The Slovenia Times: Commissioner Potočnik: Slovenia in Ethical Crisis

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(The Slovenia Times) Janez Potočnik, Slovenia's EU commissioner, feels that ten years into EU membership, Slovenia's key challenge lies in restoring a sense of what is right.

While it is still seen as credible, the country has witnessed an erosion of values, Potočnik, who was Slovenia's chief negotiator in EU accession talks, has told the STA.

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http://www.sloveniatimes.com/commissioner-potocnik-slovenia-in-ethical-crisis-after-10-years-in-eu

The Slovenia Times: Slovenia With Record 2.3M Foreign Tourists Last Year

Piran. Photo: The Slovenia Times

(The Slovenia Times) A total of 2.26 million foreign tourists visited Slovenia in 2013, generating nearly 6 million overnight stays, which are both all-time highs, figures from the Statistics Office show.

The total number of tourists in Slovenia was at 3.4m in 2013, with the number of domestic guests dropping by 1% to 1.13m

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http://www.sloveniatimes.com/slovenia-received-2-3m-foreign-tourists-last-year

The Slovenia Times: Slovenian Florists to Decorate St Peter's Basilica

(The Slovenia Times) A couple of Slovenian florists have been chosen to decorate St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican for Easter celebrations.

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http://www.sloveniatimes.com/slovenian-florists-to-decorate-st-peter-s-basilica

The Slovenia Times: Plečnik Award Goes to High-End Residential Development

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(The Slovenia Times) Architects Matija Bevk, Vasa Perović and Andrej Ukmar are the recipients of this year's Plečnik Award for the Situla, a luxurious residential complex in the centre of Slovenia's capital.

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http://www.sloveniatimes.com/plecnik-award-goes-to-high-end-residential-development

The Slovenia Times: The Challenge Is to Continue with Reform, IMF and Slovenian Officials Agree

IMF HQ in Washington D.C.

(The Slovenia Times) IMF official Philip Gerson has assessed that the situation in Slovenia has significantly improved over the last year, but the country should continue with reforms and privatisation and as speed up the cleanup of its banks.

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http://www.sloveniatimes.com/the-challenge-is-to-continue-with-reform-imf-and-slovenian-officials-agree

The Slovenia Times: Slovenia Marking Ten Years of EU Membership

Celebrations in Nova Gorica 10 years ago.
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(The Slovenia Times) It is almost ten years since Slovenia joined the European Union as part of the 2004 "big bang" enlargement, the largest single expansion of the bloc. Being among the first post-Communist states to enter the EU, Slovenia was a success story at first, but it has been struggling lately with an economic and political crisis.

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http://www.sloveniatimes.com/slovenia-marking-ten-years-of-eu-membership