Krsko Nuclear Plant, Slovenia’s only nuclear power plant recently shutdown early this week because of some minor incident. However, it has failed to restart last Thursday due to certain technical problems. According to Ida Novak Jerele, the spokeswoman of the said plant, the system switched off last Wednesday due to an electrical power problem and last Thursday, it failed to restart as planned. But, there is no danger related to the failed restart of Krsko.

Furthermore, the spokeswoman claimed that there were “synchronization” problems discovered that’s why it failed to restarted. There were also “deviations” in the plant’s lubrication oil systems that added to the problem.

Slovenia’s only nuclear power plant was established in 1983 by Westinghouse and was both owned by Slovenia and Croatia. It currently has 2,000 megawatt reactor. The last problem encountered by the plant was in June 2008 wherein there was a faulty valve that led to a water leak causing increase alarms within Europe.

Various environmentalists have pushed the closure of the plant before its scheduled shut down this 2023, yet the Slovenian government is planning to build another reactor this coming 2013.

The only nuclear power plant within Slovenia was shut down last Wednesday because of a minor incident that didn’t cause any danger to human beings or even to the environment as claimed by the operator of the said plant. Krsko plant which is located 90 kilometers from east of Ljubljana, Slovenia’s capital city shutdown automatically wherein the exact reason behind is left unknown. However, it is been said that there was a drop in power on an outgoing power line to Croatia. In June 2008, Krsko plant likewise shut down for 5 days because of loss in coolant as detected by the reactor’s cooling system.

Architect Jure Kotnik of Slovenia recently designed the added extension of a Kindergarten situated in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Kindergarten Kekec contains rotating vertical rotating shutters over the facade with the shutters painted with bright colours. It took three days for the architects to build this structure which is made from prefabricated wood.

According to the architect, the building was inspired from the lack of play equipment within the said Kindergarten. They are able to overcome the problem through adding playful elements in the building’s exterior.

The very first eco hotel in Slovenia namely Bohinj Park Hotel has recently got high performance acoustic solutions from Fantoni Group, an Italian office furniture manufacturer. The said hotel had to comply with over 250 environmental sustainability criteria to be certified by the Green Globe International Sustainable Tourism Society as Slovenia’s first “Eco Resort”. Bohinj Park Hotel represents one of the most advanced hotels located within Central Europe when it comes to energy efficiency. Some of the features that show the company’s commitment to become energy efficient is their heat pumps, cogeneration and wells for extracting water.

A simple yet meaningful store in the centre of Ljubljana recently opened inspired with the beauty of Slovenia’s culture. Made in Slovenia is the newly opened shop wherein visitors can get postcards, magnets, T-shirts, homemade food goodies, natural cosmetics and a selection of handmade and unique jewelry made by Slovene designers. At times, these designers do the craft in front of the store.

The store is located near the Park Zvezda (Park Star) and next door to the Church of the Holy Trinity (Uršulinska cerkev) which can surely be passed by the tourists exploring the city. Made in Slovenia is open from 10:00 – 19:00 from Monday to Friday, and 10:00 – 15:00 on Saturday. You can call them for more information at +38640453221.

The Institute for Vedic Culture referred to as Gopuram has been recently launched in Slovenia to help in the conservation of the Vedic heritage and spread it within Slovenia as well as other countries. It was launched by the sister-brother team of Emilija Kercan and Vojko Kercan in Ljubljana, the capital and biggest city that aims in raising the awareness regarding the Vedic culture together with its universal message and recitation of Vedas through seminars, workshops, conferences, lectures, and the like.

Lately, the Gopuram launched a course entitled “Learn and recite the Vedas.” Plus, they had organized a Veda chanting workshop in Ljubljana.

A group of 8 Slovenian car companies were established in Ljubljana to decrease the R&D investment risks and at the same time stick with the trends with the global car industry. The said group is called SiEVA consortium which includes the following car companies: Hidria, Cimos, Kolektor, Iskra Avtoelektrika, Iskra Mehanizmi, MLM, Polycom and TPV. The word SiEVA actually stands for ‘synergetic, environmentally friendly, safe car’.

The group will do its best for the development of internal combustion engines, hybrids and electric engines, passenger safety and comfort, and production excellence. They have invested around 20 million euros for the said project hoping that they will get back the same amount by a public call for applications for development centres. At present, SiEVA is projected to makes 1,500 jobs as well as 20 new patent solutions for state-of-the-art environmentally friendly vehicles. The new company will be employing around 50 top development experts for this project.

In the year 2009, Slovenia had 38,928 kilometers of public roads. 6,701 kilometers were state roads, and 32,224 kilometers were municipal roads.

By the end of 2009, Slovenia had 38,925 kilometers of public roads. When compared with the length of the road in 2008 and 2009, the state road increased by 47 kilometers and the municipal roads lessened by 5 kilometers. In 2009, the length of the motorways likewise increased by 67 kilometers.

A World War II new mass grave has been found in a covered-up wartime trench as claimed by a Slovenian officer in charge of exhumations. This grave contains the remains of victims who died after World War II by antifascists.

Authorities have begun to examine the 120-meter-long or 400-foot-long by 3.5-meter-long or 11.5-feet-wide trench located in the village of Mostec according to Marko Strovs. They will continue to investigate until they will be able to determine the number of bodies buried in the said grave.

According to Radio Slovenija, the grave could contain thousands of bodies both from soldiers and civilians based from the post-war testimonies. Slovenia was one route to the West for Nazi collaborators coming from Yugoslavia who tried to run away after the war reprisals. At present, there are about twelve mass graves found.

We certainly want EV stations to substitute gasoline stations; creating existing gas station infrastructure greener continues to be a great thing to perform. Designers over at Studio 360 are proposing to make solar-powered gas station within Slovenia that will be created from natural materials.

This will be situated at the southern Bled bypass area. The roof of the service as well as sales facility will be made using a single element. The overall look of this station made from natural materials will be wrinkled to show the mountainous landscape it has around the area. The whole southern part of the infrastructure will be cover with photovoltaic panels to maximize the generation of energy,