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  Janez Vajkard Valvasor biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Baron Janez Vajkard Valvasor (also spelled Johann Weichert) (baptized on May 28, 1641 - died on September 19, 1693), was a Slovene nobleman, scholar, and polymath, member of the Royal Society.
Janez Vajkard Valvasor was born in May 1641 in Ljubljana, Slovenia to father Jernej and mother Ana Marija b.
Janez Vajkard's father died when he was ten years old.
janez-vajkard-valvasor.biography.ms   (315 words)

  
 Janez Drnovsek - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Janez Drnovšek (born May 17, 1950) is a Slovenian politician and statesman, born in Celje, then part of Yugoslavia, today in Slovenia.
Janez Drnovšek graduated with a degree in economics in 1973, and defended M.Sc thesis in 1981.
Meanwhile he worked at a construction company, then at a bank branch in his home region (central Slovenia, at the banks of the Sava river) and also one year as an economic advisor at the Yugoslav embassy in Cairo, Egypt.
www.secaucus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Janez_Drnovsek   (424 words)

  
 CNN.com - Slovenia: PM to become president - Dec. 2, 2002
Slovenia's long-serving Prime Minister Janez Drnovsek is set to resign this week to prepare for his new job as president, pledging to keep the former Yugoslav republic on a pro-Western course.
Drnovsek beat Barbara Brezigar, a 49-year-old state prosecutor and a political novice, who attracted many voters with a message that the young country needed new leaders.
Drnovsek, leader of the Liberal Democrats, won 56 percent of the votes with Brezigar on 44 percent, according to near-complete results.
edition.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/12/02/slovenia.pres   (352 words)

  
 RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY
Slovenia's center-left prime minister, Janez Drnovsek, won the most votes in the first round of presidential elections on 10 November, but he fell short of the 50 percent needed to avoid a runoff.
Drnovsek, 52, who has been prime minister since 1992 with a short exception during 2000, is favored to win the second round and replace President Milan Kucan.
Drnovsek, an economist by training, is widely regarded as the architect of the former Yugoslav republic's transition to democracy and a market economy.
www.rferl.org /features/2002/11/11112002162927.asp   (907 words)

  
 Janez Drnovsek   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Janez Drnovšek is a popular Slovene leader and statesmen who provided a crucial contribution towards democratic economic and political developments in the country.
Born on May 17, 1950 in Celje, Slovenia, Dr. Janez Drnovšek obtained a Ph.D. in Economics at the Faculty of Economic Sciences in Maribor.
On October 14, 1995 Dr. Drnovšek received the award "La prix de la Mediteranee" that was given by the Forum Universale of the Mediterannean Crans Montana Forum as the international recognition of the outstanding economic and political achievements that he established in the Republic of Slovenia.
www.sigov.si /pope/drnovsek.html   (866 words)

  
 Slovenia Business Week   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Drnovsek also pointed out that it is important for smaller countries, such as Slovenia and Ireland with a lot of common interests to co-operate.
Drnovsek was also hopeful that the Irish voters would understand how important their decision is for the countries of Central and Eastern Europe which have been waiting for another EU enlargement for a long time.
Drnovsek was concerned that a potential no-vote by the Irish on the EU enlargement would have long-term negative ramifications that would be felt for decades.
www.gzs.si /SBW/head.asp?idc=11480   (586 words)

  
 Poet, Essayist Edward Hirsch to Speak at Illinois Wesleyan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Drnovsek, who is among the world's youngest heads of state at age 49, will attend a reception, hold a news conference; and deliver IWU's President's Convocation address, marking the start of the 1999-2000 school year.
During the conflict, Drnovsek was the principal negotiator with the YPA and a key player in the Brioni talks, which ended the war.
Drnovsek, born in 1950 in Celje, Slovenia, received a doctorate in economics from the University of Maribor, Slovenia, where he specialized in monetary policy.
www.iwu.edu /~iwunews/newsrlse/tw12223.html   (1660 words)

  
 Slovenia Business Week
Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Drnovsek began his official visit to the U.S. on Tuesday, 14 May. During his visit, Slovenian Prime Minister met a number of senators and U.S. administration officials and was received by President Bush.
Prime Minister Drnovsek was received by U.S. President George W. Bush in the Oval Office on Friday, 17 May. This third meeting of the pair and the Slovenian minister's second visit to the White House came ten years after the United States recognised Slovenia as an independent country.
Drnovsek concluded his assessment of talks in the U.S. by denying media reports that U.S. officials were displeased with the fact that the Slovenian government decided to purchase a civilian jet with defence funds.
www.gzs.si /SBW/head.asp?idc=10493   (614 words)

  
 East European Constitutional Review
Drnovsek's government, which has a popularity rating of about 60 percent, survived its first serious test on January 29 when the parliament rejected a motion to oust Minister of the Environment and Spatial Planning Janez Kopac by 43 votes to 28.
Drnovsek explained the double job by saying that two posts would no longer be needed after Slovenia has closed negotiations with the EU.
Early in October, however, Drnovsek had said he was considering the possibility of finishing up his term of office by spring 2002 to run for president this year, his health permitting.
www.law.nyu.edu /eecr/vol11num1_2/constitutionwatch/slovenia.html   (1598 words)

  
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The 52-year-old long-time Prime Minister Janez Drnovsek (Liberal Democracy of Slovenia – LDS) was elected Slovenia's new president in a run-off round, on 1 December.
Drnovsek is scheduled to be received by the incumbent President Kucan on Monday at noon.
Drnovsek is convinced that years of experience will help him in reaffirming Slovenia on the international arena.
www.uvi.gov.si /eng/government/press-releases/id?&i1=STA-UVI&i2=ang&i3=1&i4=spj&i5=ter_dvl_021&i10=artic&i12=A1F3DA19A9798076C1256C83005604D3&j1=ISO-8859-2&j2=&j3=&j4=   (588 words)

  
 East European Constitutional Review
Slovenia’s longtime prime minister, Janez Drnovsek, was elected president, on December 1, in a second-round runoff election, with 56.52 percent of the vote.His challenger was Barbara Brezigar, who was running as an independent candidate backed by the center-right opposition parties.
Drnovsek’s election as president resulted in a reshuffling of the cabinet, following his resignation from the post of prime minister, on December 2.
On December 11, Rop was endorsed by parliament by a vote of 63 to 24; and his government approved by a vote of 54 to 25 at an extraordinary session of parliament on December 19.
www.law.nyu.edu /eecr/vol11_12num4_1/constitutionwatch/slovenia.html   (2082 words)

  
 PM Janez Drnovsek at the Vilnius Group Summit in Bucharest
The Slovenian prime minister Dr Janez Drnovsek participated in the conference for Vilnius Group prime ministers in Bucharest, Romania, entitled "The Spring of New Allies".
Dr Drnovsek used the opportunity to emphasise that Slovenia has been a NATO candidate for a number of years, a period in which much has changed in Slovenia and within NATO.
Dr Drnovsek closed his talk by saying that he sees no reason why the current members of NATO would not want the candidates to join the alliance and take on their share of the responsibility for maintaining international peace and security.
nato.gov.si /eng/digest/3/36   (443 words)

  
 Slovenia --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Janez Drnovsek, Slovenia's prime minister for most of its 11 years of independence, was elected the country's president on December 1.
Drnovsek had served as prime minister for most of Slovenia's 12 years as an independent country.
Anton Rop was chosen to succeed Drnovsek as prime minister and head of a four-party centre-left coalition.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9389803?tocId=9389803   (818 words)

  
 CNN.com - Drnovsek set to lead Slovenia - Dec. 1, 2002
Drnovsek and his only rival, opposition candidate Barbara Brezigar, both support Slovenia's membership of the European Union and NATO which is expected in 2004.
Drnovsek, 52, has been Slovenia's prime minister for most of the past 10 years.
Drnovsek, the Liberal Democrats' leader, has been almost an emblem of Slovenia ever since it won independence from the former Yugoslavia in 1991 after a 10-day war.
archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/12/01/slovenia.elex   (399 words)

  
 CNN.com - Slovenia returns former leader to office - October 16, 2000
Drnovsek's centre-left Liberal Democrats are ahead in parliamentary elections, winning more than 35 percent of the vote, according to initial results released by the state electoral commission on Monday after 85 percent of the ballots had been counted.
Drnovsek called the initial results in Slovenia a "wished for" outcome but refused to immediately identify his possible future partners.
Drnovsek, however, has failed to win an absolute majority in the 90-seat legislature and long and possibly difficult negotiations over the future coalition Cabinet now seem inevitable.
archives.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/europe/10/16/elections.slovenia   (601 words)

  
 Janez Drnovsek Sworn In as Slovenia's New President
Janez Drnovsek Sworn In as Slovenia's New President
Drnovsek went on to highlight the main achievements of the "young country" and outlined the main priorities of his presidential term.
The new president stressed that he is starting his term just as Slovenia has a great historic opportunity - to finally enter the common European arena where it will be able to take an equal part in creating a future European continent based on common values.
nato.gov.si /eng/digest/16/168   (194 words)

  
 Janez Drnovsek   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Janez Drnovšek (born May 17, 1950) is a SloveniansSlovenian politician and statesman, born in Celje, then part of Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaYugoslavia, today in Slovenia/.
Meanwhile he worked at a construction company, then at a bank branch in his home region Zasavje (central Slovenia, at the banks of the Sava river) and also one year as an economic advisor at the Yugoslav embassy in Cairo, Egypt.
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev has sent a message of congratulations to President of Slovenia Janez Drnovsek.
www.infothis.com /find/Janez_Drnovsek   (392 words)

  
 President of Republic of Macedonia - Branko Crvenkovski
President Drnovsek emphasized that the Republic of Slovenia will continue with its continued political support, transfer of experience and concrete assistance to the aspirations of the Republic of Macedonia for membership in the European Union and NATO.
The two collocutors concluded that the progress of the Republic of Macedonia on that path is of extreme importance to the stability of the region as a whole, and a successful model in Euro Atlantic integrations of the country in the region.
At the meeting of President Crvenkovski with the President of the Governement of the Republic of Slovenia Janez Jansa, Prime Minister Janez commended the success of the Republic of Macedonia in the process of its rapprochement to the EU and NATO.
www.president.gov.mk /info_e.asp?SectionID=2&InfoID=835   (785 words)

  
 presidential election in slovenia
As forecast Prime Minister Janez Drnovsek took the lead in the first round of the presidential election, however he did not win an absolute majority.
The former Justice minister is the only candidate not to have been put forward by a political movement; whilst electoral law obliged her to register five thousand signature in order to be a candidate Barbara Brezigar collated seven thousand.
Janez Drnovsek who is clearly assured success in three weeks time, having received the public support of the present President Milan Kucan, has already appointed Anton Rop, present Finance Minister as his successor at the head of government.
www.robert-schuman.org /anglais/oee/slovenie/resultats.htm   (449 words)

  
 EMBASSY OF GREECE: PRESS OFFICE - News Flash   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Drnovsek spoke of the historical significance of enlargement, saying that responsibility for the final outcome lay not only with the 15 member-states but also with the candidate countries which must make appropriate preparations.
Drnovsek expressed concern about the course of EU enlargement to the countries of central and eastern Europe, while Mr.
Drnovsek also later met with Athens Mayor Dimitris Avramopoulos, with whom he discussed possible cooperation between local government organizations of the two countries.
www.greekembassy.org /press/newsflash/1998/October/nflash1030b.html   (466 words)

  
 presidential election in slovenia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
In January, Janez Drnovsek was re-elected to lead his movement, the Liberal Democrat Party of Slovenia with 97% of the vote.
Anton Rop, current Finance Minister is favourite to take Janez Drnovsek's place either as Prime Minister or as the head of the Liberal Democrat Party of Slovenia.
Although Janez Drnovsek has always managed to maintain harmony within his movement his departure is likely to endanger the present equilibrium between the different trends, and therefore make his successor's task a difficult one.
www.robert-schuman.org /anglais/oee/slovenie/default2.htm   (515 words)

  
 Slovenia's leaders visit Belgrade to negotiate trade ties
Slovenia's Prime Minster Janez Drnovsek and leaders from two dozen major companies arrived here anxious to expand ties with Yugoslavia.
Drnovsek is the first Slovene prime minister to visit Belgrade since Slovenia broke away from the former Yugoslavia in 1991.
Drnovsek, who had once been president of former Yugoslavia before the six-republic federation dissolved, also signed several trade agreements.
www.invest-in-serbia.com /archive/2002_06/2002_06_19_1.htm   (315 words)

  
 President of the Republic of Slovenia
President of the Republic of Slovenia, Dr Janez Drnovąek has participated in a debate which took place in the framework of the second day of the Meeting of Presidents of Central European States.
Address by the President of the Republic of Slovenia Dr Janez Drnovąek at the 12th Meeting of Presidents of Central European States in Zagreb (unedited version)
Speech by the President of the Republic of Slovenia Dr. Janez Drnovąek at the 60th session of the United Nations General Assembly
www.up-rs.si /eng   (1389 words)

  
 France-diplomatie [Diplomatic News]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Janez Drnovsek, Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, will be in Paris on April 24 and 25, 2001 for the inauguration of the new premises of Slovenia's embassy.
Drnovsek has been prime minister of the Republic of Slovenia since 1992.
Drnovsek will have a meeting with the prime minister during his visit.
www.france.diplomatie.fr /actu/article.gb.asp?ART=10645   (196 words)

  
 Slovenia moves to the right -DAWN - International; 05 October, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
According to the constitution, President Janez Drnovsek has to appoint the premier-designate after consulting all parties represented in parliament but the procedure could take days.
In 2002 Drnovsek decided to run for president, later resigning as premier to take the new job, and naming LDS party colleague Rop as prime minister.
Jancic and political analysts agree that Rop did not have the charisma of Drnovsek who was among the politicians who led Slovenia to independence from Yugoslavia.
www.dawn.com /2004/10/05/int14.htm   (406 words)

  
 Slovenia Partner
In September 2004, Sturm was nominated by President Janez Drnovsek to the post of ad hoc judge for personal data safety at the joint supervisory body of Eurojust.
Holding its maiden session on Friday, 3 December, the centre-right government of Janez Jansa appointed 13 state secretaries tasked to assist the ministers and 3 state secretaries to work in the cabinet.
Janez Mozina, professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, will work for the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology.
www.sloveniapartner.com /article.asp?ID=957   (1552 words)

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