Slovenia News

BERLIN - Braving subzero temperatures, hundreds of thousands of Europeans across the continent were to take to the streets Saturday, protesting an international trade agreement many say will overrule democratic institutions, jeopardize civil liberties and stifle technological innovation.

The parliament of Slovenia on Friday confirmed the 12-member cabinet of centre-right Prime Minister Janez Jansa tasked with enforcing budget cuts, boosting the economy and rescuing the country's credit ratings.

The one-notch downgrade of Slovenia does not reduce the likelihood of extraordinary government support we see for Slovenia-based Nova Kreditna Banka Maribor .

Little Slovenia is the least visited and most underrated of Europe's alpine countries.

Standard & Poor's lowered its sovereign credit ratings on the Republic of Slovenia to 'A+/A-1' from 'AA-/A-1+' on Jan.

The Green Building Group , an H.I.G. Europe portfolio company headquartered in Graz, Austria, has acquired a majority stake in Lumar , a Slovenian manufacturer of prefabricated houses.

Online hackers' group Anonymous blocked temporarily the website of Slovenia's largest bank NLB, while thousands protested in Ljubljana against an anti-piracy pact.

As awareness of ACTA spreads protests are being organized across Europe, in the hope of stopping a treaty that threatens Internet freedom and is seen as more dangerous than SOPA.

Tarja Turunen was interviewed by MMC RTV when the former NIGHTWISH singer performed at Kino Siska in Ljubljana Slovenia on January 22.

The position of artistic director at Pro Coro Canada was finally announced Friday night, and the winner is: Michael Zaugg .

The Q112 Slovenia Retail report forecasts that the countrys retail sales will grow from a projected EUR17.01bn in 2011 to EUR20.59bn by 2015, an increase of nearly 21% in local currency terms.

Slovenian banks took almost 1 billion euros in additional funds from the European Central Bank in December but will hold onto the funds to deal with obligations this year, keeping business and consumers starved of credit, a government report said on Friday.

The owner of Adria Airways Tehnika has announced that the aircraft maintenance company is in serious trouble following the bankruptcy of Spanair, its second largest client.

Yesterday, we wrote about the Slovenian ambassador to Japan, Helena Drnovsek Zorko, apologizing for signing ACTA last week in Japan.

Savatech d.o.o. is engaged in manufacturing of rubber compounds and industrial rubber products.

SunGard's Valdi Market Access Service helps exchange members and their direct market access clients access and trade on global exchanges from any Valdi workstation or FIX application.

Pritina has finished 2011 as the third busiest airport in the former Yugoslavia, for the first time since it opened its doors in 1965.

They say if it ain't Baroque , don't fix it, but this historic Baroque apartment building in the center of Ljubljana, Slovenia needed a major overhaul to transform it into a modern apartment building.

On Monday, January 30 and Tuesday, January 31, EUSA sports working meeting took place in the EUSA Office in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

A bourse filing showed the financial plan approved by NKBM's supervisory board on Friday projected non-consolidated interest income of about EUR210.6m this year, with net interest income seen at around EUR100.6m as interest expenses are forecast to total approximately EUR109.9m. The bank expects net profit of EUR9m for the year.