the 736-member European Parliament. EPA/NOEMI BRUZAK HUNGARY OUT Published: 38 minutes ago Provided by: fOTOGLIF epa01754156 President of the European Parliament, Germany's Hans-Gert Poettering of the conservative Christian Democratic Union holds a ballot in a polling station in Bad Iburg, 07 June 20009.

A woman gets help from the polling station's chairman to cast her vote for the European election, in Vilvoorde, Belgium, Sunday June 7, 2009.

Atlanta-based UPS has acquired a unit of Intereuropa Globalni Logisticni Servis that has been acting as its agent for small package delivery in Slovenia since 1991.

On Castle Hill, a 15th-century fortress, accessible by steep footpaths and a modern funicular, overlook Ljubljana, Slovenia, which has been part of no fewer than 10 nations since 1800.