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The voluntary Bag on Bag project, which was held for the second year in a row, warns of the excessive use of plastic bags by combining art and environmental protection, and at the same time offers creative and simple solutions for the prevention of...

Slovenian towns and municipalities have taken an active part in European Mobility Week from the very outset. Interest in the campaign is growing year by year, and this year, with the European Mobility Week taking place for the tenth time in a row, as many as...

The issue of building nature-coordinated housing settlements, the so-called eco-villages, has also been placed at the forefront of public attention in Slovenia. However, it is not only about the architecture but about seeking a whole pattern of life....

Julon opened a new production line, which is the first so far to allow polyamide production from 100% recycled materials. There are several reasons why it is classified as the technology of the future: oil, which is the basic raw material for...

Slovenian Christmas ritual dishes include numerous special kinds of bread, cakes, pies, strudels and most particularly, potica roll cakes.

Hidden in the soil of the Slovenian Istria grow special, aromatic, mysterious mushrooms – white truffles. They are appreciated for their extraordinary quality and their prices reach almost incomprehensible heights.

Every traditional wine-growing region in the EU that values its reputation has its indigenous grape varieties. And when a variety is indigenous, the wine made from it is indigenous too. The Slovenian list of varieties includes over 50 permitted and...

Recipes: Traditional Slovenian cuisine is based on cereals, fresh dairy products, meat, fish, vegetables, potatoes, olives and cured ham. Alongside the cuisine, the exceptional diversity of Slovenia’s selection of wines ensures top gourmet pleasures.

Elan with amfibia ski and Seaway with its series of Greenline Hybrid ecological vessels – both innovations have helped these two companies maintain their reputation as progressive – almost vanguard – manufacturers.

Pipistrel, a company owned by Mr Ivo Boscarol, has won the NASA award for the most efficient electric aircraft with its Taurus G4. The Taurus G4, the first four-seat aircraft with electric propulsion, was victorious over its only serious...

Dr Jernej Barbič, Slovenian mathematician, physicist, computer scientist and scientist, has become the first Slovenian to be recognised as one of the 35 most outstanding young innovators in the annual list published by the US magazine MIT...

For the third time, the newspaper Finance announced the winner of the competition Best Business Idea and Best Business Eco-idea 2011. Among five finalists is also the company Svetloba. The jury was convinced by its high-tech system of Reflecta...

Saltmaking is one of the oldest economic activities on the north-eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea, and the salt trade was once one of the most important branches of commerce in the territory of present-day Slovenia.

While pharaohs commissioned the building of huge pyramids for their afterlife and ruthlessly exploited their people to this end, some European tribes were much wiser. They are called pile-dwellers or lake-dwellers and in Slovene koliščarji,...

Slovenia is the only EU Member to have protected its native bee, the Carniolan bee (Apis mellifera carnica), which is famed for its docility, hard work, humility and excellent sense of orientation.

Idrija lace - beauty created with needle, bobbin and thread, has for centuries been a synonym for quality, prestige and an established reputation.