The pretty riverside city of Maribor in Slovenia been selected as European Capital of Culture 2012. In today’s culture show Eve Jackson is in Slovenia’s second city to find out why.
Moody's slashed the debt ratings of Italy, Spain and Portugal as well as Slovenia, Slovakia and Malta on Monday. France, Britain and Austria were warned that they were at increasing risk of downgrades due to the eurozone debt crisis.
The Fitch ratings agency downgraded five eurozone countries -- Italy, Spain and Slovenia by two notches and Belgium and Cyprus by one each -- on Friday, while lowering its outlook on Ireland amid persistent concerns about European debt.
Ljubljana Mayor Zoran Jankovic's new centre-left party, Positive Slovenia, won a surprise victory in Sunday elections, beating both the Social Democrats of Prime Minister Borut Pahor (pictured) and the centre-right favourites, partial results showed.
The centre-left government of Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor fell Tuesday after a no-confidence vote in parliament, paving the way for early elections in the small eurozone country.
All change for the Lisbon Treaty. It may have taken almost a decade to formulate, but EU leaders are considering adding new rules to protect the euro from a future debt crisis. Counting up Russians, the latest census reveals a drop in the number of people living in the largest nation on earth. And meet the man the Slovenian press are calling Eastern Europe's very own Barack Obama.
Another goalkeeping blunder helped Slovenia to their first ever World Cup victory with a 1-0 win over 10-man Algeria. They now top Group C with three points, two ahead of England and the United States, who drew 1-1 on Saturday.
Defender Antar Yahia, Algeria's replacement captain, will play in the team's opening World Cup game against Slovenia despite suffering a slight shin injury. Yazid Mansouri was dropped by coach Rabah Saadane due to his poor form.
Slovenia has narrowly approved a border arbitration deal with Croatia in a referendum, clearing a major obstacle to Zagreb's future membership
of the European Union.
