Slovenia news for July 2009

Slovenian Heritage Sites Under UNESCO Protection
Date: 08 July 2009
The decision on whether Idrija, with its 500-year-old mercury mine and related heritage, is to be included on the World Heritage List has been deferred for a year.
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"Cefurji Raus" Declared Best Novel of the Year
Date: 06 July 2009
Newspaper publisher Delo conferred late on Tuesday the EUR 5,000 Kresnik Prize for the best novel of the year to Goran Vojnovic for his notorious novel about immigrants from former Yugoslav republics "Cefurji Raus", for which he had already received the Preseren Fund Prize.
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Slovenia airport sends tourist info via Bluetooth
Date: 06 July 2009
The Slovenian Tourist Board in association with Aerodrom Ljubljana and Creativ Interaktiv continues to provide cost-free interesting and useful information about Slovenia via Bluetooth.
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Economic crisis reflected in Slovenian tourism statistics
Date: 06 July 2009
According to provisional figures from SURS, in May this year tourist accommodation establishments recorded a 16% fall in tourist arrivals and overnight stays compared to the same period last year.
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Former Prime Minister, Janez Jansa, Ties the Knot
Date: 06 July 2009
Opposition leader and former Prime Minister Janez Jansa and his fiancee Urska Bacovnik exchanged wedding vows at a church ceremony near the Alpine town of Kobarid on Saturday.
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Increase in Live births in 2008
Date: 06 July 2009
In 2008, the highest number of live births in Slovenia was recorded: exactly 21.817 children were born alive, i.e. almost two thousand more than a year before.
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Modernisation of Ljubljana airport infrastructure
Date: 06 July 2009
Two important infrastructure projects are currently under way at Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport: renovation of the runway and widening of the main apron.
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