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Adria Airways management files for receivership

LJUBLJANA - The management of struggling air carrier Adria Airways filed for receivership. On news of the receivership proposal, the Civil Aviation Agency stripped the airline of its operating licence and all flights have been cancelled. The Kranj District Court is to decide on the proposal within three days. The government said earlier in the day that receivership was the only option, as the state was not ready to invest in or enter the carrier under the current owner and in its current financial state. Employees expressed outrage, saying that not saving Adria would prove to be the less viable option than the government's idea to incorporate a new carrier.

Internal probe reportedly launched at Foreign Ministry due to leaks

LJUBLJANA - Foreign Minister Miro Cerar has ordered an internal investigation at the Foreign Ministry over the leaking of classified information, in particular the names of ambassadorial candidates, Dnevnik reported. According to the paper, the straw that is believed to have broken the camel's back was Dnevnik's report that Slovenia's Ambassador to Serbia Iztok Jarc is expected to replace Slovenia's future EU Commissioner Janez Lenarčič as the country's ambassador to the EU.

Alternative for top-up health insurance abolition proposed

LJUBLJANA - The coalition agreed that the abolition of top-up health insurance be made in two steps, with the first being the transfer of its collection onto the public health insurance fund ZZZS. The second step would be making what he termed a solidarity scale for the collection of health insurance contributions, Health Minister Aleš Šabeder told the press on the sidelines of the government session. This is an alternative idea prepared by the health and finance ministries after the opposition Left had filed into parliament a bill of its own last week, which the coalition rejected.

PM Šarec to visit North Macedonia next week

LJUBLJANA - The prime minister's office announced that Marjan Šarec will pay a working visit to North Macedonia on Thursday, 10 October, to meet his counterpart Zoran Zaev and Speaker Talat Xhaferi. This will be Šarec's first visit to North Macedonia, while his predecessor in office Miro Cerar was in Skopje in March 2018.

Slovenia, Croatia fail to agree on nuclear waste storage facility

BLED - Slovenia and Croatia failed to agree to build a common repository for nuclear waste from their jointly-owned N-plant, as the inter-governmental commission in charge of overseeing the Slovenia-Croatia agreement on the Krško Nuclear Power Plant (NEK) met for a session in Slovenia. Slovenia is planning a dry storage facility for low- and intermediate-level nuclear waste in the Slovenian town of Vrbina, just off the nuclear power station, while Croatia will continue pursuing its plan to build one in Croatia to store its share of NEK-generated nuclear waste.

General govt surplus at 1%, public debt at 67.7% of GDP in Q2

LJUBLJANA - Slovenia posted a general government surplus of EUR 124 million, or 1% of GDP, in the second quarter of the year but revenue growth was outpaced by growth in expenditure in a first sign of economic slowdown. Consolidated general government gross debt at the end of the second quarter amounted to EUR 31.803 billion, or 67.7% of GDP.

Annual inflation at 1.7% in September

LJUBLJANA - Slovenia's annual inflation rate in September reached 1.7%, with the rise in prices of goods and services related to housing contributing the most to the inflation. A deflation rate of 0.2% was meanwhile recorded at the monthly level, the Statistics Office said. The prices of services were up by an average 3.9% in September year on year, and the prices of goods by 0.6%.

Govt adopts bill on public sector costs, pension indexation

LJUBLJANA - The government confirmed a bill which limits certain expenditure on wages of civil servants and introduces an extraordinary 1% indexation of pensions in 2020 under the condition of 3% GDP growth for this year. The bill will be filed together with the remaining budget documents to be fast-tracked in parliament. The bill includes two measures which were agreed with public sector trade unions last year. Performance-related bonus for regular work will not be paid before 30 June, while the highest possible amount of the bonus for increased workload is being decreased.

SSH generates EUR 30.4m in net profit in H1

LJUBLJANA - Slovenian Sovereign Holding (SSH), the state asset custodian, reported a EUR 30.38 million net profit for the first half of 2019, a 17% decrease on the same period last year. SSH, which attributes the bulk of the difference to a cancelled impairment in 2018, said all key goals had been met in the first six months of 2019.

Slovenian marine industry suppliers showcased in Florida

TAMPA, US - Nine Slovenian companies will be showcased at the International Boat Builders Exhibition (IBEX) in Tampa, Florida this week at what is the largest technical marine event in North America. Running between Tuesday and Thursday, IBEX will feature 700 exhibitors from 24 countries. The Slovenian providers will be presented in one of the five national pavilions.

Ethnic Slovenian Olga Voglauer elected to Austrian parliament

KLAGENFURT, Austria - An ethnic Slovenian from Austria's Carinthia has been elected to the lower house of the Austrian parliament for the third time ever, as Olga Voglauer of the Green Party made it to the National Council in Sunday's general election. Slovenian minority representatives welcomed the news, hoping the Greens will form a coalition with the ruling People's Party (ÖVP).

Fmr ambassador sees Austria's election result as big ÖVP win

LJUBLJANA - The outcome of the Sunday election in Austria is a great victory of Sebastian Kurz and his conservative People's Party (ÖVP), former Slovenian Ambassador to Austria Aleksander Geržina told the STA. The result also provides a range of coalition options, with Geržina deeming an ÖVP-Greens alliance the most likely scenario.

Tourists figures rising in August

LJUBLJANA - The trend of the increasing number of tourist arrivals to Slovenia continued in August, with the figure growing by 9%. The country also saw a 2% growth in tourist nights generated, shows the Statistics Office data. In the first eight months, the number of tourist arrivals amounted to 4.5 million, up 6.3% over the same period last year, while the number of nights spent at accommodation facilities reached 11.8 million, an almost 3% increase.

Impol group with higher revenue, lower profit in first half

SLOVENSKA BISTRICA - The aluminium producer Impol generated EUR 378.1 million in revenue in the first half of the year, 2.7% up over the same period last year, while volume sales increased by 4.2%. Net profit was meanwhile down by 6.6% to EUR 18.5 million.

Revenue up for Novem Car Interior Design, but profit decreases

ŽALEC - Novem Car Interior Design, a Žalec-based firm owned by the namesake German parent company, generated EUR 121 million in sales revenue in 2018, a 6% increase on 2017. Net profit fell from EUR 3.4 million to EUR 1.1 million. Novem, which manufactures wooden interior trim for luxury cars, wrote that new projects and the company's fast expansion in the past two years had come at a cost and that the result was below expectations.

Slovenians collect EUR 2.3m in seven days for toddler's treatment in US

LJUBLJANA - A major charity campaign underway in Slovenia for the past week saw individuals, charities, institutions, clubs, and associations collect some EUR 2.3 million for the treatment of 19-month-old boy Kris who is suffering from spinal muscular atrophy. Several top athletes and musicians joined the campaign, including basketball star Luka Dončić, the national volleyball team and even Italian motorcyclist Valentino Rossi. Several fund-raising events and concerts have also been organised.

Elderly day focusing on problems with long-term care

LJUBLJANA - As a world day dedicated to the elderly is to be marked around the world, Slovenian organisations are pointing to the problems brought by the population ageing, including the need for better regulation of long-term care, calling for higher pensions to take pensioners above the at-risk-of-poverty threshold. Marked on 1 October, this year's International Day of Older Persons runs under the motto The Journey to Age Equality, aiming to ensure equal opportunities and reduce inequalities of outcome regardless of personal circumstances.

Big crowd in Ljubljana welcomes national sport heroes

LJUBLJANA - Several thousand sport fans gathered in Ljubljana's Congress Square this evening to welcome Slovenia's athletes who had made headlines over the past weeks, including the national volleyball team, which won silver at the EuroVolley in Paris on Sunday. World champions in kayak and canoe Eva Terčelj and Nejc Žnidarčič, as well as Luka Božič, who secured bronze at the Canoe Slalom World Championships in Spain were honoured, as were Vuelta winner cyclist Primož Roglič and third-placed Tadej Pogačar.

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Updated: 18:55, 30 Sept. 2019

STA, 30 September - The management of the struggling air carrier Adria Airways filed for receivership on Monday. The Kranj District Court is to decide on the proposal within three days. All Adria flights scheduled have been cancelled.

The flag carrier, which was sold by the state to the German turnaround fund 4K Invest in 2016, wrote that the proposal had been filed due to insolvency and in line with legal provisions applying in such a situation.

On news of the proposal, the Civil Aviation Agency revoked Adria's operating license, which is an automatic measure when a carrier files for receivership.

The government also said earlier in the day that receivership was the only option, noting the state was not ready to invest in or enter Adria under the current owner and in its current financial state.

In recent days, the Bank Asset Management Company (BAMC) and Slovenian Sovereign Holding (SSH) conducted a detailed analysis of Adria's situation on the basis of available data.

The state asset custodians established the shortfall to be much higher than expected, with the company's very poor state also indicative of very poor corporate management, Economy Minister Zdravko Počivalšek said, suggesting Adria would need EUR 28 million to start operating at least remotely normally again.

"This would entail us taking over a large debt and enabling the owner to avoid any accountability. This would be irresponsible to the citizens and the budget," he said.

Thus the only possible option is receivership, which could be followed by two scenarios.

Under one of them, the situation would be left to the market and the supply-demand principle, but it could take several few months and there is no guarantee the flight connections established would benefit Slovenia's economy, Počivalšek said.

He assessed that given the talks held with Germany's Lufthansa and Ljubljana airport operator Fraport, it would be possible to revive about half of Adria's routes.

The second option would see the state establish a new company. The government is examining this scenario, as it would make it easier to secure needed flight connections. A decision is expected soon, but such an operation would also take a few months to execute, the minister warned.

That a new company could be up and running quite fast was indicated by the director of the Civil Aviation Agency, Rok Marolt, who said a new company could get an operating licence quite quickly if the state was behind it.

"If we're dealing with a partner who knows their business, knows what they want, what planes they will have, knows the maintenance programme and all EU regulations", then this could happen quickly, he told the newspaper Večer.

It would, however, take a bit longer for a new carrier to obtain its air operator's certificate (AOC), said Marolt, indicating it could take a month or two.

However, the government believes such a project would only be possible in a firm agreement with Lufthansa. A business plan would need to be drawn up first and then coordinated with Lufthansa, Europe's largest carrier and Adria's main partner so far.

Lufthansa responded by saying they would "not comment on media speculations".

A political consensus on a new company would also have to be reached at home. It would also need to be examined how much the sate would have to invest annually in such a company. The Economy Ministry estimates the figure would range between 4 and 5 million euro.

Meanwhile, Adria employees are rather critical of the government's handling of the situation.

The group of employees pushing for a viable solution for Adria believe the government has not chosen the best scenario for the company or Slovenia, so they demand it presents a financial analysis on the basis of which it decided there was no point in saving Adria.

The group also wonders why the employees have not been invited to talks on a solution, and expect the government to resign if it turns out Adria's restructuring is the best solution.

Fraport Slovenija meanwhile regretted that Adria, its biggest business partner, ended up in receivership. The company said it would focus on ensuring that the airport is well-connected.

STA, 30 September 2019 - As a world day dedicated to the elderly is to be marked around the world, Slovenian organisations are pointing to the problems brought by the population ageing, including the need for better regulation of long-term care, calling for higher pensions to take pensioners above the at-risk-of-poverty threshold.

Marked on 1 October, this year's International Day of Older Persons runs under the motto The Journey to Age Equality, aiming to ensure equal opportunities and reduce inequalities of outcome regardless of personal circumstances.

The first issue to be pointed out by the Association of Pensioners (ZDUS) ahead of the event is that by 2025, the minimum pension for 40 years of pensionable service, which currently stands at EUR 531, should be above the at-risk-of-poverty threshold, which last year stood at EUR 662.

The association has also called for a law on long-term care to adopted as soon as possible, which is something that the Union of Social Institutes has also been pointing to, saying that the government has "forgotten about the elderly" in the budget for the next two years.

"It has been postponing to a distant future the eagerly-awaited systemic regulation of long-term care," the union said, adding that retirement homes were facing critical shortage of beds while the availability of home care was being reduced.

According to Jaka Bizjak of the union, there are no plans to establish a new public retirement home, while the availability of home care services is becoming the key developmental problem of Slovenian society, which is ageing at a fast pace.

He pointed to studies which say that only one out of four persons older than 75 will not be needing such services, and that the costs of related services and assistance for one out of ten such persons will be "sky high".

Policy-makers in the field of long-term care announce solutions leaning towards boosting care within the family and local community, but such forms of assistance are effective only in societies with a low full-time employment rate for women.

"One cannot avoid the impression that the state bets on care within the family only because it is cheaper for the budget, and is less interested in whether this is an appropriate solution given the actual needs and capacities."

The Ministry of Health, which is drafting the relevant law, expects that it will be ready for public debate by the end of the year, while final confirmation in parliament is expected by the end of the first half of 2020.

The UN as the sponsor of the international day has pointed to the steep growth in the number of older persons, with the highest rates expected in developing countries. The number of persons older than 60 is expected to stand at 1.4 billion by 2030.

This is why the organisation believes that more attention should be paid to the needs and problems faced by older persons. It believes that their potential contribution to society is important and that respect of their human rights should be at the core of these efforts.

Slovenia is no exception in the ageing trend, with the Statistics Office (SURS) noting ahead of International Day of Older Persons that life expectancy at birth is increasing, with almost one in five Slovenians being older than 65.

There were 413,054 persons aged 65 or older in Slovenia at the beginning of this year, which means this age group representing almost 20% of total population. Women represent a majority in this age group, and 161 out of the 189 centenarians are women.

SURS also notes that the number of older people is increasingly higher than the number of children. Currently, there are more than 131 older persons per 100 children, and the ratio is projected to stand at two to one by 2033.

The highest at-risk-of-poverty rate in Slovenia is recorded in persons aged 65 or older, 18.3%, while out of some 98,000 older persons who live below the at-risk-of-poverty threshold, 60,000 are retired women.

The employment rate in the group aged between 55 and 64 in Slovenia is among the lowest in the EU due to early retirement, but it is increasing in recent years. Almost 5,000 persons aged 65 or older were active in 2018, 73.3% of whom men.

The opening of this year's Festival for the Third Age, an annual event dedicated to raising issues related to ageing, coincides with International Day of Older Persons.

Running from Tuesday to Thursday, it will again look to connect young and old people, bringing a number of round table debates on topical issues, and being accompanied by a diverse educational and cultural programmes.

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Update: As of noon Monday 30 September, the campaign had raised €3.4 million

STA, 30 September 2019 - A major charity campaign underway in Slovenia for the past week saw individuals, charities, institutions, clubs, and associations collect some EUR 2.3 million for the treatment of a 19-month-old boy with spinal muscular atrophy.

The parents of the 19-month Kris started the campaign last Monday after learning that their son could receive a potentially life-saving dose of treatment, which, however, is not available in the EU yet.

The drug could be administered only in the US but at the price of EUR 2.3 million.

The boy would need a single dosage of the Zolgensma gene therapy but would need to receive it before he turns two to be effective, meaning in the next four months, the parents said in their message to the public.

The public reacted immediately and collected EUR 1.5 million in a matter of days, as the story of Kris went viral in Slovenia.

Several top athletes and musicians joined the campaign, including basketball star Luka Dončič, the national volleyball team and even Italian motorcyclist Valentino Rossi. Several fund-raising events and concerts have also been organised.

The campaign, in which medical experts too spoke in favour of the Zolgensma treatment, however, raised the question of why the treatment could not be covered by the health insurance.

The ZZZS health fund responded that the boy was already receiving Spinraza, a Food and Drug Administration-approved treatment, while the Zolgensma treatment has not been approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) yet.

The price of annual treatment with Spinraza in the first year tops EUR 400,000 and the medicine is currently available in Europe only to children from the wealthiest countries, the ZZZS said.

EMA is expected to greenlight the Zolgensma treatment at the beginning of next year.

Meanwhile, the opposition Democrats (SDS) have requested that an emergency session of the parliamentary Health Committee be called to discuss issues relating the treatment of rare diseases. The party wants to see a rare disease register set up and talk about treatment funding.

STA, 30 September 2019 - The government will examine today reports on troubled flag carrier Adria Airways compiled by several state institutions and discuss potential steps to keep Slovenia connected with relevant destinations via Ljubljana airport. Adria's management also expects the owner, the German fund K4 Invest, to say whether it will pursue financial restructuring.

With several of its planes grounded and the bulk of flights cancelled, the Economy Ministry called on the relevant state institutions last week to examine Adria's financial situation.

According to unofficial media reports, the probe showed Adria having around EUR 90 million in debt and needing EUR 30 million to continue with operations, substantially more than the carrier's representatives allegedly claimed in recent days.

It is still not clear how the government will proceed, but the Infrastructure Ministry has already prepared changes to the aviation act to keep Slovenia connected to the world in case of Adria's bankruptcy. There has also been speculation the government could let Adria go into receivership and then found a new company.

PM Marjan Šared said on Sunday that Šarec government was getting ready for the next period, be it through a new company or by securing links needed by Slovenia via other carriers. He repeated he did not trust Adria's leadership, saying it obviously perceives the state as a dairy cow "that needs to be milked for every cent that can be squeezed out and then taken nobody knows where".

Adria's management meanwhile expects K4 Invest, which bough the carrier from the state in 2016, to say today whether it plans to pursue financial restructuring. A confirmed restructuring plan is a condition for Adria to preserve its license and the deadline for it set by the Civil Aviation Agency is Wednesday.

Should K4 fail to present a plan, this would very likely mean receivership and thereby an automatic license loss for the carrier.

Adria was already hit this weekend by a fine for the sale of tickets for flights scheduled for last Thursday and Friday, which the management must have known will not be carried out. The Market Inspectorate said the air carrier had been misleading customers.

Adria, which was only flying to Frankfurt in recent days, announced it would execute 11 flights today: to Frankfurt, Munich, Brussels, Zurich and Vienna. Return flights should be carried out for all these destinations as well, while Adria also plans to fly from Ljubljana to Tirana.

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Janja Garnbret is, the figures show, the best climber in the history of sport climbing, lead and boulder, but she failed to make the final in front of a home crowd in Kranj this weekend, and thus was able to enjoy the event from a new perspective. The women’s lead was won by South Korea’s Chaehyun Seo, with silver and bronze taken by Jessica Pilz (Austria) and Lučka Rakovec (Slovenia), respectively. Other Slovene’s in the top 20 were Mia Krampl (7^th), Tjaša Kalan (10^th), Lana Skušek (11^th), Janja Garnbret (13^th), and Mina Markovič (15^th).

With regard to the men, the event was won by Adam Ondra, followed by Kai Harada and Alberto Ginés López. The highest ranked Slovene was Luka Potočar, in 13^th place.

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Šarec rejects blame for suspended social dialogue, says 4K Invest trying to milk state

LJUBLJANA - Commenting in a Facebook post on the employer representatives-initiated suspension of the work of the Social and Economic Council (ESS), PM Marjan Šarec rejected any government responsibility, arguing the Left, which filed the bills bothering employers, was an opposition party. Šarec, who added he remained committed to social dialouge, also commented on Adria Airways, saying its German owner 4K Invest maltreated it, but adding the carrier had also had problems before. It would not be fair to only blame the former government, which sold Adria in 2016 to an owner who "treats it like dirt" and obviously perceives the state as a dairy cow "that needs to be milked for every cent that can be squeezed out and then taken nobody knows where".

Slovenia win another EuroVolley silver as they lose to Serbia

PARIS, France - The Slovenian men's national volleyball team won another silver at the European Championship after losing the final match to Serbia 1:3. After making an improbable run in Ljubljana, beating the European champions Russia and world champions Poland in the process, Slovenia had to concede to Serbia even though they won the first set. It was a complete turnaround for Serbia, who eliminated the home team France in the semi-finals in an epic battle which lasted five sets, and then beat Slovenia for their third gold at the European championships, coming after the wins in 2001 and 2011. The team will be welcomed home on Monday together with cyclists Primož Roglič and Tadej Pogačar at Ljubljana's Congress Square.

Dewesoft going strong

TRBOVLJE - Dewesoft, one of Slovenia's leading tech firms, generated EUR 19.1 million in sales revenue in 2018, a 6.4% increase on the year before. Net profit was up by one million to exceed EUR 5 million, shows the company's business report. The Trbovlje-based company, which employs a 75-strong workforce, is best known as a manufacturer of cutting-edge test and measuring equipment. It expects this year's revenue to reach around EUR 25 million, meaning 30% more than last year.

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STA, 29 September 2019 - The Slovenian men's national volleyball team won another silver at the European Championship after losing the final match to Serbia 1:3 in Paris on Sunday.

After making an improbable run in the home arena in Ljubljana, beating the European champions Russia and world champions Poland in the process, Slovenia had to concede to Serbia even though they won the first set.

It was a complete turnaround for Serbia, who eliminated the home team France in the semi-finals in an epic battle which lasted five sets, and then beat Slovenia for their third gold at the European championships, coming after the wins in 2001 and 2011.

For Slovenia this is meanwhile the second silver medal on the European stage, coming after the second place at the championship played in Italy and Bulgaria 2015, when the Slovenians had to concede to France in the finals.

This time, Slovenia was powered to the finals by the home crowd who came in thousands to Stožice Arena to cheer for the home team as it made its way from Group C and to the finals past Bulgaria, Russia and Poland in the elimination matches.

Captain Tine Urnaut was a bit disappointed after the loss, telling reporters that the team had wanted to win badly but admitting that the Serbs played better, especially on defence.

He was nevertheless happy with the experience, saying that Slovenia were actually proud of winning another silver, pointing to the Slovenian crowd who came to France and saying it was "something phenomenal".

"Great thanks to them for supporting us in Slovenia, through all the matches, for coming here in Paris and I'm sorry that we haven't managed to come in first today," added the 31-year-old veteran.

The Slovenian volleyball team will be welcomed home on Monday together with cyclists Primož Roglič and Tadej Pogačar at an event in Ljubljana's Congress Square.

Serbia was better than us / We let them win

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The following schedule was prepared by the STA:

MONDAY, 30 September
        LJUBLJANA - Coalition partners will meet to discuss major legislative issues, including the abolition of supplementary health insurance, and indexation of pensions.
        LJUBLJANA - The government will meet for a session to discuss the national budgets for 2020 and 2021 as well as reports by state institutions on the financial state of troubled flag carrier Adria Airways.
        LJUBLJANA - The deadline expires until which airline Adria Airways' owners were given by the management to present a restructuring plan to avoid receivership.
        BLED - The Slovenian-Croatian commission overseeing the management of waste from the jointly owned Krško Nuclear Power Station will be in session.
        PARIS, France - President Borut Pahor will attend a memorial service for the late French president, Jacques Chirac.
        LJUBLJANA - Public Administration Minister Rudi Medved will meet Republika Srpska Administration and Local Government Minister Lejla Rešić.
        LJUBLJANA - The Statistics Office will release the latest general government debt and deficit figures and inflation data for September.

TUESDAY, 1 October
        LJUBLJANA - Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn will pay an official visit to meet his counterpart Miro Cerar, President Borut Pahor and Speaker Dejan Židan.
        LJUBLJANA - Questions for the prime minister will be on the agenda as the National Assembly's monthly plenary wraps up.
        NOVO MESTO - Pharmaceutical company Krka will launch a new R&D centre.
        LJUBLJANA - The Third Age Festival will start, coinciding with the International Day of Older Persons.
        LJUBLJANA - An international conference on challenges in the field of public administration faced by Western Balkan countries; until 2 October.
        KRŠKO - The Krško Nuclear Power Station will be shut down for a month for scheduled maintenance.
        RIMSKE TOPLICE - Slovenian municipalities will hold their annual congress; until 2 October.
        LJUBLJANA - The 25th City of Women, a festival of contemporary art focussing on women, will open, running until 13 October.
        LJUBLJANA - A retrospective of film director France Štiglic (1919-1993) will get under way at the Slovenian Cinematheque; until 10 November.

WEDNESDAY, 2 October
        BRUSSELS, Belgium - Slovenia's European Commissioner-designate Janez Lenarčič will be quizzed by the European Parliament's Development Committee.
        izatLJUBLJANA - The deadline expires until which airline Adria Airways should present a financial restructuring plan to the Civil Aviation Agency.
        LJUBLJANA - The launch of Slovenia Business Bridge, an international investment conference. Prime Minister Marjan Šarec, Economy Minister Zdravko Počivalšek and Finance Minister Andrej Bertoncelj will be on hand.
        WARSAW, Poland - Foreign Ministry State Secretary Dobran Božič will take part in the Warsaw Security Forum.
        LJUBLJANA - Public Administration Minister Rudi Medved and his Montenegro counterpart Suzana Pribilović will a sign a cooperation memorandum.
        BUDAPEST, Hungary - Agriculture Ministry State Secretary Damjan Stononik will attend a ministerial conference on forestation; until 3 October.
        izatPIRAN - The annual Festival of European and Mediterranean Film will open, running until 5 October.

THURSDAY, 3 October
        izatPRAGUE, Czech Republic - President Borut Pahor will attend a summit of the Visegrad Group plus Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia.
        izatPRAGUE, Czech Republic - Agriculture Minister Aleksandra Pivec will attend a two-day ministerial of the Visegrad Group and several other EU countries.
        LJUBLJANA - Regular weekly session.
        LJUBLJANA - The Unemployment Service will publish registered unemployment data for September.
        LJUBLJANA - The parliamentary Health Committee will debate amendments to the medicines act.
        LJUBLJANA - Several municipalities will organise an international conference on the management of migration flows in conjunction with ISCOMET, a private non-profit specialising in ethnic studies.
        KLAGENFURT, Austria - Minister for Slovenians Abroad Peter Jožef Česnik and Carinthia Governor Peter Kaiser will take part in a debate on the centenary of the treaty of St Germaine.

FRIDAY, 4 October
        LJUBLJANA - The parliamentary EU Affairs Committee will debate draft priorities of Slovenia's EU presidency in 2021.
        LJUBLJANA - The Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GZS) will host a Slovenian-Japanese business forum.
        LUXEMBOURG, Luxembourg - Environment Minister Simon Zajc will attend a session of the EU's Environment Council dedicated to the bloc's long-term low-carbon strategy.

SATURDAY, 5 October
        No major events scheduled.

SUNDAY, 6 October
        No major events scheduled.

STA, 28 September 2019 - Slovenia's Eva Terčelj won gold in women's kayak race at the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain on Saturday. This is the third medal for Slovenia at the championship.

Silver went to Australia's Jessica Fox and bronze to Luuka Jones from New Zealand.

The 27-year-old Terčelj from Ljubljana thus earned Slovenia the first individual medal in women's races at world championships.

"You can never forecast a medal in kayak, let alone a victory ... That's why I didn't think about a medal, I never even imagined what it would be like to become the champion ... I am really thrilled, it hasn't really sunk in yet," Terčelj said.

"This kind of victory is that much more valuable, because it I earned it with my ride and not because of my rival's mistakes ... All those years of hard work, and ups and downs finally paid off," the champion added.

The gold is Slovenia's third medal at the championship after canoeist Luka Božič won bronze earlier today and the Slovenian kayak team bagged gold on Wednesday.