Ascent Resources soared high in London trading right after they have found out a natural gas at Petisovci field located in Slovenia. They rose up to 3.3% from 7.88% which earlier has advanced to 26% which is considered their largest gain since 13^th of October. EnQuest Plc sold of its 49% stake in the Petisovci Project in Slovenia to Ascent Resources last December 2010. EnQuest got 22.5% equity stake in Ascent which is in trade for the interest.

Termoelektrarna Sostanj recently received their very first tranche of 550 million-euro or $750 million loan coming from the European Investment Bank. The purpose of the loan is to enhance the thermal power plant owned by Slovenia. This power plant is located in Sostanj, northern part of Slovenia. The 110 million-euro tranche was given after the power plant was able to get an environmental permit which was the agreement of the government and the bank. The upgrade cost for the Sostanj plant is approximately 1.2 billion euros and is considered the largest energy investment of Slovenia since they got their independence 20 years ago. For the equipment, Alstom SA of France will be the ones to provide.

Tina Maze, a Slovenian athlete is the first Slovenian to win an Alpine skiing world championship during the women’s giant slalom held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. She won the gold model as she defeated Federica Brignone from Italy by nine-hundredths of a second finishing at 2 minutes and 20.54 seconds.

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.

Slovenia beat Iran Slovenia in the U16 Türk Telecom International Tournament basketball game. Iran lost to Slovenia with a score of 71-60 in Group B last Saturday. The Iran basketball team will be playing with Bulgaria who has recently defeated China during the second match. The U16 Türk Telecom International Tournament brought 12 basketball teams in total and the said event takes place in Gaziantep and will last up to February 12.

Just recently, the Slovenian parliament has adopted the declaration on ethic groups that came from Yugoslavia who are presently residing in Slovenia. The said declaration was passed just last Tuesday does not alter the legal status of the communities or new obligations for the government. However, it presents the parliament’s general stance on these communities. It states that Albanian, Bosniak, Montenegrin, Croat, Macedonian and Serb communities within Slovenia still have the right to organize based on ethnicity and at the same time permitted to improve their language and culture to help in the multiculturalism of Slovenia.

This coming August 28 to September 3, the Serial Cup which is a serial-class only paragliding competition will take place at Tolmin, Slovenia. The objective of such competition is to develop the skills of the cross country pilots especially in their distances flown, competition tactics, grasping their conditions, and the like. This is actually somehow related to the Ozone Chabre Open.

The pilots that will be included in the top-level competition will be announced the following month. Every pilot will give their talk on relevant subject matters together with flying the tasks on EN B wings together with other participants. Almost 125 pilots will be part of the Serial Cup and it will cost €120 before 31 March, €150 until 31 July and €170 thereafter to be part of the event. You can visit Slo-Comps registration system to be part of the event.

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 Koper Port of Slovenia handled approximately 15.37 million tons of cargo last year, which is a rise of about 17% from the previous years. Based on preliminary estimation, the operating revenues topped 119 million Euros up to 10% year-on-year as claimed by Luka Koper, port operator. Although there was an increase, the biggest rise was noted in the container transshipment that rose 40% to 476,731 units (TEU) which is a new record of the Slovenian port.

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.