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Tabor: Dijaki iz Argentine (slo)

thezaurus — Tue Jun 18, 2013 6:40 am

Author: thezaurus

Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 6:40 am

From: Bostjan Kocmur <drustvo.svs@guest.arnes.si>
To: SVS <drustvo.svs@guest.arnes.si>
Sent: Monday, 17 June 2013, 21:07
Subject: Poletni programi

Spo�tovani člani in prijatelji SVS!

Končno vstopamo v poletni čas in pred nami je �e nekaj pričakovanih dogodkov:

- V nedeljo, 30. junija, dru�inski izlet na Nanos

- V nedeljo, 7. julija, v Zavodu sv. Stanislava, 20. tabor Slovencev po svetu z nastopom dijakov iz Argentine in aktualno temo
Zakaj ostati v Sloveniji?
Mladi, med Slovenijo in tujino

Lepo vabljeni!!

The Great Gatsby: 4.5 stars

SuzanneJacobs — Sat Jun 15, 2013 4:41 pm

Author: SuzanneJacobs

Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 4:41 pm

This Great Gatsby is superb.
http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/blogs/get-flickd/the-great-gatsby-45-stars-20130530-2nf3p.html

package of legislative reforms

thezaurus — Sat Jun 15, 2013 6:00 am

Author: thezaurus

Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 6:00 am

PRESS RELEASE Government of the Republic of Slovenia
http://www.vlada.si/en/media_room/government_press_releases/
6.06.13
PM Bratu�ek: �With the first package of legislative reforms, we will re-instate trust in a just state governed by the rule of law�
Ljubljana � �The agreement reached several days ago between the Government of the Republic of Slovenia and the Supreme Court means a commitment to the citizens of Slovenia that Slovenia will continue to walk the path of a just country governed by the rule of law," Prime Minister Bratu�ek said following the press conference after today�s government session, as the Government has approved the draft first package of judicial reform intended to improve the Slovenian judiciary.

Minister Pličanič: �By implementing measures in the commitment, we are also realising recommendations made by the European Commission.�
Source:
http://www.vlada.si/en/media_room/government_press_releases/press_release/article/pm_bratusek_with_the_first_package_of_legislative_reforms_we_will_re_instate_trust_in_a_just_s/

REVIEW | The Pervert�s Guide

thezaurus — Sat Jun 15, 2013 5:58 am

Author: thezaurus

Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 5:58 am

REVIEW | �i�ek�s Version: The Pervert�s Guide to Ideology
BY DAN ADLEMAN ON MAY 23, 2013
The Pervert�s Guide to Ideology
Dir: Sophie Fiennes
May 5 at the DOXA Film Festival

Sophie Fiennes� new film, The Pervert�s Guide to Ideology, follows Slovenian philosopher Slavoj �i�ek on a Virgilian tour through the labyrinths of popular culture. As in many of his seventy or so books, �i�ek deploys the ideas of Jacques Lacan, Karl Marx, and Walter Benjamin to shed light on the intricate operations of ideology in cinema, TV ad campaigns, and popular music. Here, the emphasis on pop culture serves a two-fold purpose: it exposes the extent to which we denizens of a supposedly �post-ideological society� are entangled in the cobwebs of ideology, and it makes abstruse psychoanalytic and philosophical optics thoroughly palatable to large audiences (a tactic that in large part accounts for �i�ek�s veritable intellectual guru status both inside and outside of academia)...
More...
http://themainlander.com/2013/05/23/review-zizeks-version-the-perverts-guide-to-ideology/

Joyce Tabone apps for languages

thezaurus — Fri Jun 14, 2013 8:22 pm

Author: thezaurus

Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 8:22 pm

Hi, I am a languages teacher who has been using iPads in my classroom for the past year. Along the way I have discovered some very useful apps which can be used in any languages classroom. As a result, I have created this blog
www.teachinglotewithipads.wordpress.com
Each day I am going to add a review of an app I am using.
You might find this blog useful for yourself and your association's members.
Kind regards
Joyce Tabone 14 June 2013

B Pahor European Citizens' Prize

thezaurus — Tue Jun 11, 2013 8:37 am

Author: thezaurus

Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 8:37 am

European Citizens' Prize Newsletter: Slovenia News
http://www.ukom.gov.si/en/media_room/newsletter_slovenia_news/
7. 6. 2013
Brussels - Acclaimed Slovenian author Boris Pahor, based in Italy's Trieste, has won this year's European Citizens' Prize, conferred on individuals or groups who have made a significant contribution to mutual understanding and fostering of ties among EU nations. Pahor will receive the prize in Slovenia at the end of August, when he turns 100...
Pahor is best known for his novel describing the horrors of Nazi concentration camps. "Necropolis" deals with his experience of the Nazi labour camp Mittelbau-Dora near Nordhausen, Germany.
The novel brought him international acclaim only after it was translated into Italian in 2007, which was 40 years after it was first released in Slovenian in Italy. It was translated into Italian in 1990.
Apart from his literary work, Pahor is also known for his social and political engagement.
The minority author will celebrate his 100th birthday on 26 August. The celebrations marking his jubilee in Slovenia started already in April.

(Source: STA)
http://www.ukom.gov.si/en/media_room/newsletter_slovenia_news/news/article/393/4618/b0d919b91c91f6bcc997890aaa0fb495/?tx_ttnews%5Bnewsletter%5D=209

Pocket Course Slovene, Ljubljana

thezaurus — Tue Jun 11, 2013 8:25 am

Author: thezaurus

Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 8:25 am

Source: Center for Slovene
http://www.centerslo.net/l2.asp?L1_ID=1&L2_ID=6&LANG=eng
Pocket course of Slovene in Ljubljana free of charge!

What? A survival course of Slovene. You learn basic information about Slovene language, how to pronounce Slovene words and how to say some common and useful expressions which will make your stay in Slovenia more pleasant.
Get a taste of it...
Who? Tourists, travelers, businessmen and anyone who is unable to speak Slovene but would like to. Spend an hour and a half with our teachers and get to know the basics in a fun and exciting way. All you need is a pen, curiosity and lots of good humour. No knowledge of Slovene is required.
Slovenian Tourist Information Centre
When? Every Wednesday from June to September from 5 to 6.30 pm.
June 5, 12, 19, 26
July 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
August 7, 14, 21, 28
September 4, 11, 18, 25

Where? Slovenian Tourist Information Centre, Krekov trg 10, Ljubljana (near the market and bridge Zmajski most, see map below).

June 3, 1988, Defence of Human Rights

thezaurus — Mon Jun 10, 2013 6:30 am

Author: thezaurus

Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 6:30 am

Source: Archives of Republic of Slovenia http://www.arhiv.gov.si/en/areas_of_work/exhibitions/archivalia_of_the_month/archivalia_of_the_month_june_2013/
ARCHIVALIA OF THE MONTH (JUNE 2013)

The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights
The Founding Document of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights

Ljubljana, June 3, 1988
Copy, 4 pages.

Reference code: SI AS 1289, Odbor za varstvo človekovih pravic � Bavčarjev odbor, box 1 (founding document), box 12 (statement), boxes 6 and 12 (letters of support).

June 3rd marks the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights. The Committee was set up at the initiative of Igor Bavčar three days after the arrest of Janez Jan�a. This month�s archivalia is the founding document of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights titled �We founded the Committee for the Defence of Janez Jan�a�s Rights�. Kept among our records are 4 versions of this document: the one introduced here is the document that was published in the magazine Mladina (June 10, 1988) and in other printed media. Due to new arrests the Committee for the Defence of Janez Jan�a�s Rights changed its name into the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights on June 6. Archival documents of the Committee were donated to the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia by the Slovenian Democratic Party in 1991, some of the documents were also donated by Marjan Kranjc from Ljubljana in 1996. The documents cover the period between June 1988 and 1990 and consist of 19 archival boxes (2.2 running metres).

Read more...
http://www.arhiv.gov.si/en/areas_of_work/exhibitions/archivalia_of_the_month/archivalia_of_the_month_june_2013/

STA Jansa to "Fight to the End"

thezaurus — Mon Jun 10, 2013 6:29 am

Author: thezaurus

Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 6:29 am

Source: The Slovenia Times, 05 Jun 2013 / By STA, T. M.
http://www.sloveniatimes.com/jansa-to-fight-to-the-end-says-conviction-political
Jan�a to "Fight to the End", Says Conviction Political

Opposition leader Janez Jan�a said he would "fight to the end and never give up" after he was handed a two-year prison sentence on Wednesday for his role in the Patria defence deal. The verdict, which is not yet final, is "a disgrace for the country" and will "never stand", he told reporters.
Jan�a framed the verdict in political terms, claiming it was "written in advance in Murgle and by known authors," a reference to the residence of Former President Milan Kučan.

He announced he would use "all legal means", starting with an appeal within 15 days, as well as "all political means", which he refused to specify despite multiple requests to clarify.
He only said he would use all political means in the segment related to the politically-motivated trial for the verdict to be reversed. "This ruling will never hold," he said.
The ruling is moreover "a slap in the face of all those who after all believed Slovenia was a kind of a rule of law where politically-motivated trials are not possible any more". "Unfortunately we were wrong."
He reiterated his view that the indictment as well as the ruling were vague, wondering how he could have defended himself from no concrete allegation.
"How can I explain that I was not at an unknown place on an unknown day? How can I explain that I did not receive a promise of a reward in an unspecified manner of communication?"
Jan�a also said he had never been in touch with the people mentioned in relation to the Patria case, adding that he first heard about Patria's local partner Rotis only when it was making headlines in relation to the Patria deal.

Those who have got the money from the deal are not subject to court proceedings or are subject to some minor Patria trial or have been let to disappear, said Jan�a.
"One of them in is Canada," he said in reference to Canada-based businessman Walter Wolf of Slovenian descent, who is being sought with an international arrest warrant after missing several recent trial dates in Ljubljana.

Meanwhile, asked today by public broadcaster TV Slovenija if he would return to Slovenia, Wolf said he was not crazy to do so. "I can't be convicted if I'm not in court."

Jan�a was sentenced to two years in prison while two co-defendants, Brigadier Tone Krkovič, an alleged middleman, and Ivan Črnkovič, the boss of Patria's Slovenian partner Rotis, were sentenced to 22 months in prison. The three men were also ordered to pay EUR 37,000 in fines each.

Much like Jan�a, Krkovič and Črnkovič decried the conviction and reiterated they had done nothing wrong and that the judge did nothing but follow the reasoning of the prosecution.

"This is a farce, a disgrace for Slovenia," Črnkovič said, claiming that the judge had failed to take into account a single evidence presented in almost two years of proceedings.

Krkovič said the conviction was an "absurd injustice", reiterating that he had nothing at all to do with the Patria deal.

Both plan to appeal the verdict.

Migration of Thezaurus portal

thezaurus — Mon Jun 10, 2013 6:28 am

Author: thezaurus

Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 6:28 am

This week whlle the Thezaurus website is in the process of migration to a new hosting service in Slovenia, articles in all the projects cannot be viewed. When the migration is completed an advice will be posted on the forums!
Thezaurus Project Team

Chinese and Dutch co in Maribor

SuzanneJacobs — Sat Jun 08, 2013 11:21 am

Author: SuzanneJacobs

Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 11:21 am

Production Relaunched at Maribor Vehicles Makers with Chinese Investment
Business, 27 Apr 2013 / By STA, T. M.
TAM, the once-famed Maribor producer of buses and lorries, rose from the ashes on Friday as production was officially relaunched at the company with the help of Chinese investor CHTC and Dutch company DuraBus, which plan to secure around 200 jobs in the coming years.
The former giant, which shared the fate of the majority of the industry in Maribor following the loss of Yugoslav markets, went into receivership as TVM in 2011, but is now being revived as TAM DuraBus, 51% Chinese-owned and 49% Dutch-Austrian...

http://www.sloveniatimes.com/production-relaunched-at-maribor-vehicles-makers-with-chinese-investment

Odvetniki "in dubio pro reo"

thezaurus — Fri Jun 07, 2013 4:58 pm

Author: thezaurus

Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 4:58 pm

THEME TOPIC: Society and Justice
Source: A. Čeferin: Lahko nas je strah, da �ivimo v taki dr�avi
05.06.2013 http://www.finance.si/
Ale� Perčič, Borut Hočevar
"Slovenijo je preplavila hujska�ka klima in �elja po linču. Sodstvo je v resnih te�avah," pravi odvetnik Aleksander Čeferin
"Dana�nja obsodilna sodba zoper Jan�o in druge me je (kljub več kot dvajsetletni odvetni�ki praksi) izjemno presenetila," je dana�njo obsodbo v zadevi Patria komentiral odvetnik Aleksander Čeferin. "Najprej po tem, kolikor sem sem seznanjen z listinami iz spisa, zoper biv�ega predsednika vlade ne obstajajo niti indici, kaj �ele dokazi za obsodilno sodbo. Če se v resnih dr�avah preganja predsednika vlade, potem bi morali obstajati zelo trdni dokazi, kar pa v tem primeru očitno ne dr�i."

Po njegovi oceni je v vsesplo�ni histeriji in zahtevah po linčih javnost tista, ki sodi in v odmevnih primerih. "Sodniki sploh ne izrekajo več oprostilnih sodb, tudi če bi to bilo nujno za pravično sodbo," dodaja.

"Sodstvo ima te�ave. To ne sme biti servis za ugajanje javnemu mnenju"

"Postopek v odmevnih zadevah poteka takole. Policija zadevo preda to�ilstvu in se tako "re�i bremena", to�ilstvo vlo�i obto�ni akt in se spet "re�i bremena", sodi�ča so do pred kratkim odločala tako, kot pač pravi zakon, po novem pa po moji oceni posku�ajo utemeljiti svojo učinkovitost pred javnostjo s tem, da v odmevnih primerih pač �e sodi�ča izrečejo obsodilno sodbo in se (navidezno) "re�ijo bremena"," pravi Čeferin.

Meni, da sta Slovenijo preplavili hujska�ka klima in �elja po linču, kar je zelo nevarna situacija. "Sodstvo je namreč v resnih dr�avah ne le deklaratorno, pač pa tudi dejansko ločena veja oblasti, ki sodi pravično in skladno z zakonom, ne pa servis za ugajanje javnemu mnenju. Verjemite mi, da nas je lahko močno strah �iveti v taki dr�avi. Nikoli ne vemo, kdo je naslednji..."

Source:
http://www.finance.si/8341602/A.-Čeferin-Lahko-nas-je-strah-da-�ivimo-v-taki-dr�avi?

Koper Slovene Language Summer

thezaurus — Wed Jun 05, 2013 8:02 am

Author: thezaurus

Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 8:02 am

Subject: 20. Poletni tečaji slovenskega jezika na slovenski Obali 2013 "HALO, TUKAJ SLOVENSKI MEDITERAN!"
Date: 3 June 2013
Dear Sirs,

we are pleased to inform you about the 20th Slovene Language Summer Courses on the Slovene Coast. The Summer Courses entitled �HELLO, THIS IS THE SLOVENE MEDITERRANEAN!�, organized by the Faculty of Humanities Koper and the Science and Research Centre of Koper at the University of Primorska will be held in Koper from 15th July to 27st July 2013.

The course is intended for all who wish to learn the Slovene language or improve their knowledge and get to know Slovenia and its culture in spending two pleasant summer weeks by the Slovene sea.

The main aim of the Summer Course was achieved in last nineteen years. We combined the usefulness of learning Slovene and getting more familiar with Slovenia with the pleasures of spending two summer weeks by the sea. The results of language tests as well as participants' impressions gathered in a newsletter and the results of a questionnaire showed how successful the Summer Courses were. We are also very glad to see that many participants are coming back each year.

Please find enclosed our leaflets and posters with further information about the Slovene Language Summer Courses on the Slovene Coast 2013: http://www.fhs.upr.si/sl/tecaji/poletne-sole.

Allow us to invite you to take part in Summer Courses in the Mediterranean town of Koper, and thank you for informing everyone who would be interested in attending the Summer courses.

Yours sincerely,

Mojca Butinar Mu�ina
Cordinator of the Summer Course

Info: mojca.butinar@fhs.upr.si or irina.mt@fhs.upr.si

Al Jazeera Slovenia prepares for summer of discontent

thezaurus — Wed Jun 05, 2013 7:26 am

Author: thezaurus

Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 7:26 am

http://www.aljazeera.com/
Slovenia prepares for summer of discontent
Last updated: 31 May 2013
Country emerged from communism in a better position than its neighbours but the economic crisis is now hitting home.

Ljubljana, Slovenia - In Slovenia, few traits are as highly prized as gospodariti, literally the ability to manage finances prudently. Gospodariti was often cited to explain Slovenia�s emergence as an industrial motor of Marshal Tito�s Yugoslav system during the Cold War. As Yugoslavia collapsed in bloody fratricide, gospodariti again came to the rescue, helping a newly independent nation of just two million people to fashion a flourishing economy on the edge of a warzone.

Two decades later Slovenia�s cherished reputation for fiscal rectitude has, like the status of its government bonds, been reduced to junk.

On May 29, the European Commission told Slovenia that its heavily indebted banking system would require an independent review. The same report gave Slovenia until 2015 to bring its budget deficit below the European Union threshold of 3 percent of gross domestic product.

The Commission also called on Prime Minister, Alenka Bratusek, to push forward with a package of fiscal proposals announcedlast month. These measures include the sale of fifteen publicly-owned businesses, a 2 percent increase in Value Added Tax (VAT) and the creation of a "bad bank".

Slovenia appears to have staved off the short-term threat of becoming the sixth Eurozone member to receive a bailout -- but everything is far from green in this picturesque Alpine state.

Difficult transition
Read more...
http://m.aljazeera.com/story/20135311252828810

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