US elections in Slovenia

Fake elections in Slovenia confirmed what whole Europe was thinking."The US election may have happened half a world away, but for many Slovenians, Barack Obama’s victory hit close to home. It looked like any other polling place. The walls were adorned with American flags,...

Robovox in Ljubljana

Robovox arrived to Ljubljana to give people a voice. I heard that it will come to Ljubljana but still seeing a 8m high robot is quite impressive." RoboVox is a large (8m high) interactive public sound installation by...

Ana Desetnica street festival

Every year Ljubljana comes to life when dancers, actors and other performerms take over the streets for 4 days. Shows are free and anyone can stop by and watch. I attended ballet dance show this year and it was very...

Fuel Prices at multi year low

At this times of World recession at least gas prices are dropping. I save about 17eur on a full gas tank.   " Fuel prices went down again and dropped to multi year lows, following the fall of...

Beginning of a New Era in Slovenia

After a long campaign it looks like Slovenia got a new government. The results are still not official and theoretically they can still change. But one thing is certain left winged parties won this elections."The opposition SocDems (SD) hold a paper-thin lead over their main...

US and EU 'to issue Iran warning'

President Bush is making his last visit to Europe today, starting with an EU summit in Slovenia. Already the two powers have hammered out a warning to Iran."US President George W Bush is holding talks with EU leaders...

Tot shoots herself with gran's gun

" A FOUR-year-old American girl shot herself in the chest after grabbing a gun from her grandmother's handbag while on a trip to the local supermarket.The girl was critically injured in the incident overnight, which happened when she grabbed the gun while sitting in a...

Path around Ljubljana march

Ljubljana was bursting with life on Saturday 5 May when around 30.000 people participated traditional "Path around Ljubljana" march. The march along the route of the fortified boundary of occupied Ljubljana takes...

Prices of Flats Hit Ceiling in Ljubljana

Finally we see drops in apartment prices hopefully rents will go down too so I'll stop thinking about moving to New York to save some money."While the prices of one-bedroom flats continued to rise in Ljubljana in the...

Joining The European Sky

Though I like everything that can make my travels smoother and faster I think there are 2 bigger problems. First is security control which in my experience takes a lot longer than simple passport control and the...

Worker union protest in Ljubljana

According to organizers there were around 35.000 people on a first all European union protest in Ljubljana. Aims of the protest was to bring the increasing differences in wages and profits, as well as the falling...

Capucci's Extravagant Outfits on Display

"The Ljubljana City Museum is showcasing an exhibition of sculpted dresses by top Italian fashion designer Roberto Capucci. The highlight among some 40 robes on display are dresses that were featured at the Venice...

From “A” Student to Class President

Slovenia is taking over presidency of EU and we are all a bit curious and worried what this will bring to our day to day lives. Collaps of traffic system? Hordes of EU officials in our regular caffees? Or maybe this...

Slovenia: Danilo Türk Inaugurated as President

After a big victory in second round of elections against Lojze Peterle, Danilo Türk is now officially our new president."Danilo Türk was sworn in as president at a ceremonial session of the National Assembly on 22 December, becoming the third head of state since Slovenia...

Young Slovenian synthetic biologists devise a mutation-independent defense ag...

" HIV-1 virus is one of the most difficult targets for therapy because it hijacks the cells of our immune system and particularly because the virus mutates rapidly, making it drug resistant. Up to 20% of...

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