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The inspectors of the Slovenian Motorway company (DARS) will from now own increase supervision over the use of vignettes during a longer period of time and on certain sections of the motorway system. They also plan to take several actions in cooperation with the police.

DARS decided to take this step because regular supervision demonstrated that a great number of Slovenian drives have been using highways and motorways without a valid vignette. Inspectors of the Slovenian Motorway Company and other authorises bodies (the police, custom officers, the Transport Inspectorate) can issue a fine starting from EUR 300 for driving with an invalid or without a vignette. It is worth adding that 18,862 payment orders have been issued from January 1st 2008 to February 8th 2009.
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Today a container vessel of the French CMA-CGM line, which provides a regular service between the Adriatic and the Far East, arrived alongside berth 7c on the extension of Pier I, and unloaded and loaded a total of 2,252 TEUs. This is an important event for Luka Koper d.d due to the fact that it is the first vessel to use the recently completed final 96 metres of new quayside. Slovenia's Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning decided to allow the test operation of this facility earlier this month, thus denoting the formal completion of the final phase of an investment project which has seen Pier I extended by 146 metres. The Ministry is expected to issue a permanent operating permit for the new facility following a six-month probationary period. The first 50-metre-long portion of new quayside was commissioned last December.

Although the new quayside area is already in use, Pier I is not - as yet - fully completed. Two new post-panamax cranes will be installed in early June, and two more will be arriving in October. Further to this, the reclamation of the hinterland areas - i.e. the in-filling of the adjacent lagoons - is now underway, and will provide nearly 16,000 m2 of additional storage area for containers.

The extension of Pier I is of strategic importance for Luka Koper, and provides the port with an additional competitive advantage. The new post-panamax cranes will be able to service vessels with 8,000-container capacities. The containerisation of maritime cargo has increased dramatically over recent years, a fact which is also corroborated by January's throughput performance. Despite the economic crisis, the company handled 27,651 TEUs, a volume comparable to January 2008. Overall, 1,500,484 tonnes of cargo passed through the Port of Koper in January, which is 10% ahead of the same period last year, and further proof - if such were necessary - that it is very difficult to accurately anticipate future levels of maritime trade.

This said, however, the economic crisis has impacted the operations of both shipping companies and port operators, Luka Koper included. There has been a considerable - and according to current market conditions inevitable - downturn in the number of new vehicles being shipped through the port, 63% less than in January 2008. A decrease was also recorded in dry bulk cargos. On the other hand, there was a substantial increase in fuels throughput, in particular bulk and liquid cargos. Further to which silo bulks and perishable goods at the Fruit Terminal were also up, which is of considerable significance and importance to Luka Koper's business operations.]]> 1234533167 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:52:47 +0100 http://www.ankaran.org/freetime.php?subaction=showfull&id=1234533133&archive=
The Managing Board of Intereuropa d.d. received on Friday, 13 February 2009, the request for convocation of a General Meeting from the shareholders Kapitalska druzba ('KAD') and Slovenska odskodninska dru�¾ba ('SOD') in order to appoint a special auditor to conduct an audit on corporate governance with respect to certain operations of the Company. In accordance with the law, the Managing Board of Intereuropa d.d. will call the General Meeting to appoint the auditor in the shortest time possible.

Since its appointment in 2006, the Managing Board has been acting in compliance with the law and business practices, as well as in the interest of the shareholders of Intereuropa d.d. The request for extraordinary audit is a legitimate right appertaining to shareholders, the press release states.]]> 1234533133 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:52:13 +0100 http://www.ankaran.org/freetime.php?subaction=showfull&id=1226659751&archive=
Therefore, a total of 1.5 million motorway stickers for personal vehicles and 80,000 motorway stickers for motorcycles will be available on sale in a few days. These vignettes, valid from December 1st 2008 to January 21st 2010, will be delivered to warehouses of authorised vendors.

It is worth remembering that an annual vignette for personal vehicles costs EUR 55 and EUR 27.5 for motorcycles; the price of semi-annual vignette stands at EUR 35 for personal vehicles and EUR 17.5 for motorcycles.
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Casino Portoroz, which has been in the process of forced debt settling since May, posted EUR 8.16 million in profit in the first six months of this year, largely due to the forced debt settling, announced the company.

The members of the Supervisory Board also got acquainted with the recapitalization of the company, completed in October, which increased the basic capital of the Casino by EUR 35 million. The new shares were subscribed for by the state-owned funds Sod and Kad, and the company Kraski zidar.

The management of the Casino, at the helm of the company since February last, began reorganization at the beginning of its term. After long negotiations with the Unions, the management managed to reach a compromise in the labour dispute.
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Fifty three companies which reported positive trends in the number of employees and revenues made it to the last round. For example, BSH invested EUR 7 million in production facilities last year, Carrera EUR 4.7 million to increase production capacities, while GKN increased the numbers of employees by 6.7 percent.
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On Thursday, the representatives of the outgoing and the future government and Bank of Slovenia agreed to limit the validity period of the amendment to the Public Finance Act to two years and authorize Slovenian Export and Development Bank for its implementation. According to the new agreement, all the measures will reach a maximum value of EUR 8 billion and be effective until December 31st 2010.

The new Government will also change the heads of the Slovenian Export and Development Bank; therefore the Supervisory Board will no longer include ministers but banking experts with supervisor license. The amendments to the Banking and Public Finances Acts will be discussed by the Parliamentary Committee on Finance on Monday.
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Jansa also estimates that the necessary majority is not jeopardizes and that there is no chance that a coalition of four left-leaning parties will not be able to function in the National Assembly, regardless of the negotiations on the division of ministerial seats. He then added that they too had problems with DeSUS due to the ideological orientation of its members.
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The Prime Minister and his guest then reached a joint conclusion that the reaction of the international community has to be swift and coordinated, and affirmed that that the EU had to stand united in tackling the effects of the crisis.

Kaczynski also met with the Slovenian President Danilo Turk and the Parliament speaker Pavel Gantar, only to once again confirm that the bilateral relations were wonderfully developing in all areas.
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The Management Board will, however, express its opinion regarding the published intent to sell almost half of the ownership stake in the company Mercator, d.d. to a strategic investor - another retailer. The Management believes that such ownership change would result in considerable impact to the business operations of the Mercator Group. According to the relevant Slovenian legislation the trading company gaining such amount of ownership stake would inevitably have to carry out the takeover of the company by which it would most probably become the major shareholder and owner of the company. Mercator would then become a dependent associated part of another corporate retail chain which would in turn produce substantial consequences related to strategic policy and business operations of the Mercator Group.

The opinion of the Management is that the Mercator Group, as the largest retailer in the region and the largest Slovenian company, is capable of independent development and realization of its business vision and adopted strategic policies and guidelines.

Competitive advantage of the Mercator Group is based on the comprehensive knowledge of the customers and markets in the region, high quality of retail services, competent associates, widespread and varied network of retail outlets, partnership relations with local manufacturers, and strong financial potential.

Capability of pursuing independent future development is substantiated by the following strategic guidelines and business references:

* The Mercator Group with its extensive and diverse retail network provides high quality range of products at affordable prices to its customers. This is confirmed by over 17 million customer calls each month in over 1,200 Mercator shops in the region. The number of customers loyal to Mercator also grows each year, since the number of Mercator Pika loyalty card owners has already exceeded 1.2 million.
* In the last three years the Mercator Group has become leading retail chain in the entire SE Europe which only indicates its international competitive advantages. The revenues of the Group recorded 50% increase in the last three years, reaching the anticipated 2.6 billion EUR at the end of this year. In the year 2005 Mercator recorded merely 16% of revenues outside Slovenia, while this year the forecasts indicate one third of total revenues to be realized abroad. In this period, in addition to maintaining the leading market position in Slovenia the Mercator Group had captured substantial market positions on foreign markets. Namely it has become the second largest retailer both in Serbia and in Croatia, at the same time strengthening its market position in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and entering the market of Montenegro, while planning to make a fresh entry to the market of Bulgaria during the following year.
* The Mercator Group has become one of the largest employers in the region and the largest employer in Slovenia. The Mercator Group today employs more than 21 thousand people, of which over 13 thousand in Slovenia. Providing social security of its associates is an important objective of the Mercator Group, honoring the commitments stipulated in standard workers' contracts and other relevant legislation. Average gross salaries of Mercator employees are approximately 12% higher than the basic figures determined by the standard workers' contract for the branch, which indicates a responsible behavior of the company towards its associates. In addition, the company offers its associates numerous other benefits, ranging from the extensive choice of training and education, use of company holiday resorts, to additional retirement and medical coverage. The company is also currently in process of implementing the system of employee participation in profit, adopted by the shareholders upon the proposal by the company Management and the Supervisory Board at the last meeting of the Assembly.
* Considerable segment of Mercator strategy includes partnership with local food processing industry. In Slovenia, around 70% of Mercator retail shelves is occupied by Slovenian products, and Slovenian suppliers are assisted to access the markets of West Balkan region via Mercator. In Slovenia, Mercator Group cooperates with over 2,000 suppliers, following the long lasting general strategy of the company to collaborate with local manufacturers on all active markets. Mercator assumes that around 30 thousand Slovenian families are economically involved with the company through some form of business collaboration.
* In terms of development and investment activities the Mercator Group is one of the most ambitious companies in the region. In the last three year period the Mercator Group carried out over 750 million EUR worth of investments, including both strategic alliances with other retailers, and intensive development of own retail network. Large extent of investments is the consequence of numerous development opportunities the company had undertaken, as well as its powerful financial position based upon high potential of creating monetary flows, and upon solid capital structure.
* The Mercator Group is well aware of its social accountability and responsibility to and natural environment. On all its active markets Mercator supports numerous humanitarian, cultural, sport, scientific, and other activities of wider social importance. Within these activities in the year 2008 Mercator intends to support financially over 1,800 organizations and projects, while at the level of the Group the number is even higher.

Based on the assumption of further independent development in the region of SE Europe the Management Board has adopted strategic guidelines and midterm business plan of the Mercator Group for the period 2008-2012, approved by the Supervisory Board of the company.

Therefore, the Management Board of the company encourages positive changes in ownership structure which from the aspect of business interest of the company may provide the possibility of steady long term accomplishment of adopted strategic and development guidelines of the Mercator Group as an independent leading corporate retailer in the region of South-East Europe.]]> 1225894617 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:16:57 +0100 http://www.ankaran.org/freetime.php?subaction=showfull&id=1225894527&archive=
In the category of small companies the golden award was awarded to Gambit Trade, the silver to DataLab, and the bronze to the GBD Gorenjsko burzovno-posrednicko poduzece. In the category of big companies the awards were received by Prevent Global, Trimo, and Merkur Group. The best e-solution for small companies is Pantheon from DataLab. The best e-solution for big companies is TrimoDesigner from Trimo.
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Inflation will reach 6.2 percent this year but will drop to 3.7 percent i.e. 3 percent in the next two years. Slovenia�€™s economic growth is the second highest in the euro area, right after Slovakia. The main stimulator for Slovenian economy is domestic demand.

This year has been marked by significant gross investments into assets, which reported a 12.6 percent increase on an annual level, and in construction, which reported a slowdown in the second quarter of the year. Private consumption growth declined due to high inflation, as did export growth.
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Two months prior to year's end, Luka Koper has already accomplished almost 90 percent of its predicted results for 2008. It seems likely that this positive trend will continue over the coming months, thus the company anticipates handling over 16 million tonnes of cargo over the year. These record volumes do not infer that the provision of port and logistics services are immune to global financial crises, but rather that their impact - according to analysts' predictions - is only expected to influence business next year.

This said, however, due to the geo-strategic position of the Port of Koper, the company anticipates that the effects of any impending recession will be greatly mitigated due the increasing gravitation of the markets of Central and Eastern Europe towards Luka Koper in the fulfilment of their overseas trade needs.]]> 1225837492 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:24:52 +0100 http://www.ankaran.org/freetime.php?subaction=showfull&id=1225574489&archive=
Farmers who turned over their pigs and cattle to slaughterhouses and to those who retained female lambs for breeding, which were marked and registered after July 31st 2008, will also receive subsidies. Subsidies for agricultural and livestock production, and for alternative or rare products, are currently being paid.

Agricultural workers will also receive subsidies for the implementation of standards of quality and food safety, for special measures in agriculture, organic production, and rural development. This year a total of 80,000 agricultural producers will be paid subsidies.
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Employee salaries reached 82.6 percent (EUR 1,542) of all cost of labour, followed by employer social contributions (EUR 263), taxes (EUR 50), educational costs (EUR 8), and other costs (EUR 7). Due to last year�€™s lower tax rates, income tax dropped to 2.7 percent from 3.3 percent reported in 2006.
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Slovenian household savings ratio stood at 16.3 percent in August, reports the National Statistical Office. In comparison to 2002, when household savings ratio was the highest ever, the value of savings deposits dropped one percentage point, but did manage to exceed the average household savings ratio in the euro area, which stood at 13.8 percent.

In the last several months, the value of long-term deposits increased the most and posted a 27.2 percent inter-annual growth rate. It is worth mentioning that domestic banks are growing more and more dependent on citizen savings due to the severe situation in the world banking sector, clarifies the Macroeconomic Analysis and Development Office.
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By the end of the year, DARS expects to generate additional EUR 25 million from road tolls for freight vehicles and EUR 2.9 million from the sale of approximately 100,000 vignettes. DARS also plans to conclude the business year 2008 with EUR 204.6 million in net revenues from road tolls.
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The majority of CEO�¿½�¬�¢s expects to be forced to reduce prices and lay off employees. The sub-indexes of unstable economic circumstances and export demand reveal the factors which exert such a negative impact on Slovenian industry.
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The American market is very significant to our company despite recession. Furthermore, the dollar is getting stronger every day, which will surely have positive impacts, explains Pergar. By purchasing Kollander, which employs nine employees and posts EUR 5.5 million in revenues, we have acquired a famous brand and gained reputation in Cleveland and its surroundings, concludes the CEO.

Kompas also plans a series of takeovers which all depend on the recapitalization of its owner, Adriatica.net Group.
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Calculations form Eelectro Primorska show that the final price will increase by EUR 1 at the most for more than one half of consumers, it will remain unchanged for 38 percent of them, wile four percent, with lowest consumption, will in fact pay less than before.
(www.finance.si)]]> 1225360498 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:54:58 +0100 http://www.ankaran.org/freetime.php?subaction=showfull&id=1219265035&archive= Day event: 23.8.2008
Prices: till 24h: 6 EUR // after 24h: 9 EUR

MAIN DJ's:

MARKO MILOSAVLJEVIC
Recon warriors, traffica
http://www.myspace.com/markomilosavljevic

F.SONIK
Jesus Loved You
http://www.myspace.com/fsonik

ALESSIO
Infetique, SDJF
http://www.myspace.com/djalessi0

PRIVEE DJ's:

BOLTZMANN
HomeMade Rec., SDJF
http://www.myspace.com/djboltzmann

DJ JAKA
Sharkastique Tunes, Futuristing Music
http://www.myspace.com/djjaka

SOULPROJECT
Biohazardmusic
http://www.myspace.com/djsoulproject

SHOWS
Laser Show
Lea Pearcing
Hot Dancers
Hostess
Hair Show
by Hairpassion]]> 1219265035 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:43:55 +0200 http://www.ankaran.org/freetime.php?subaction=showfull&id=1214588343&archive= Event ends : 15.8.2008
Place of event : The cloister of the Convent of St. francis in Piran
Piran Musical Evenings 2008
International Festival of Chamber Music

From 4 July till 15 August
Every Friday at 9pm
The cloister of the Convent of St. Francis in Piran

The sun is slowly setting over the sea and the night is coming when it is time for music in a magical atmosphere of the convent cloister. It is accompanied by bird-singing and stars in the sky which have inspired musicians to return to this place for the last 30 years in order to organise Piran Musical Evenings.

Avditorij Portoroz
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Event starts : 1.7.2008
Event ends : 6.7.2008
Place of event : Izola, Koper

International handball festival.
Years of tradition : 15

Organiser :
Eurofest, d.o.o., Izola]]> 1214587964 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:32:44 +0200 http://www.ankaran.org/freetime.php?subaction=showfull&id=1214587783&archive= We would like to inform you that subscriptions to be the admin of this webpage are open. Everyone who would like to participate in this project is invited to contact us. We need people just like you to take care about this page and to be up-to-date for all our readers.

We are also preparing to install a new webased login form (for news & forum) including a special photo gallery.

For contacts, please use this email:

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Event starts : 3.7.2008
Event ends : 6.7.2008
Place of event : Piran, Portoroz

The goal of the international folklore festival for Mediterranean countries is clear: to unite folklore groups who showcase folk dances, music and singing at their performances in venues by the sea. The cultural diversity is great, and such has lately also been the selection of performance locations. Slovenian Piran, Portoroz, Izola and Koper have been joined by Umag and Trieste. More than 200 participants are to gather at the festival, which builds friendship among Mediterranean countries via dance and musical rhythms.

Organiser :
Folklorno drustvo Val Piran
Prvomajski trg 2
6330 Piran
Phone: ++386 5 671 00 90,
Phone: ++386 673 45 74
e-mail: info@drustvo-val.si
www.drustvo-val.si]]> 1214587764 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:29:24 +0200 http://www.ankaran.org/freetime.php?subaction=showfull&id=1214587737&archive= Archaism and Historical Value in Old Egyptian Art
04 Mar 2008 - 20 Jul 2008
Cankarjev dom (cultural and congress centre), Presernova 10, Galerija CD / CD Galllery

The Pharaonic Renaissance was the period in Egyptian history from the early 7th to the mid-6th centuries BC, when the 25th and 26th Dynasties were in power. It followed a period of the New Kingdom's political and economic crisis. Its flourishing culture found expression in increased appreciation of the past and recognition of the cultural identity of Egyptian civilisation on the one hand and the use of new forms of expression on the other.

The Pharaonic Renaissance anticipated, in many aspects, the thoughts and beliefs passed on to the traditions of the present Europe by the culture of classical antiquity.
The Pharaonic Renaissance exhibition, curated by the Italian Egyptologist Francesco Tiradritti PhD, includes items borrowed from the British Museum in London, the Louvre Museum in Paris, the Egyptian Museums in Berlin and Munich, and several Italian, Austrian, Hungarian and Croatian museums and collections.

More information:
Ljubljana Tourist Information Centre - TIC
Address: Adamič-Lundrovo nabrezje 2, 1000 Ljubljana
Phone: +386 (0)1 306 12 15]]> 1214587737 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:28:57 +0200 http://www.ankaran.org/freetime.php?subaction=showfull&id=1214587693&archive=
Geographically, the fair covers the whole of Slovenia, however numerous Croatian and Italian companies are also presented, as well as the so called Alpe Adria region. The fair is not limited to specific products and thus includes all market niches of the economy. Within the framework of the fair a variety of other events also take place, such as the fair of used water craft and tasting of Histrian culinary delights.
Additional description : Information:
Matjaz Turk, +386 (0)5 626 - 11 - 66

Administrator :
Turisticno informativni center Koper
Phone : ++386 5 664 62 17
tic@koper.si]]> 1214587693 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:28:13 +0200 http://www.ankaran.org/freetime.php?subaction=showfull&id=1214587669&archive= Additional description : Information: Rodica Marinko, +386 (0)5 655 - 00 - 70, Kovačič Vilma, +386 (0)5 627 - 56 - 90

Administrator :
Turisticno informativni center Koper
Phone : ++386 5 664 62 17
tic@koper.si]]> 1214587669 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:27:49 +0200 http://www.ankaran.org/freetime.php?subaction=showfull&id=1214587644&archive= Event ends : 31.7.2008
Place of event : Koper

The Primorska summer festival celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. Above all it includes theatre and dance performances, while its speciality is that they are held in the open air, in natural venues in coastal places, in the ambience of old town cores, markets and streets from which it is sought to draw attention to the special value of cultural heritage and to which the performances give a special summer pulse. The festival is a producer of new theatrical performances and production premieres as well as at the same time a host of performances from Slovenia and abroad. We work in summer when outdoor events are lent good weather and simultaneously we would like to enrich the tourist offer with high-quality events.

Administrator :
Turisticno informativni center Koper
Phone : ++386 5 664 62 17
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