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News Archive - August 2012

Romney pledges 12 million new jobs as he accepts US presidential

31. 08. 2012
Romney pledges 12 million new jobs as he accepts US presidential
US presidential candidate Mitt Romney has formally accepted the Republican party’s nomination to challenge Barack Obama for the White House.
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Statistics Office to Release GDP Data for Q2

31. 08. 2012
Statistics Office to Release GDP Data for Q2
The Statistics Office will release figures on Slovenia's economic output in the second quarter of the year. According to season and working days adjusted data, the country's GDP grew by 0.2% in the first quarter on the quarter before, but contracted by 0.8% year-on-year.
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Mitt is the man for the White House, Romney’s wife tells US

30. 08. 2012
Mitt is the man for the White House, Romney’s wife tells US
"This is the man America needs." So says Ann Romney, describing her husband Mitt to a rapturous Republican National Convention in Florida.
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Pivovarna Laško Shareholders Reject Capital Hike Again

30. 08. 2012
Pivovarna Laško Shareholders Reject Capital Hike Again
Shareholders of the Laško-based brewer Pivovarna Laško rejected on Wednesday a EUR 36.5m capital injection in what is a second rejection of a recapitalisation this year. Out of the 85.47% of capital present at the meeting, 74.6% voted against.
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Syria's Assad says military 'needs time to win battle'

29. 08. 2012
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said the government needs more time to "win the battle" against rebel forces.
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Laško Shareholders Meet over Recapitalisation

29. 08. 2012
Laško Shareholders Meet over Recapitalisation
Shareholders of the Laško-based brewer Pivovarna Laško are meeting on Wednesday to decide about an EUR 36.5m capital injection and on offsetting the EUR 15.5m in net loss for 2011.
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Syria government confirms army helicopter crash

27. 08. 2012
Syria government confirms army helicopter crash
Syrian rebels claim to have shot down an army helicopter during fighting in a suburb of Damascus.
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Ban Imposed on Hot Air Balloon Flights

27. 08. 2012
Ban Imposed on Hot Air Balloon Flights
Following Thursday's hot air balloon accident near Ljubljana in which four people were killed and 28 injured, all commercial hot air balloon flights are now cancelled until further notice.
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Syria: Cameron adds his voice to chemical weapons warning

23. 08. 2012
Syria: Cameron adds his voice to chemical weapons warning
British Prime Minister David Cameron has joined President Barack Obama in warning Syria the use of chemical weapons would trigger a re-think in their approach.
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Days of Poetry and Wine Begin in Ptuj

23. 08. 2012
Days of Poetry and Wine Begin in Ptuj
The 16th festival Days of Poetry and Wine will get under way in the town of Ptuj (E) on Wednesday, bringing four days of poetry, debates, music, theatre, exhibitions and wine tasting.
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Samaras to call for more time to meet bailout conditions

22. 08. 2012
Samaras to call for more time to meet bailout conditions
Greece’s Prime Minister Antonis Samaras meets with the Eurogroup chief today when he’s expected to ask for more time to ram through unpopular reforms required by the last multi-euro bailout deal.
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Bovec Cheese Gets Special EU Status

22. 08. 2012
Bovec Cheese Gets Special EU Status
Bovški sir (Bovec cheese) is the fourteenth Slovenian food product registered by the EU. The European Commission has entered it in the register of protected designations of origin in the latest edition of the Official Journal of the EU.
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Fatal blast in Turkish city near Syrian border

21. 08. 2012
Fatal blast in Turkish city near Syrian border
At least eight people are reported killed and sixty wounded in a car bomb attack in southeastern Turkey, not far from the Syrian border.
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Krško N-Plant at Full Power Despite Low Water Levels

21. 08. 2012
Krško N-Plant at Full Power Despite Low Water Levels
Slovenia's Krško nuclear power plant (NEK) continues to operate at full power despite low water levels in the River Sava, which provides cooling for its generators. The Environment Agency has issued a temporary permit allowing the plant to return cooling water to the river at a slightly higher temperature.
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Bo Xilai scandal: Gu Kailai jailed over Heywood murder

20. 08. 2012
Bo Xilai scandal: Gu Kailai jailed over Heywood murder
The wife of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai has been given a suspended death sentence for the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood.
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Presidential Candidates to Start Collecting Signatures

20. 08. 2012
Presidential Candidates to Start Collecting Signatures
Presidential candidates will be able to start collecting signatures and formally register their campaigns as the formal procedures ahead of the 11 November ballot formally start on Monday.
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UK determined to extradite Assange despite Ecuador asylum

17. 08. 2012
UK determined to extradite Assange despite Ecuador asylum
He has been granted asylum by Ecuador but as Julian Assange’s supporters celebrated outside the country’s embassy in London, Britain is still determined to extradite the Wikileaks founder.
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Average Monthly Pay Down 1.8% in June over May

17. 08. 2012
Average Monthly Pay Down 1.8% in June over May
The average monthly pay in Slovenia dropped by 1.8% in June over May to EUR 978.99 net, 0.7% lower than in June 2012, the Statistics Office said on Tuesday. The average net pay decreased in real terms as well - it was 1.2% down on the monthly level and 2.9% lower year-on-year.
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Syrian rebels claim victory over downed fighter jet

14. 08. 2012
Syrian rebels claim victory over downed fighter jet
Syrian state media continues to insist the downing of one of the regime’s military planes on Monday was due to technical problems and not because it was shot at by rebels.
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OLYMPICS: Slovenia 42nd on Medal Count, 6th by Medals Per Capita

14. 08. 2012
OLYMPICS: Slovenia 42nd on Medal Count, 6th by Medals Per Capita
Slovenia finished the London Olympics with four medals, including one gold, one silver and two bronze, placing it 42nd among 85 countries who won a medal. In terms of medals per capita, the Slovenian team finished sixth.
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London games end with a rock and pop party

13. 08. 2012
London games end with a rock and pop party
The London 2012 Games have ended with a spectacular closing ceremony.
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Situation in Banks Not As Bad as Portrayed

13. 08. 2012
Situation in Banks Not As Bad as Portrayed
Former central bank governor and finance minister Mitja Gaspari believes that the method of measuring capital adequacy of banks in Europe is unfair. "I myself am one of those who believe that the situation [of the banking sector] is nowhere near as bad as is being portrayed," he told the Saturday edition of the daily Večer.
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Syria rebels forced out of key Aleppo district

10. 08. 2012
Syria rebels forced out of key Aleppo district
Syrian rebels have been pushed back from a strategically important district of Aleppo, but clashes have continued in the country’s second city.
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Italy's Austerity Measures Affect Gaming Revenues

10. 08. 2012
Italy's Austerity Measures Affect Gaming Revenues
August is normally the peak of the season for the Slovenian gaming industry, but this year revenues have been effected by the far-reaching austerity measures in place in neighbouring Italy. Slovenia's largest gaming chain, Hit, has reported a significant decline of visitors in the first half of the year.
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Egypt targets Islamic militants

08. 08. 2012
Egypt targets Islamic militants
Egypt launched air strikes against suspected Islamic militants in the Sinai peninsula on Wednesday killing more than 20, according to a state-run news agency.
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Slovenian Hacker Involved in Intl Scheme on Trial

08. 08. 2012
Slovenian Hacker Involved in Intl Scheme on Trial
A trial started at the Maribor District Court on Monday, in which a 26-year-old Slovenian hacker known as Iserdo stands accused of being the mastermind behind the Mariposa botnet, which was dismantled in an international cyber crime sting in 2010.
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Syria: UN monitor mission unclear as Annan quits

03. 08. 2012
Syria: Battle for Aleppo continues
The international community has voiced regret over Kofi Annan’s decision to quit as the United Nations and Arab League’s joint special envoy to Syria.
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NLB Generates EUR 19.7M in Profit in H1, Gets Chief Supervisor

03. 08. 2012
NLB Generates EUR 19.7M in Profit in H1, Gets Chief Supervisor
Slovenia's biggest bank NLB generated EUR 19.7m in profit in the first half of the year, while net profit of the NLB group amounted to EUR 32.3m, the bank said on Thursday, after a supervisory board meeting. At the session, Janko Medja was appointed chief supervisor.
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Euro crisis: ECB to meet amid bond intervention hopes

02. 08. 2012
Euro crisis: ECB to meet amid bond intervention hopes
The European Central Bank (ECB) will hold its latest meeting amid much speculation that it will take action to bring down Spain's cost of borrowing.
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GOLD for Slovenia

02. 08. 2012
GOLD for Slovenia
Urška Žolnir is being showered with praise after winning gold Tuesday in the women's -63 judo category, with congratulations coming in from fans as well as senior Slovenian office holders.
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Assad supporters ‘executed’ by Syria rebels

01. 08. 2012
Assad supporters ‘executed’ by Syria rebels
Amateur video, said to be from Syria, reportedly shows an execution of captured government supporters in Aleppo by rebels from the Free Syria Army.
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Thermo Plant TEŠ 6 going forward

01. 08. 2012
Thermo Plant TEŠ 6 going forward
The law that enables the government to issue the Šoštanj coal-fired power plant TEŠ a guarantee for a EUR 440m loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) took effect on Wednesday. Yet before the loan guarantee agreement for a new generator is signed, TEŠ and the government need to close an accord listing the conditions for the guarantee.
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