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Close result on slovenian parliamentary
general eleCtions
Borut pahor /sD presiDent/: We Want to
formalise our informal Cooperation in Case
We get the manDate
13-14
minister Bajuk anD eBf ConvinCeD of the
staBility of the slovenian anD european
Banking systems
26-27 OUR EXCELLENCE
the slovene Company Bia separations
is leaDing the Way in the WorlD
pharmaCeutiCal inDustry
32-34 PEOPLE
jano» kern, primus of imago sloveniae
art for a million people!
35-36 GOOD SLOVENIAN INNS
the hi©a franko Casa unDer mt stol of
koBariD − a neW Culture of exCellenCe in
Culinary art
Cover photo: Borut Pahor and Janez Janπa, Photo: STA
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Anæe Logar
A TImE fOR
INTERPRETATION AND TImE
TO RENDER ACCOUNTS
September was a special month for Slovenia. It began with
the “import” of the Patria scandal from Finland. Then the preelection
stampede grew louder and louder until the last few
days of the election campaign, when substantial questions
about the future of Slovenia began to be addressed.
The election Sunday represented a transition to the normal
rhythm. The negative news mostly disappeared from the
media, replaced by surmise on the future government
coalition.
Due to the proportional voting system in Slovenia, months
may pass before the new government takes matters into their
own hands, which is not likely to happen any time before
December. Read more on the election results, as well as an
analysis of this year’s election race in the following pages.
The conclusion of the 2004-2008 government mandate
lead by Janez Janša is a good opportunity to unfold their
achievements. In the last four years, GDP per capita has
increased by 25%. Taxes have been reduced for the first
time - corporate taxes by 5%, personal taxes by 7%. The
average net basic salary has increased by 27% since 2004,
while pensions have increased by a fifth. Economic growth
has been stable throughout the term, hovering around 5.5%.
Slovenia has created 40,000 new jobs. Unemployment has
dropped to a record low of 4.2%; according to ILO, the
number of unemployed people has decreased by 35%.
Average inflation in Slovenia in the last four years has been
the lowest in the history of Slovenia’s independence. Slovenia
has fulfilled all Maastricht criteria, and as the first among new
EU Member States adopted the euro. For the first time in its
history Slovenia has shown a budget surplus. Not to mention
the successful presidency of the Council of the European
Union.
In four years time, there will be another opportunity to
render accounts. The results noted above have created
conditions that enable good work in the interest of citizens to
become a standard and a basis for the further development
of Slovenia.
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