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10 SloveNIa GetS
New CeNtre-Left GoverNmeNt
16-18 INteRvIeW
A teAm of studeNts At the uNiversity
iN LjubLjANA hAs woN first pLACe At AN
iNterNAtioNAL CompetitioN of reseArCh
projeCts (iGem) oN syNthetiC bioLoGy At the
uNiversity of mAssAChusetts iNstitute of
teChNoLoGy (mit) iN the overALL rANkiNG
26-27 - oUR eXCelleNCe
sLoveNiAN GAzeLLes Are CoNqueriNG the
heiGhts of the GLobAL eCoNomy
37-40 - I Feel SloveNIa
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Cover photo: New Prime minister borut Pahor, Photo: Sta
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Anæe Logar
the NeW teRm oF oFFICe
IS beGINNING
The new term of office for the new government is beginning.
The National Assembly has confirmed the cabinet, and
the new government started to operate at the end of the
November. Due to the threatening economic crisis, the
new premier Borut Pahor gave up the traditional 100 days
of tranquillity, but the opposition will, just as it has with
every government so far, enable the quarter of the starting
truce. About the plans of the new premier and his team
of ministers, we report in Sinfo and will, of course, in the
following issues.
Recently Maribor, the second biggest city in Slovenia, was
chosen for the European cultural capital of 2012. This is
an important project that will bring Slovenia closer to the
numerous European fans of culture, and give us a new
opportunity to prove ourselves. As expected, also in this
issue, we could not avoid the already heard questions on the
reasonableness of such projects and the high costs that will
be passed on the taxpayers. Although Slovenia has managed
to convert each such international challenge into success, the
Slovenians remain modest. Voltaire wrote that it is not enough
to be modest, since you also need a reason to be modest.
But there is no reason to be modest in culture. Especially in
a community that strives for a sense of community, but at
the same time wishes to preserve cultural diversity. Slovenia’s
cooperation in the framework of the European cultural
capitals project is the best assurance that the term 'united in
diversity' continues to exist, although the document where
these words are written in a preamble is history by now…
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