Made in Slovenia
STA, 8 June 2018 - President Borut Pahor decorated on Friday the SILA International Women's Club Ljubljana for 25 years of exceptional humanitarian work. According to the president, the association had grown into a veritable superpower "as a symbol of commitment with which its members weave the bonds of friendship and connection between people and countries".
STA, 4 June 2018 - Uroš Rojko, a composer drawing on the tradition of the German and European avant-garde, is the winner of the Kozina Award for 2018, given out by the Slovenian Composers' Association.
An admirable performance at the BEO 2018.
STA, 28 May 2018 - A Slovenian-Chinese virtual laboratory for high-performance computing was launched on Monday at the Ljubljana Faculty of Computer and Information Science (Fakulteta za računalništvo in informatiko) in what is the first product of last year's memorandum on multi-year cooperation between the countries' scientists.
With an impressive track record and ongoing growth of successful crypto companies, Slovenia could well be the Silicon ‘Dolina’ (valley) of the blockchain world.
STA, 14 May 2018 - The European Space Agency (ESA) has picked three candidates for its next middle class space mission, including Theseus, an early universe surveyor mission that includes Slovenian scientists from the Nova Gorica University and the Vesolje-SI centre of excellence. If picked, the mission is scheduled for launch in 2032.
Four students from St. Stanislav’s Institution: Diocesan Classical Gymnasium, Ljubljana, have won Honourable Mention for their entry in an international student video contest that aims to highlight various issues associated with the world’s growing population.
STA, 9 May 2018 - Researchers of the Jožef Stefan Institute (IJS) have confirmed four-decade old presumptions of Nobel Prize laureate Frank Wilczek of the existence of particles other than fermions and bosons. Their achievement is seen as an important step towards the creation of a topological quantum computer.
STA, 2 May 2018 - Slovenia will showcase two installations focussing on water at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition in Italy's Venice later this month.
STA, 3 May 2018 - The Herman Potočnik Noordung Center of Space Technologies, which was taken over by the state last year because of financial difficulties, will continue culturalising outer space, which the new director, Dominik Kobold, sees as a European and global niche. However, the centre will give more attention to space-tech companies.
STA, 25 April 2018 – Basketball player Goran Dragić tops the list of the 100 most influential Slovenians in 2017 as compiled by media professionals, and is followed by another five figures from the world of sports. US First Lady Melania Trump placed seventh and President Borut Pahor, as the highest rated politician, eighth.
