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.

Adria Airways, Slovenia’s national carrier will begin to have seasonal summer flights from Ljubljana to Split starting May 21 of this year. Flights will take place once a week which is every Saturday using the Bombardier CRJ900 jet. Furthermore, Adria Airways got full rights to operate charter flights from Split to Kristiansand in Norway. Such service will help in continuing the flights between Ljubljana and Split that is once per week.

The new solar-powered office building of Slovenia was an innovative project made by OFIS Architects for Eles Electro located at Ljubljana. It makes use of renewable energy sources like solar and wind. This net-zero project is designed to get the different angles of sunlight there is at different directors throughout the 187 days of the year that sees the sun in such part of the earth. Furthermore, every part of this building is covered with ample solar panels which can power the entire building without leading to grid-fired juice.

The interior part of the facility was made modern and rational and at the same time using organic materials. It is likewise made from concrete and natural materials like wood together with prefab concrete halls. For direct heating as well as cooling, the facility uses ground water together with wind for their natural ventilation.

The largest maker of industrial robots internationally namely Yaskawa Electric is currently constructing a production center within Europe in the so called town of Ribnica which is 35 km from the south of Ljubljana, Slovenia. The said plant will be a strategic supplier for all subsidiaries of the Japanese group within Europe. Furthermore, the plant is likewise an update of their current activities at Yaskawa’s Slovenian operations, Motoman Robotec and Yaskawa Ristro. Director of the company Hubert Kosler stated that they will be finishing the present financial year ending this February with revenues approximately EUR 3.2m and EUR 7m, respectively.

For those individuals who are planning to take a trip to Slovenia, you’d be lucky to witness some of the best and special events of the country as they celebrate their 20^th year of declaration of national independence.

Among the highlights is the Statehood Day to be held on June 25, 2011 that is actually a mark on the day when the country’s independence was officially declared in 1991. The event will then be followed by a meeting of Slovenians worldwide on the 21^st of July at Ljubljana, Slovenia’s capital city.

The events included during the celebration according to the national tourist board range from exhibitions at certain venues like Museum of Recent History in Celje and the National Liberation Museum in Maribor. Tourists can also visit certain parts of the country’s permanent attractions, such as the castle, bridges and old town area of Ljubljana. You can visit Slovenia through booking with the following carriers: easyJet, Swiss, Lufthansa together with other carriers.

Alkaloid AD is the biggest Macedonian-based pharmaceutical company registered a new company within Slovenia a few days ago. The name of the said company is Alkaloid-farm d.o.o. Ljubljana which 100% owned by the Alkaloid AD Skopje

The main functions of the new developed company involve local business operations within the Slovenian market. The existing company located in Ljubljana was renamed into Alkaloid-INT d.o.o. which concentrates on distributing the products of the company within the European market. The recent decision of the Macedonian company exhibits that enhancement of their export is among their main strategy.

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.

The world’s first practical three-dimensional microlaser was developed recently at the Jozef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana in Slovenia. The microlaser comes cheap, portable and very easy to operate with high precision results.

Matjaz Humar and Igor Musevic were the developers to the microdroplet 3-D laser system wherein the laser light shines in all directions from dye molecules adhered within spherical drops of helical molecules dispersed in a liquid solution. Igor Musevic anticipates that the microdroplet lasers can be created by millions in seconds will be utilized to make arrays of coherent light emitters.

The said three dimensional laser will be embedded within an object which is to be imaged. The light which comes directly from the source will interfere with the light scattered by the surroundings. The 3-D image of the object can be reconstructed from the interference pattern.

According to Prime Minister Borut Pahor, they have received the official confirmation coming from the Libyan PM al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmudi that the Libyan state investment fund will be funding around 30 million Euros required to finish the new Stozice sport and shopping complex located with Ljubljana, Slovenia. The said shopping complex was opened last August which likewise contains a basketball arena and football stadium.