Ljubljana, 2 July 2008 – The Minister of the Environment and Spatial Planning, Janez Podobnik, today addressed a letter to EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas, informing him in detail of the activities carried out by the Republic of Slovenia in the past two years in the proc...

Ljubljana, 30 June 2008 - Minister of the Environment and Spatial Planning Janez Podobnik and State Secretary Mitja Bricelj attended today's European Water Partnership – high-level policy debate: "Europe’s Water Vision for the 21st century".

The Member States of the EU have showed an overwhelming support for the Slovenian Presidency proposal on the inclusion of aviation into the European ETS (Emissions Trading Scheme) system when they rubber stamped the agreement last week.

"Hence, the Sloven...

Bled, 26 June 2008 – A two-day general meeting of the Permanent Committee on Cadastre (PCC) in the European Union started at Bled today, organised by the Surveying and Mapping Authority of the Republic of Slovenia, which chaired the Committee on behalf of Slovenia during the first...

Maribor, 23 June 2008 – The INSPIRE Conference, being held from 23 to 25 June at the Habakuk Hotel in Maribor, is today being opened by Dr Mitja Bricelj, State Secretary at the Slovenian Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning. Conference participants will discuss the Member ...

Sečovlje, 13 June 2008 - The meeting of EU Environmental Coordinators is being held on the Slovenian coast today. Such a meeting is traditionally organised by every EU Presidency country towards the end of its Presidency term of office. The meeting participants are, for the most p...

Ljubljana, 2 June 2008 – Minister of the Environment and Spatial Planning Janez Podobnik had just addressed participants of the AGORA Citizen Forum in Brussels.

In his openning speach he said:

Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished...