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	Top Stories Why electric airplanes are taking off at flight schools The bee whisperers of Slovenia have a plan to save colonies from climate change Bees on the roof are all the buzz in Slovenia's capital

	Top Stories 1st Slovenian and 5th International Ayurveda Congress to be held 21-23 September - Ljubljana, Slovenia

	Top Stories Tiny Slovenia struggles with massive migrant surge Backlog of migrants swells in the Balkans, tempers fray Violent mass protest continue in Slovenia
Positive Trends Short Summaries of Top Stories Why electric airplanes are taking off at flight schools 4 September 2022 - The Velis Electro, the world's only electric plane fully certified in the EU and the UK, is taking off as a greener option for trainee pilots. Manufactured in Slovenia by Pipistrel, the Velis Electro is a two-seater light aircraft designed for flight schools. (more) The bee whisperers of Slovenia have a plan to save colonies from climate change 6 May 2020 - Certain bee species are on the decline. Europe's bumblebee populations, for instance, fell by 17 percent from 2000 to 2014 while in North America, the population dropped by 46 percent, rates scientists say constitute a mass extinction. ... Yet in Slovenia, bee populations are flourishing. While differing survey methods and limited data makes it difficult to compare bee populations across countries, the Slovenian Beekeepers Association reports a 2 percent annual increase in the number of bee colonies throughout the country. (more) Bees on the roof are all the buzz in Slovenia's capital 31 August 2017 - Since 2011, the main congress center in Slovenia's capital -- Cankarjev Dom -- has been hosting bees on its roof, producing about 120 kg (265 lb) of honey per year which are used for gifts to business partners. It started at the Apimondia world congress of beekeepers in 2003, held at Cankarjev Dom. Franc Petrovcic, head of maintenance of mechanical equipment at the center, who last week won an international agriculture fair award for the quality of his honey, started a movement that is spreading fast. It is estimated that bees are now to be found at about 150 locations in 300,000-population Ljubljana, mostly in gardens, on roofs, and terraces. Gorazd Trusnovec keeps bees on 15 locations in the capital ... 'Ljubljana has a huge potential (for beekeeping) because it is very green and located in the middle of forests,' Trusnovec said. Petrovcic, meanwhile, says recent tests showed that urban honey is very healthy. For one thing, it has no traces of pesticides since there are no large fields in the vicinity. (more) Slovenia consumer confidence indicator at all-time-high 23 January 2017 - Slovenia's consumer confidence indicator rose to an all-time-high in January, the national statistics office said on Monday (23 January), supporting expectations that the business sentiment indicator, due out this week, will also show an advance. (more) Slovenia's abuzz with bee tourism 7 August 2016 - It's perhaps no surprise that api-tourism is exploding here: Slovenia, population two million, is bonkers about bees. There are five beekeepers for every thousand people, and eight hives per square km (in the UK, it's just one). And the age of the average beekeeper is falling as more young people take it up: many turned pro during the economic crisis. (more) Slovenia and Serbia ban give green light to GM crop bans 29 September 2015 - The Slovenian Government Committee for Economic Affairs has allowed the country to send an official request to the European Commission for the banning of GM crops. Meanwhile, State Secretary in the Serbian Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Danilo Golubovic announced on Monday (28 September) that Serbia will not allow cultivation of GM crops. (more) Slovenia sees higher 2014 GDP growth as exports rise 21 November 2014 - Slovenia expects growth in 2014 to surpass the government's September forecast of 2 per cent, Deputy Prime Minister Dejan Zidan said on Friday. 'We can expect economic growth this year to reach 2.4 per cent based on high growth of exports,' Zidan told a conference of Slovenian and Chinese businessmen. (more) Slovenia: Ljubljana honours its past 29 April 2014 - The Slovenian capital of Ljubljana looks like a thoroughly modern, central European city. Yet just below the surface -- literally -- the secrets of the Roman settlement of Emona, Ljubljana's predecessor, are being uncovered. The Roman city was founded in 14 AD under Emperor Augustus. Now, as Ljubljana prepares to mark the 2,000-year anniversary of Emona's settlement with a series of exhibitions and Roman-themed events, new discoveries are revealing more information about the city's early inhabitants. (more) Flying car spreads its wings in Slovakia 19 January 2014 - Inspired by the books about flying by French authors Jules Verne and Antoine de Saint Exupery, Slovak designer and engineer Stefan Klein has been honing his flying machine since the early 1990s. His elegant blue-and-white vehicle for two is six metres (20 feet) long so it fits neatly in a parking space or a garage and tanks up at any filling station. But once it reaches an airport it can unfold its wings within seconds becoming a plane. Dubbed 'the world's prettiest and best-designed airborne automobile so far' by US aviation magazine Flying and Inhabitat.com design, an innovation website, the Aeromobil has the distinction of originating in Slovakia, the world's largest per-capita car producer. (more) Slovenia won't need bailout, review finds 12 December 2013 - A review of Slovenia's financial system showed Thursday that the small eurozone state will need to spend about 4.8 billion euros ($6.6 billion) to rescue its banks -- a sum it can afford without the help of an international bailout. Slovenia was asked by the European Union to allow international auditors to conduct a stress test of its banks to determine how much money they would need to remain solvent. Had the sum been too high, Slovenia would have become the next member of the 17-country eurozone to seek outside help. (more)
Success of Maharishi's Programmes Short Summaries of Top Stories 1st Slovenian and 5th International Ayurveda Congress to be held 21-23 September - Ljubljana, Slovenia 1 July 2018 - The 1st Slovenian and 5th International Ayurveda Congress will be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 21-23 September. The congress will illuminate the time-tested knowledge of Ayurveda health care with up-to-date insights from modern science. Breakthrough research about the consciousness-based approach to cardiovascular disorders and the specific Ayurveda approach to autoimmune disorders will be presented - locating the inner healing intelligence of the human physiology to achieve the ultimate goal of Ayurveda - a disease free society. The 5th Ayurveda Congress will join its efforts to raise the public awareness of the need for a holistic approach to health with other sections of the 11th European Congress for Integrative Medicine, which is the 'umbrella' event for all of them. (more)
Flops Short Summaries of Top Stories Tiny Slovenia struggles with massive migrant surge 12 November 2015 - Stanko Kovac felt only sympathy for the thousands of migrants who flow chest-deep across freezing rivers to reach Slovenia from Croatia, trudging day and night by his house right at the border. That is, until they started trampling his crops and scaring his cattle and chicken. With the European Union estimating that 3 million more migrants will arrive in Europe over the next year, the patience of Slovenians, traditionally known for tolerance, is wearing thin. With both Germany and Austria reconsidering their free-flow policies, the worst-case scenario of tens of thousands of migrants, many with young children, stranded in the Balkans in a brutal winter looks more and more likely. (more) Backlog of migrants swells in the Balkans, tempers fray 19 October 2015 - The Balkans struggled with a growing backlog of migrants on Monday after Hungary sealed its southern border and Slovenia tried to impose a limit, leaving thousands stranded on cold, rain-drenched borders where tempers frayed. Having declared it would accept only 2,500 per day, Slovenia said 5,000 had arrived from Croatia on Monday. Around 2,000 more trekked through fields and along railway tracks over the border, having apparently arrived by train; they were rounded up by Slovenian police on the other side as a helicopter circled overhead, and escorted to a camp with capacity for 400, a Reuters reporter said. (more) Violent mass protest continue in Slovenia 3 December 2012 - Protesters clashed with police in Slovenia's second largest city Maribor on Monday in a demonstration against budget cuts in the financially troubled Alpine state. Police said more than 20 people were arrested in Maribor and at least one policeman was injured after some from a crowd of around 6,000 protesters threw firecrackers, fireworks, and rocks. Protesters were demanding the resignation of the Mayor Franc Kangler who has been accused of corruption. Kangler was expelled from the Slovenian People's Party, a junior partner in Prime Minister Janez Jansa's conservative coalition, in November due to allegations of corruption, but has so far refused to resign as mayor. Protests, organised via Facebook, passed off peacefully in five other cities after an outburst of violence at a protest in the capital Ljubljana on Friday. Demonstrators said Sunday's election of former centre-left prime minister, Borut Pahor, to the largely ceremonial post of president will not improve conditions in a country badly hit by the global downturn due to its dependency on exports. (more)