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Social enterprise

2011-07-04T05:42:00.000-07:00

A social enterprise is any for-profit or non-profit organization that applies capitalistic strategies to achieving philanthropic goals. Many commercial enterprises would consider themselves to have social objectives, but commitment to these objectives is fundamentally motivated by the perception that such commitment will ultimately make the enterprise more financially valuable. Social enterprises differ in that, inversely, they do not aim to offer any benefit to their investors, except where they believe that doing so will ultimately further their capacity to realise their philanthropic goals.

Many entrepreneurs, whilst running a profit focussed enterprise that they own, will make charitable gestures through the enterprise, expecting to make a loss in the process. However unless the social aim is the primary purpose of the company this is not considered to be social enterprise. The term is more specific, meaning 'doing charity by doing trade', rather than 'doing charity while doing trade'. Another example is anuncorporation, which may pursue social responsibility goals that conflict with traditional corporate shareholder primacy, or may donate most of its profits to charity.

More on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_enterprise

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2011-07-04T05:37:00.000-07:00

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Businesses can learn from WikiLeaks

2011-01-10T02:24:00.000-08:00

WikiLeaks may have exposed some of the inner workings of governments across the world but another repercussion of the story could be the influence it has on businesses, who will be looking long and hard at how to control their internal communications. Sometimes it takes something like the WikiLeaks story to make people sit up and take notice.

There are now many and varied ways in which confidential information can be shared instantly. Legally or not, information travels fast because the nature of publishing has changed.

There is no such thing as a completely secure system. A business generates a huge amount of internal correspondence and documentation, from mundane administration emails to complex plans for growth and productivity, and it is up to companies to understand the risks involved in data breaches and to make their systems as secure as possible. Even the most vigilant businesses, however, should plan for the possibility of confidential data being leaked into the public domain.

In my view, transparency is the best policy. If business leaders are up front with their employees and discuss the danger posed to all organisations by data breaches, they can go on to advise on what information is appropriate to exchange via email or instant messenger tools, and what is not. This process of education should help prevent employees forwarding sensitive material to friends, for example, who may then disseminate the confidences still further. Before they know it, company bosses can be in the midst of a large scale crisis.

It is important to show confidence in your employees to be sensible and help protect the company but, if your business deals with a significant amount of sensitive information, some of that should only be available to staff on a strictly ‘need to know’ basis. Carefully segmented systems ensure that people only have access to what they need to do their jobs effectively and, in the event of a system failing or being breached, limits damage and prevents exposure across the board.

If the worst does happen and data is breached, small business owners must be ready to respond quickly in order to limit damage and regain trust. The likelihood is that, if you don’t run a large, high-profile company, the bad news won’t be splashed over the national media but customer confidence should be the priority, regardless. If the leak is addressed quickly and customers are reassured that everything possible is being done to prevent a similar thing happening again, damage will be minimised.

The WikiLeaks episode has certainly caused a stir in political circles but business leaders will have read the story in a different way; it comes as a salutary warning to companies that tightening the security of internal communications as much as possible should be their first New Year’s resolution.

from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/businessclub/8249970/Businesses-can-learn-from-WikiLeaks.html

Singapore: WikiLeaks 'Disastrous' For US Diplomacy

2011-01-10T02:22:00.001-08:00

Singaporean officials must be more cautious in discussions with U.S. diplomats, the country's foreign affairs minister said Monday, calling the release of classified documents by WikiLeaks disastrous for American diplomacy.

Singapore officials will be less open when speaking with U.S. diplomats for fear their conversations will be made public, Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo said in parliament.

"The WikiLeaks disclosures have been disastrous for U.S. diplomacy," Yeo said. "We have to be more guarded in our communications with U.S. diplomats. If it happened once, it can happen again, so we've got to be more careful."

Last month, WikiLeaks released a document showing Singapore statesman Lee Kuan Yew describing Myanmar's junta leaders as "stupid," and calling North Korea's leaders "psychopathic types" in conversations with U.S. diplomats.

Another confidential cable quoted Singapore diplomats making unflattering remarks about Malaysia, India, Japan and Thailand during meetings with U.S. officials.

Yeo said he would not comment on specific leaks.

Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam warned news media and private citizens they could be prosecuted under Singapore law for receiving or publishing confidential government information.

"Everyone involved with the leak of information, whether in government or outside, should be dealt with firmly," he said Monday in parliament. "Public interest in the free flow of information cannot justify the abuse of confidential information."

WikiLeaks is an international, tech-savvy operation that has angered and embarrassed Washington with a series of huge leaks of classified information on its website.

The U.S. says the disclosures have damaged international diplomacy and put the safety of informants and foreign human rights activists at risk. WikiLeaks has dismissed the claims, but Washington has been trying to find a way to prosecute the group and its leader, 39-year-old Julian Assange, who is currently in England.

from: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=132797289

Twitter takes WikiLeaks subpoena public; Google, Facebook under scrutiny

2011-01-10T02:21:00.000-08:00

Twitter's fight to make public the fact that it has been subpoenaed by the U.S. government seeking details about all WikiLeaks-related accounts has now put the light on other internet majors such asGoogle Inc and Facebook.

The microblogging site, which recently faced questions over keeping WikiLeaks off the Trending Topics list, has now landed the likes of Google and Facebook under the public scrutiny after it legally fought and won on Friday the right to inform the people whose records the government was seeking.

The Court Order

The government had asked Twitter to hand over private messages or communications that took place between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, other WikiLeaks staffers, associates, volunteers, WikiLeaks, Pfc., as well as Bradley Manning, the man suspected to be the source of the cables leak.

The court order was sent to Twitter by the Department of Justice on Decemer 14, 2010. The United States district court for the Eastern District of Virginia, which stated that the information that Twitter had was revelant to the WikiLeaks investigation, ordered hand over of data dating back to November 2009 to the present.

The information sought included:

- Subscriber names, user names, screen names, or other identities
- Mailing addresses, residential addresses, business addresses, e-mail adresses and other contact information
- Connection records, or records of session times and durations
- Lenght of service (including start date) and types of services utilized
- Telephone or instrument number or other subscriber number or identity, including any temporarily assigned network address
- Means and source of payment of such service (including any credit card or bank account number) and billing records
- Records of user activity for any connections made to or from the account
- Non-content information such as IP addresses and source or destination email addresses
- Correspondence and notes of records related to the accounts

The subpoena obtained by the U.S. Department of Justice was spilled out to the public on Friday after Twitter won a legal battle requesting a right to inform the individuals involved.

WikiLeaks slams "double standards"

Slamming the government for having "double standards", WikiLeaks tweeted on January 8, "If the Iranian govt asked for DMs of Iranian activists, State Dept would be all over this violation of "Internet freedom" #doublestandards."

"There are many WikiLeaks supporters listed in the US Twitter subpoena."

As per media reports, all 650,000 Twitter followers of WikiLeaks are now under the American government microscope.

"Too late to unfollow; trick used is to demand the lists, dates and IPs of all who received our twitter messages," whistle-blower webiste remarked.

Twitter's compliance to government request

Even though Twitter does provide a certain extent of privacy to its users, the site just like any other internet company is required to comply to request from governments and law enforcement into criminal investigations.

On Privacy, Twitter says, "We do not disclose your private information except in the limited circumstances". One of the listed circumstances include "Law and Harm", elaborating on which the company says, "We may disclose your information if we believe that it is reasonably necessary to comply with a law, regulation or legal request; to protect the safety of any person; to address fraud, security or technical issues; or to protect Twitter's rights or property."

Twitter's 'spy guide', which basically contains details on its response to requests from authorities, says "In accordance with our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service, non-public information about Twitter users is not released unless we have received a subpoena, court order or other legal process document."

Although on these terms Twitter is expected to release the information required by the government, its move to go public has elicited interesting responses.

Suspicious Silence of Google and Facebook

Questioning the silence of other internet giants, the WikiLeaks tweeted, "Note that we can assume Google & Facebook also have secret US government subpeonas. They make no comment. Did they fold?"

Many media outlets have also raised concern over the matter.

"Google and other web and social media services all have the same kinds of spy guide documents governing compliance; we'd be shocked if Twitter was the only company that got a WikiLeaks-related court order to surrender information," a report on the popular tech blog, Mashable read.

Reading the development at another level, a report on The Telegraph observed that the request for information from the government is noteworthy as it put the spotlight on the "secret subpoenas", which have come under attack as misuse of secrecy provisions and of exemplary privacy ethics.

Law and Privacy

Amid the increasing number of requests from governments across the world, Google last year set up an online tool, called The Transparency Report, showing the frequency of these requests. In 2009, Facebook had revealed to the media that it received subpoenas and other orders at a rate of 10 to 20 a day, while in 2007, Verizon had revealed that it received 90,000 such requests each year.

The law currently governing communication privacy was enacted in 1986. This was before the advent of the cellphones and the internet, and before internet became the space for people to store e-mails, photographs, contacts and other private documents.

Although internet companies have in the past validated the government requests as "legitamate" to investigations, the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act, some legal observers believe, needs to be appropriated as per the requirements of the day - as the world is torn between the need for individual privacy and the constant fear of terrorism and crime.

from: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/99141/20110110/twitter-wikileaks-google-facebook-us-government-court-secret-private-data-information-julian-assange.htm

US government issues Twitter subpoena over Wikileaks founder Julian Assange

2011-01-10T02:19:00.000-08:00

Twitter has been issued with a subpoena by the US government to release the personal details of people connected to Wikileaks, including founder Julian Assange.

According to an order issued by the District Court for Eastern District Virginia, Twitter has been directed to disclose the records of Julian Assange, Bradley Manning, Dutch hacker Rop Gongrjp and member of parliament in Iceland Birgitta Jonsdottir on the grounds that it believes they are relevant to an ongoing criminal investigation.

Jonsdottir, who had previously been a vocal supporter of Wikileaks, tweeted this morning: "The US is government is trying to criminalize whistleblowing and publication of whistleblowing material, puts journalists at risk in the future."

The information sought includes mailing addresses and billing information, connection records and session times, IP addresses used to access Twitter, e-mail accounts and the "means and source of payment".

Twitter has notified all users in question and said it would respond to the request within 10 days from the date of the notice, unless they decide to fight the order in court.

It is thought Google and Facebook have also been ordered to reveal details of user information.

from: http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2011/01/10/244801/US-government-issues-Twitter-subpoena-over-Wikileaks-founder-Julian.htm

WikiLeaks demands Google and Facebook unseal US subpoenas

2011-01-10T02:17:00.000-08:00

WikiLeaks has demanded that Google and Facebook reveal the contents of any US subpoenas they may have received after it emerged that a court in Virginia had ordered Twitter to secretly hand over details of accounts on the micro-blogging site by five figures associated with the group, including Julian Assange.

Amid strong evidence that a US grand jury has begun a wide-ranging trawl for details of what networks and accounts WikiLeaks used to communicate with Bradley Manning, the US serviceman accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of sensitive government cables, some of those named in the subpoena said they would fight disclosure.

"Today, the existence of a secret US government grand jury espionage investigation into WikiLeaks was confirmed for the first time as a subpoena was brought into the public domain," WikiLeaks said in a statement.

The writ, approved by a court in Virginia in December, demands that the San Franscisco-based micro-blogging site hand over all details of five individuals' accounts and private messaging on Twitter – including the computers and networks used.

They include WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, Manning, Icelandic MP Brigitta Jonsdottir and Dutch hacker Rop Gonggrijp. Three of them – Gonggrijp, Assange and Jonsdottir – were named as "producers" of the first significant leak from the US cables cache: a video of an Apache helicopter attack that killed civilians and journalists in Baghdad.

The legal document also targets an account held by Jacob Appelbaum, a US computer programmer whose computer and phones were examined by US officials in July after he was stopped returning from Holland to America.

The court issuing the subpoena said it had "reasonable grounds" to believe Twitter held information "relevant and material to an ongoing criminal investigation".

It ordered Twitter not to notify the targets of the subpoena – an order the company successfully challenged.

The court order crucially demands that Twitter hand over details of source and destination internet protocol addresses used to access the accounts, which would help investigators identify how the named individuals communicated with each other, as well as email addresses used.

The emergence of the subpoena appears to confirm for the first time the existence of a secret grand jury empanelled to investigate whether individuals associated with WikiLeaks, and Assange in particular, can be prosecuted for alleged conspiracy with Manning to steal the classified documents.

The US attorney general, Eric Holder, has already said publicly that he believes Assange could be prosecuted under US espionage laws. The court that issued the subpoena is in the same jurisdiction where press reports have located a grand jury investigating Assange.

It has been reported that Manning has been offered a plea bargain if he co-operates with the investigation.

The emergence of the Twitter subpoena – which was unsealed after a legal challenge by the company – was revealed after WikiLeaks announced it believed other US Internet companies had also been ordered to hand over information about its members' activities.

WikiLeaks condemned the court order, saying it amounted to harassment.

"If the Iranian government was to attempt to coercively obtain this information from journalists and activists of foreign nations, human rights groups around the world would speak out," Assange said in a statement.

Jonsdottir said in a Twitter message: "I think I am being given a message, almost like someone breathing in a phone."

Twitter has declined to comment, saying only that its policy is to notify its users where possible of government requests for information.

The specific clause of the Patriot act used to acquire the subpoena is one that the FBI has described as necessary for "obtaining such records [that] will make the process of identifying computer criminals and tracing their internet communications faster and easier".

The subpoena itself is an unusual one known as a 2703(d). Recently a federal appeals court ruled this kind of order was insufficient to order the disclosure of the contents of communication. Significantly, however, that ruling is binding in neither Virginia – where the Twitter subpoena was issued – nor San Francisco where Twitter is based.

Assange has promised to fight the order, as has Jonsdottir, who said in a Twitter message that she had "no intention to hand my information over willingly".

Appelbaum, whose Twitter feed suggested he was travelling in Iceland, said he was apprehensive about returning to the US. "Time to try to enjoy the last of my vacation, I suppose," he tweeted.

Gonggrijp praised Twitter for notifying him and others that the US had subpoenaed his details. "It appears that Twitter, as a matter of policy, does the right thing in wanting to inform their users when one of these comes in," Gonggrijp said. "Heaven knows how many places have received similar subpoenas and just quietly submitted all they had on me."

taken from:http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jan/08/wikileaks-calls-google-facebook-us-subpoenas

Assange lawyer rips rape 'lies'

2010-12-13T04:53:00.001-08:00

Julian Assange is innocent of rape and molestation charges, according to a Swedish sex-crimes lawyer who says secret police documents prove Assange's accusers lied about being coerced into sex with the WikiLeaks mastermind.

Bjorn Hurtig, who's representing Assange in Sweden, where the charges were filed, claims to have seen the papers and says they show the women had "hidden agendas."

As for WikiLeaks, its latest exposé could imperil a key US military supply route to Afghanistan.

State Department cables describe Uzbekistan as a nightmarish world of "rampant corruption," organized crime, torture and forced labor -- and say US diplomats coddle President Islam Karimov in return for his not interfering with the supply line.

WikiLeaks: world be warned

2010-12-13T04:51:00.001-08:00

In the ongoing WikiLeaks debate, much has been said about various “rights” of parties. Rights to information, rights to publish, rights to release secret information, rights of WikiLeaks, rights of Julian Assange.

This is a one-sided debate, infused with heavy doses of emotion and self-righteousness. It is, however, a debate which totally ignores the realities that with rights come responsibilities and – most importantly – that every action taken in life bears consequences.

At the heart of the matter is a simple premise. A theft occurred. The stolen property was passed on by the thief to a broker (more correctly, as a person peddling stolen property, a “fence”). The fence then began to peddle stolen goods worldwide.

In the Wikileaks saga, the peddling is of stolen goods that are strategic in nature, the peddling of which has the potential to further destabilise already unstable regions or countries. It has also, without doubt, already directly caused loss of life (and will continue to do so), and provides no constructive purpose or benefit to anyone in the world – except extremist or terrorist organisations.

One view is that people have the right to view the Wikileaks’ published information due to a “universal right to information”. Does this mean, for example, that if an employee steals trade secret information from Apple on its upcoming product range, it is the right of the fence to publish it, (thereby passing on Apple’s trade secrets to its competitors)? Does it mean that if a person steals the confidential list of members of a gay club in, say, Zimbabwe (where being gay is a criminal offence), it is the right of the fence to publish it (thereby passing it on to the Zimbabwe police)? If so, would it mean that the people who recently secretly filmed a student having gay sex at an American university and then posted it online (causing the student who was filmed to commit suicide) were right to do so? Such assertions are at best nonsense, and at worst represent complicity in criminal conduct.

As to the very noticeable anti-American rhetoric accompanying these staunch (if logically void) defences of the indefensible: what short memories people have. Leaving aside the small issue of the Cold War – when many of the countries now railing against the US would be speaking Russian today if it were not for the US – let us look at more recent times.

How soon everyone seems to have forgotten that it was the US which, in the 1990s, came to the aid of the Bosnians (Muslims) after Europe had let them be massacred for years in the first concentration camps and genocide since World War Two. The US also did the same for the Kosovo Albanians (Muslims).

We won’t even go into the fact that it is the US which funds the majority of the UN’s bills, assists emerging market countries worldwide more than any other country, and is the largest single force for positive action in this world.

What if the primary superpower was a country like North Korea? Would they – as the Americans do – restrain their overwhelming financial, commercial or military power to enforce their will globally, or spend a hugely considerable part of their wealth on actions and organisations which promote stability, progress, development and constructive actions worldwide – without any direct benefit accruing to them as a result? Unlikely.

The direct comments in many of the leaked diplomatic cables merely reflect the duty of all diplomats of all countries – which is the practice of realpolitik. All countries practice realpolitik. It is at the core of all diplomacy. The primary consideration for any government or diplomat is the good of their own country and their own country’s population or economy, according to their own country’s perspective.

It has always been so, and it will always be so – because core human nature (upon which realpolitik is based) has altered very little over thousands of years.

Realpolitik can be ruthless and amoral – for reasons which are in the best interests of a country and its people. All countries practise this to varying degrees and always will. The primary differentiator between countries in the practice of realpolitik is that the higher the level of progressive outlook of a country, the higher the level that needs to be reached before amoral and ruthless actions are initiated. Conversely, the more dictatorial or regressive a country, the lower the threshold before ruthless or amoral action is taken.

As to the hero of the day – Julian Assange – I still don’t know in what capacity this adulation is bestowed. He did not act out of conscience (misguided or not – conscience is conscience). It was an American soldier – who is now in jail, and who does not enjoy international adulation, or defence funds paid for by celebrities – who acted.

I doubt this soldier will be pleased that Assange is using the information to cause such damage to the US.

As to the benefits of this information being placed in the public domain, the beneficial result is a neat round zero. At its lowest level, stealing and publishing the private personal comments made by professional diplomats is little better than a person stealing someone’s private e-mail correspondence and giving it to someone else to publish openly. It has the potential to ruin people’s lives and careers for little more than low-level titillation.

At worst, the release of this information will cause further destabilisation in unstable areas of the world, bring about loss of life and endanger people.

An example of this is North Korea. It recently attacked the South in an unusually provocative land attack. This was just before WikiLeaks revelations that the Chinese government will accept a reunified Korea with (South Korean) Seoul as its capital. Other leaks included disparaging remarks made by the Chinese Government about North Korea in general.

It is possible that the North Koreans obtained advanced notice of the Wikileaks release from a source and that this provoked them into the action.

The general North Korean populace faces famine every winter, during which hundreds of thousands of people (men, women and children) starve to death. Only in recent times has this suffering been reduced, because the country’s leaders began to allow food aid in from China and South Korea (including a lot of food sent by the US). Does anyone think it likely that this paranoid, unstable, dictatorial state will now allow the US or China or South Korea to send food in this winter (thereby increasing their leverage on the North Korean authorities) – after having learnt that all of these states are “plotting its demise” ? Not likely.

This is just one example of the results of unleashing the laws of unintended consequences through rash and reckless actions.

Another example: Does anyone really think the government of Iran will let pass the fact that the Saudi king asked America to “cut off the head of the snake”? The Iranian government will deliver some clear messages to Saudi Arabia, in a quiet and (as these things are usually done) deadly manner.

What of the people who live and work at the locations which have been published as being strategically vital to the US? Does anyone think of how they – ordinary people like you and I – will feel, knowing that they have now become primary targets for extremists ?

WikiLeaks’ release of information hasn’t harmed anyone? I think the people responsible had better start to grow up quickly.

The publication of this information has already set back international diplomacy in unstable regions, potentially escalated tensions in others (including in nuclear-armed countries) and exposed nations and their governments to potential threats. It has also caused loss of life and pinpointed potential targets for extremist groups. Not only this, it has done so among people and to countries and governments that are among the most pitiless and dangerous on earth.

Does anyone really think they will just let it lie ?

The reactions of the US government are the least of the concerns that those intimately involved should have. The Americans may be furious, but they will react using due process and try to effect legal action against the Wikileaks personnel involved. They are really not the problem.

The real problems are likely to originate from pitiless and dangerous societies, in the form of:

l Families or friends of people who have lost their lives or careers as a result of the leaks.

l Governments whose decades of work has been ruined, or who have been humiliated or put at extreme risk.

l Hardcore commercial interests (like Russian oil pipeline owners) whose property and revenue have now been put at risk by being openly classified as being in strategic US interest, and is now therefore a target.

The people intimately involved with the leaks have also inadvertently made themselves a commodity in this most dangerous of arenas. This is because it will potentially be in the strategic interests of various extremist organisations or governments to use these people – by taking their lives. They will know full well that the blame for such actions will be laid at the door of the US and embarrass or undermine that country.

This is the most dangerous possibility, because acts such as this are likely to be state-sponsored and therefore very difficult or impossible to prevent.

These are the people and entities that are the most unpredictable, and the most (potentially) dangerous. They never forget, they never forgive and they are as merciless as they are patient. Generally, they will exact such revenge as they see fit, not only on those that they (subjectively, and often illogically) deem responsible, but also on their families.

Strangely enough, the safest possible location for Assange at this time is probably the US, because they will keep him in custody, thereby protecting him. On his own, he is defenceless, as are those who are intimately involved with this matter.

Generally this arena is the preserve of senior diplomats, or members of a country’s intelligence agencies or Special Forces. There are strict rules and consequences in this arena.

This is the real world here, not a Gameboy or PlayStation world, or a Jason Bourne movie. It is a terrifying, merciless and deadly world if one gets on the wrong side of the wrong people, and it has no end, and no sanctuary.

Although I no longer do so, due to work pressures, I have advised many governments previously on geopolitical matters.

I was able to do this because a long time ago I was a Special Forces Operator, and I am fully familiar with diplomatic matters, geopolitical matters and the hidden world that the Wikileaks people have now inadvertently and unknowingly stepped into.

As a result of exposure to war a long time ago, I have spent a great deal of my later life engaging in humanitarian activities and encouraging dialogue over conflict. I also like and support young (non-violent) café latte revolutionaries too, as many of them grow up to be genuine forces for positive change or action in the world.

As such, I was an early supporter of WikiLeaks, but am no longer so; for what is happening now is not whistle-blowing. It is, rather, extremely destructive and dangerous behaviour for no good reason or purpose.

I have the faint hope that perhaps, someone involved in this matter may read this, and if they do, that they may listen.

What you are doing is wrong. It serves no positive purpose, and on the contrary, it is contributing to further destabilisation in dangerous and unstable regions of the world. It is also causing damage and much, much worse to real people and their families.

In my long ago career as a wartime Special Forces Operator, if I had been ordered to effect a mission which required doing that which you are currently doing, and knowing as I did (and do) the potential consequences to be visited upon persons who effect such destructive actions to such a wide variety of extraordinarily dangerous entities and persons on a global basis (and they will blame you, not the Americans) , I would have made my will and not looked forward to a particularly long existence thereafter.

Stop what you are doing. Just for a moment. And think of who and what you are (albeit unintentionally) potentially making your most serious blood enemies worldwide. Let your rational mind subordinate emotion. Think through what this could potentially mean for you and those close to you. For the rest of your life. Then stand up. Walk to the door. Open it.

And RUN.

l The writer is an international businessman who has been consulted by national and regional governments in various countries worldwide on geopolitical matters, as well as to national representatives of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe and the Council of Europe.

From: http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/wikileaks-world-be-warned-1.1000722

Sweden suicide bomber's British connections under investigation

2010-12-13T04:48:00.000-08:00

Britain's security services were last night investigating the UK connections of the suicide bomber who struck Stockholm on Saturday night.

Taimour Abdulwahab al-Abdaly, an Iraqi-born Swede, who set off a car bomb in the Swedish capital before killing himself with a second bomb strapped to his body, had a BSc in sports therapy from the University of Bedfordshire in 2004, and had spent some time in Luton in recent years. Well-placed Whitehall officials confirmed the bomber's identity and his link to a British university.

Metropolitan police officers last night searched a property in Bedfordshire under the Terrorism Act 2000, the force said. It was reported last night that his family still lived in Luton and that neighbours last saw him two and a half weeks ago.

Tahir Hussain, 33, a taxi driver who lives nearby, told the Daily Telegraph: "I used to see him around often. He didn't say much but seemed nice. I used to see him walking with his kids.

"I was shocked when I heard what happened because I never thought he could do such a thing."

Scotland Yard said: "At 10.55pm last night, Metropolitan Police officers executed a search warrant under the Terrorism Act 2000 at an address in Bedfordshire.

"No arrests have been made and no hazardous materials found."

The search at the property was expected to resume later today.

Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter, said he had travelled to Britain and Jordan in the runup to Saturday's attack, in which he was the only victim.

On an Islamic dating site, Muslima.com, where he was seeking a second wife, Abdaly, 29, listed Luton as his address, and said he met his first wife in Bedfordshire.

However, his car was registered in Sweden, and the motives declared in emails sent to a Swedish news agency and the security police, addressed local issues. The emails refer to a Swedish cartoonist, Lars Vilks, whose 2007 drawing of the Prophet Muhammad as a dog infuriated Muslims around the world, and to Sweden's 500 soldiers in Afghanistan. "Now your children, daughters and sisters shall die like our brothers and sisters and children are dying," the email warned.

The car bomb caught fire but did not explode and caused minimal damage in a busy Stockholm shopping street. Only one of several bombs Abdaly had strapped to his body blew up, killing him but nobody else.

Sweden's prime minister, Fredrik Reinfeldt, cautioned that no connection between the emails and the bombs had been proved. "We know that a man is dead. We know that a car exploded. We know that some threats has been given to the secret police and media," he said. "But we are not sure they are connected. And I think it's very important not to give final answers based on speculation."

British intelligence sources suggested Abdaly was one of an increasing number of individuals influenced by al-Qaida ideology who have spent time in the UK. However, they said there was no indication the bomber was directed by al-Qaida – he had probably planned his own attack.

The fact that the Stockholm attack failed suggests al-Qaida is not in a position to train its supporters properly, British sources said.

Terrorism experts suggested al-Qaida and its allies were increasingly favouring one-man attacks on targets of opportunity, rather than long-planned, sophisticated and spectacular assaults such as 9/11.

The vice-chancellor of Bedfordshire University, Les Ebdon, said he would be urgently checking the registration records to verify whether Abdaly had attended.

He told the Guardian: "We have a harmonious campus and we haven't had any cases of terrorist or radical activities on campus since I've been vice-chancellor, around seven years. In the present world however I am not complacent about it."

The university was wrongly linked to one of the 7/7 bombers, reports of which resulted in public apologies from one newspaper. "We have experienced erroneous linkages before and we will certainly cooperate if this case is proved and any authorities want to speak with us," Ebdon said. "The impact is quite serious because it particularly damages our reputation abroad."

From: Guardian

WikiLeaks cables: MI5 offered files on Finucane killing to inquiry

2010-12-13T04:47:00.000-08:00

MI5 has said that it is prepared to hand over sensitive files on one of the most high-profile murders during the Northern Ireland Troubles carried out by loyalist gunmen working with members of the British security forces.

The offer in the case of the Pat Finucane, the well-known civil rights and defence lawyer murdered in front of his wife and three young children in 1989, is contained in confidential US embassy cables passed to WikiLeaks.

Supporters of Finucane welcomed the revelation of the offer as "highly significant" and believe it could pave the way for a fresh inquiry into the killing that would be acceptable to the family.

Owen Paterson, the Northern Ireland secretary, has told Finucane's widow that he will decide early next year whether to hold a hearing that could shine a new light on collusion between gunmen from the Ulster Freedom Fighters and members of the security forces.

A refusal to hold such a hearing, which Paterson has questioned in the past, would prevent an examination of the MI5 files.

Finucane's supporters spoke out after leaked US embassy cables, published by WikiLeaks, showed that:

• Bertie Ahern, the Irish prime minister between 1997 and 2008, told US diplomats that "everyone knows the UK was involved" in the murder.

• US diplomats feared that "elements of the security-legal establishments" in Britain beyond MI5 were fighting hard to resist an inquiry.

• Brian Cowen, the current Irish prime minister, warned that a failure to hold an inquiry could be a "deal breaker".

Finucane's family said MI5's offer was a highly significant development in their 20-year battle to uncover the circumstances surrounding the murder.

The Security Service's offer is revealed in a cable from June 2005, written by the US ambassador to Dublin, James C Kenny, which reported on a meeting between the head of MI5 and Mitchell Reiss, the US special envoy to Northern Ireland. In an account of the meeting between Reiss and Ahern, the ambassador wrote: "Reiss briefed him on his talks in London, including with the head of MI5 [Eliza Manningham-Buller], who committed to turning over all evidence her agency has to the inquiry, but she was adamant that the inquiry will proceed using the new legislation."

Peter Madden, Finucane's partner in the Belfast solicitors' firm Madden and Finucane, said: "This might significantly change things. This is something new and unexpected. It will have to be considered by the Finucane family." Madden said the family would proceed with care because MI5 said any inquiry would be carried out under new legislation, which allows for material to be withheld from the final report. The family have demanded the same terms as the Bloody Sunday inquiry, but the legislation for that dated back to the 1920s and was repealed in 2005.

Madden said the family may change its mind in light of the MI5 offer. "Our stance has been that we want the inquiry but it's the way the inquiry is proposed that is difficult to be part of, if it's held under the 2005 Inquiries Act. We need to look very carefully at the cables. I think [it is] highly significant for the family and it might well change things."

Ahern told the US he was adamant that members of the British security forces were involved in Finucane's murder. The cable said: "The taoiseach said that the GOI wants the UK to provide evidence acknowledging its involvement in Finucane's murder and it wants to know how high in the UK government collusion went. He said if the UK were to provide the information, it would only grab the headlines for a few hours because 'everyone knows the UK was involved'."

A year earlier, US diplomats raised fears that some forces in British were determined to block an inquiry. A cable by the same ambassador on 26 July 2004 quoted Ahern as saying: "Tony [Blair] knows what he has to do." An explanatory comment inserted by the US ambassador noted: "Presumably, that the PM will have to overrule elements of the security-legal establishments to see that some form of public inquiry is held." The elements resisting an inquiry could be the old Royal Ulster Constabulary Special Branch and British military intelligence.

Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington, a former commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, concluded in a report in 2003 that members of the security forces had colluded in the murder of Finucane.

Several members of the UFF involved in the murder turned out to have been either agents or informers for the security services.

Meanwhile, Paterson told Geraldine Finucane that he has an "open mind" on whether to hold a public inquiry.

David Cameron told MPs in June – on the day he published findings of the £200m inquiry into the 1972 Bloody Sunday shootings – that there would be "no more open-ended and costly inquiries into the past", though he added that each case would be considered on its merits.

In his letter to Finucane's widow, Paterson said that the factors influencing his decision would include: "the commitment made to parliament by the previous government in 2004", "the experience of the other inquiries established after the Weston Park commitments", "political developments", "the potential length of any inquiry" and "the potential cost of an inquiry and the current pressures on the UK government's finances".

"It is my intention to consider the public interest carefully and in detail at the end of the two month period for representations," he informed Geraldine Finucane, "and then take a decision after such consideration as to whether or not to hold a public inquiry into the death of your husband."

Officials in the UK believe a public inquiry would raise difficult questions for the military but not for MI5. To win MI5's support, Blair made two key changes to the legislation governing public inquiries to prevent investigation beyond the official files it has been granted.

Alex Attwood, an SDLP minister in the Northern Ireland executive, said last night he regarded the decision of Mitchell Reiss to highlight the MI5 offer as potentially significant.

"Mitchell Reiss very much understood and had the measure of London," Attwood said. "He was not going to buy a pig in a poke."

From: Guardian

WikiLeaks cable sticks the knife into Azerbaijan's first lady

2010-12-13T04:45:00.001-08:00

The first lady of Azerbaijan has problems showing a "full range of facial expression" following "substantial cosmetic surgery, (done) presumably overseas," US diplomats say witheringly in US embassy cables released by WikiLeaks.

In some of the cattiest comments to emerge from the leaked state department cables so far, diplomats shove the scalpel into Mehriban Aliyeva, the wife of Azerbaijan's president Ilham Aliyev. The cable written in January examines Aliyeva's family, the influential Pashayevs, describing them as one of oil-rich state's "most powerful families".

Under the headline "A First Lady, Too, in Fashion", Aliyeva is dubbed more "fashion-conscious and daring" than the "average woman in majority-Muslim Azerbaijan". As well as substantial foreign cosmetic surgery, the first lady "wears dresses that would be considered provocative even in the Western world," it says.

"On television, in photos, and in person, she appears unable to show a full range of facial expression," it adds. The cable describes how in September 2008 Aliyeva and her two daughters hosted "second lady Lynne Cheney" – the wife of former US vice-president Dick Cheney. With exquisite bitchiness it recalls: "Prior to the Second Lady's arrival, while the three ladies were waiting for Mrs Cheney's car, one Secret Service agent asked 'which one of those is the mother?' Emboffs (embassy officials) and White House staff studied the three for several moments, and then Emboff said, 'Well, logically the mother would probably stand in the middle.'"

The same cable talks disparagingly of Azerbaijan's political elite. "Observers in Baku often note that today's Azerbaijan is run in a manner similar to the feudalism found in Europe during the Middle Ages: a handful of well-connected families control certain geographic areas, as well as certain sectors of the economy." These families "collude, using government mechanisms" to keep out foreign competitors, it asserts.

Despite being an MP, the president's wife appears "poorly informed about political issues", US diplomats tell Washington. Her family's vast business interests, meanwhile, include several banks, an insurance company, construction, travel, and – so far – Azerbaijan's only Bentley dealership. Her collection of contemporary art forms the basis of Baku's new museum of modern art, the cable adds.

From: Guardian

Assange Lawyers Prepare for U.S. Spying Indictment

2010-12-13T04:44:00.000-08:00

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, the man behind the publication of more than a 250,000 classified U.S. diplomatic cables, could face spying charges in the U.S. related to the Espionage Act, Assange's lawyer said today.

"Our position of course is that we don't believe it applies to Mr. Assange and that in any event he's entitled to First Amendment protection as publisher of Wikileaks and any prosecution under the Espionage Act would in my view be unconstitutional and puts at risk all media organizations in the U.S.," Assange's attorney Jennifer Robinson told ABC News.

Robinson said they're hearing from lawyers in the U.S. that an indictment of Assange could be imminent.

Assange is already in custody in London on sexual assault charges including rape originating out of Sweden. He is being held in solitary confinement with restricted access to a phone and his lawyers, Robinson said.

"This means he is under significant surveillance but also means he has more restrictive conditions than other prisoners," she said. "Considering the circumstances he was incredibly positive and upbeat."

Justice Department officials declined to comment on the possible coming charges, but earlier this week, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said the release of the documents had put the United States at risk and said he authorized a criminal investigation into Assange.

"The lives of people who work for the American people has been put at risk; the American people themselves have been put at risk by these actions that are, I believe, arrogant, misguided and ultimately not helpful in any way. We are doing everything that we can," Holder said Tuesday. "We have a very serious, active, ongoing investigation that is criminal in nature. I authorized just last week a number of things to be done so that we can hopefully get to the bottom of this and hold people accountable, as they -- as they should be."

In response to widespread criticism of the sex crime charges, a lawyer for the two Swedish women accusing Assange said the charges are in no way politically motivated and the woman are angry at that suggestion.

"They were attacked by Mr. Assange and then they are treated like perpetrators themselves," attorney Claes Borgstrom told ABC News. "He has molested them and then sacrificed them for his own interests."

One woman accused Assange of sexually coercing her twice in August, including one time when he allegedly "forcibly parted her legs, preventing her from moving... then had intercourse without a condom," according to prosecutors. The second woman claimed that Assange had unprotected sex with her while she slept.

Borgstrom told ABC News one of the women went to the hospital following one of the alleged attacks.

The timing of the arrest earlier this week led a Wikileaks spokesperson, Assange's lawyer Mark Stephens and hundreds of Assange's supporters to claim they were part of a political effort to marginalize the Wikileaks founder in the face of the massive document drop.

But Borgstrom said his clients were hardly against Wikileaks. Rather, the two were employed by Wikileaks and were in fact "admirers" of Assange's work.

"They want that there will be a trial so Julian Assange must answer to what he has done and so the world sees it's true and it really happened," Borgstrom said.

The accusations against Assange were previously dropped by one Swedish prosecutor before being picked up by another. When the accusations were read in a British court Tuesday, the judge said the case is "about serious sexual offenses on three separate occasions, involving two separate victims...extremely serious allegations."

Assange has denied the sex crimes charges and after his arrest, Stephens told ABC News Assange is ready "to vindicate himself and clear his good name."

Cyber Battle Explodes Over Wikileaks

Assange's detention appears to have sparked a cyber skirmish as his supporters targeted government and private websites that have taken action against Wikileaks, before some the supporters' own pages were taken down in return.

After a loosely affiliated group of computer users known as Anonymous declared Operation: Payback against several major websites like Paypal, Mastercard.com and Visa.com -- all companies who refused to process payments for Wikileaks -- and the Swedish government website, some of those sites went down for hours Wednesday. Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin told ABC Newsshe was among the victims of the attacks late Wednesday after she spoke out on Facebook against Assange.

"No wonder others are keeping silent about Assange's antics," Palin said in an e-mail to ABC News. "This is what happens when you exercise the First Amendment and speak against his sick, un-American espionage efforts."

For hours Mastercard.com was not operational once again, although service appears to have been restored.

"This is a way kind of to strike back and to say 'Hey, you can't push us around,'" Wired Magazine's Noah Schactman told "Good Morning America." "These retaliatory attacks really show that in today's, you know, super-networked world, that a very few number of people can have an outsize effect."

But then the so-called "hackivists" took their own cyber shots as several websites they were apparently using to organize the attacks, including Facebook and Twitter, were also taken down. The FBI is investigating the so-called Operation: Payback attacks, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said in a press conference today.

A cached page for Anonops.net, a page that is currently down but had shown Anonymous' alleged plans, quotes the co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which describes itself as the "first line of defense" against attacks on online freedom.

"The first serious infowar is now engaged. The field of battle is WikiLeaks. You are the troops," EFF co-founder John Perry Barlow said in a tweet last week.

Wikileaks spokesperson Kristinn Hrafnsson told ABC News in an exclusive interview the refusal of service by Mastercard, Visa and Paypal amounted to an "outrageous" attack on freedom of speech.

"We are seeing growing support for us, especially in the last few days when we've had these outrageous attacks on us by companies that are bowing to political pressure from political forces in the United States," Hrafnsson said Wednesday. "We are getting seriously close to censorship in the United States and that must surely go against the fundamental values that the country is based upon."

Cables Target U.S. National Security Interests

One of the most recent cables leaked to anger U.S. authorities includes a list of installations vital to America's national security and interests.

U.S. government officials say that the diplomatic leaks have already had an effect on relationships with individuals and governments around the world.

"We have gotten indications that there is at least some change in how individuals and governments cooperate with us, and share information," said Pentagon spokesman Col. Dave Lapan, without providing any details. There's a vague "sense that there has been some pulling back because of these revelations."

Speaking a press conference Monday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the leak could "create potential dangers for our friends and partners."

In a February 2009 cable, American envoys were asked to identify sensitive places "whose loss could critically impact the public health, economic security, and/or national and homeland security of the United States."

Clinton said she would not comment on "any specific cable," but said the theft of the cables was "deeply distressing."

Clinton then called on "countries around the world and businesses to assist us in preventing any of the consequences that could either endanger individuals or other interests internationally."

from: http://abcnews.go.com/US/assange-lawyers-prepare-us-espionage-indictment/story?id=12362315&page=3å

Teden svetovanja delavcem migrantom o življenju, delu in izobraževanju v Sloveniji

2010-12-13T04:38:00.000-08:00

Od 13. do 17. decembra 2010 bodo v prostorih INFO točke za tujce, na Slovenski cesti 55 v Ljubljani, delavcem migrantom iz držav zunaj Evropske unije ter njihovim družinskim članom na voljo svetovalci z informacijami o življenju, zaposlitvi oz. delu in izobraževanju v Sloveniji.

Zavod RS za zaposlovanje (Zavod) – INFO točka za tujce in Ministrstvo RS za notranje zadeve (MNZ) – Direktorat za migracije in integracijo ob svetovnem dnevu migrantov organizirata Teden odprtih vrat INFO točke za tujce. Od 13. do 17. decembra 2010 bodo v prostorih INFO točke za tujce, na Slovenski cesti 55 v Ljubljani, delavcem migrantom iz držav zunaj Evropske unije ter njihovim družinskim članom na voljo svetovalci z informacijami o življenju, zaposlitvi oz. delu in izobraževanju v Sloveniji.

Svetovalci Zavoda, Direktorata za migracije in integracijo MNZ, Upravne enote Ljubljana, Centra za permanentno izobraževanje Cene Štupar, EURES – mreže evropskih javnih služb za zaposlovanje, Študentske svetovalnice, NCIPS - Nacionalnega centra za informiranje in poklicno svetovanje, Skupnosti centrov za socialno delo, Slovenske filantropije, Zveze svobodnih sindikatov ter predstavnika Veleposlaništev Bosne in Hercegovine ter Makedonije bodo delavcem migrantom ter njihovim družinskim članom v pomoč z informacijami o:

možnostih in pogojih za zaposlitev, delo in podjetništvo v Sloveniji;
postopkih in potrebni dokumentaciji za pridobitev vizuma, dovoljenjih za bivanje v Sloveniji ter ustreznih delovnih dovoljenj;
pravicah delavcev migrantov, izhajajočih iz delovnopravne zakonodaje;
možnostih poklicnega izobraževanja, dodatnega usposabljanja in učenja slovenskega jezika
pomoči vladnih in nevladnih organizacij pri premagovanju administrativnih ovir.

Namen delovanja INFO točke za tujce, ki v okviru Zavoda deluje od maja 2010 ter na enem mestu nudi informacije in pomoč pri ureditvi delovnih in življenjskih pogojev v Sloveniji, je povečati možnost zaposlitve tujcev oz. delavcev migrantov. Svetovalci INFO točke za tujce so doslej informirali oz svetovali 4.050 osebam, med katerimi je bilo največ državljanov Bosne in Hercegovine, Srbije, Hrvaške, Makedonije, Kosova, Albanije in tudi držav Južne Amerike ter Pakistana in Indije. Največ vprašanj se je nanašalo na postopke za pridobitev delovnih dovoljenj, delovnopravno zakonodajo, prosta delovna mesta in možnosti učenja slovenskega jezika.

INFO točka za tujce je del projekta Ministrstva RS za delo, družino in socialne zadeve »Spodbujanje zaposljivosti, izobraževanja in socialnega vključevanja delavcev migrantov in njihovih družin«. Projekt sofinancira Evropska unija, in sicer iz Evropskega socialnega sklada.

WikiLeaks sheds new light on Slovenia-Croatia deal?

2010-12-13T04:34:00.000-08:00

The Slovenian Opposition has continued challenging Prime Minister Borut Pahor's position that the border arbitration agreement with Croatia is a great success of his foreign policy, and following the publication of secret documents on the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, some Opposition leaders have said that papers on Slovenia show the government's servility in foreign affairs, all of which sheds new light on the deal between Pahor and Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor.

Slovenian People's Party (SLS) leader Radovan Zerjav said in a statement on Wednesday that he wondered why the arbitration agreement with Croatia took effect on Monday, immediately after it was announced that WikiLeaks would make public U.S. diplomatic messages, including reports made by U.S. diplomats in Slovenia.

"After being postponed for several months, the exchange of diplomatic notes (between Slovenia and Croatia) on the arbitration agreement was carried out suddenly late last week," Zerjav said, adding that the publication of documents might shed new light on the deal.

Earlier this week, after a report on communication between Pahor and the U.S. charge d'affaires Bradley Freden were published by the U.S. web site, Zerjav criticised Pahor for pursuing a "servile policy" towards the USA.

The report shows that Washington was involved in efforts to settle the border dispute between Slovenia and Croatia and that the USA advocated the unblocking of Croatia's accession negotiations with the EU throughout 2009.

Also on Wednesday, Pahor dismissed the criticism, adding that historians would judge the agreement and that "filigree-style" diplomatic efforts were invested in the agreement.

He ruled out a worsening of relations with Croatia following the document leak.

Slovenia PM, US ambassador deny WikiLeaks cable on conditioned entry of Guantanamo inmate

2010-12-13T04:33:00.000-08:00

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia - Slovenia's prime minister and the U.S. ambassador are denying a WikiLeaks cable suggesting he sought a meeting with President Barack Obama in return for accepting a Guantanamo inmate.

Borut Pahor said Wednesday he would be "ashamed" to make such a deal.

Mussomeli, said there was "no linkage, no deal and no quid pro quo" negotiated for Slovenia's potential assistance regarding Guantanamo.According to the cable, U.S. ambassador Joseph A. Mussomeli's predecessor reported that Pahor "unambiguously" linked the Guantanamo issue with meeting Obama.

Pahor also reportedly promised that a U.S. firm would build a potential new reactor at Slovenia's nuclear plant. He says he merely called on potential investors.

WikiLeaks Slovenia: Someone Never Learned To Read

2010-12-13T04:32:00.000-08:00

“‘What can Slovenia do to secure a meeting between Prime Minister Pahor and President Obama”‘ asked foreign minister Samuel Žbogar, exposes WikiLeaks
Slovenia is again a topic in the exposed secret US diplomatic documents and again the issue is the desire of Slovene PM Borut Pahor to meet US President Barack Obama
According to German Spiegel, foreign minister Samuel Žbogar was inquiring with US representatives as to what conditions must be met to make such a meeting hapen.”

This, more or less is the lead of today’s article on RTVSLO (state radio and television) website. This comes only a day after PM Borut Pahor called a press conference and denied allegations of horse-trading with the Americans, basically saying that a) yes, he’d like to meed Obama, b) would be glad to take in a Gitmo detainee regardless and c) he never linked anything to anything else, regardless of what the cable says and when (somewhat predictably, since it’s their document which is causing all this embarrassment) the new US Ambassador to Slovenia Joseph Mussomeli issued a written statement saying basically the same thing, adding that PM Pahor is an honest and honourable man. Someone’s lying.
Or, better yet, someone can’t really read. My money’s on the latter. The infamous Spiegel article has been around for at least 72 hours. Pengovsky was first alerted to it by alcessa. I linked to it again yesterday. It was then linked to again by Žiga Turk (a prominent member of opposition SDS). In short, this shit is old by internet standards.
Even more important, this is part of the same story. Half-wits at RTVSLO – well, their web section at least – for reasons that are known only to them infer that there was a second cable (Slovenia is again a topic… and the issueagain is…) which in addition to PM Pahor implicated FM Žbogar as well.
However, there is no “again” here. Not yet, anyhow. Der Spiegel, NY Times, El Pais and Guardian all worked with the same set of documents (the entire 250k+ batch) and they all saw it fit to expose Slovenia-US horse-trading. And save the sole cable posted yesterday by El Pais, none of the cables pertaining to Slovenia have been released by WikiLeaks yet. None. Zero.
Indeed it is still a mystery as to how exactly could they have arrived at such different conclusions: NYT reports US pressured Slovenia. No names are mentioned. El Pais reports Slovenia pressured the US and names PM Pahor and making no mention of FM Žbogar. And Der Spiegel reports Slovenia was horse-trading with the US but mentions Žbogar, omitting Pahor completely. But they all published their pieces on the same day, 29 November 2010 (three days ago), while the general public, which in this case includes Slovene media has yet to see anything more than a single cable from US Embassy Ljubljana. I know I’m repeating myself, but I can not stress this point enough.
To put it in the words of Al Pacino: We’re in the dark here!
Point being, web section of RTVSLO is either making things up or really has a problem reading and/or googling.
(again, many thanks to alcessa for the heads-up) - taken from http://www.pengovsky.com/2010/12/02/wikileaks-slovenia-someone-never-learned-to-read/

Luka Koper and Korean Partners Establish Logistics Company

2010-06-24T09:54:00.001-07:00

Luka Koper, the company managing the only Slovenian port, and three Korean companies have set up a logistics company to distribute iron products to countries of Central and Eastern Europe

Luka Koper, the company managing the only Slovenian port, and three Korean companies have set up a logistics company to distribute iron products to countries of Central and Eastern Europe, Luka Koper said on Tuesday, 29 May.

The newly-established Posco Europe Steel Distribution Center (POS-ESDC) was set up by Luka Koper, which holds a 10% stake, and Korean companies Posco, Daewoo Logistics in Daewoo International. It will build distribution centres in Koper and Sezana.

According to a press release posted on the website of the Ljubljana Stock Exchange, the recent EU entry of Slovakia and the Czech Republic spurred some Korean companies to build new vehicle manufacturing plants in these countries. These plants require the same materials as factories in Korea so they plan to use the Koper centre to distribute the intermediate products.

POS-ESDC rented space in a new multi-purpose warehouse with 10,800 square metres.

Posco is the third largest steelworks in the world. It manufactures 30 million tonnes of steel in Korea and is constructing a new factory in India with a capacity of 10 million tonnes. Daewoo International is one of Korea's largest corporations.

Source: Slovenian Press Agency STA

Slovenia in OECD

2010-06-24T09:49:00.001-07:00

After a fourteen year process, Slovenia is finally a member of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). But can membership yield the benefits promised for so long? Or has the country merely joined an out of touch talking shop?

It was during a May 27 ceremony in Paris that Slovenia’s newly gained membership of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) was formally celebrated. Note the word “celebrated” – the ceremony did not confirm membership. Nor did the signing of the accession treaty in Ljubljana on 1 June. Formally speaking, the country will only be a member once this treaty has been ratified and once the OECD has adopted a relevant resolution to extend membership.

It may sound like a very lengthy confirmation procedure. But compare it to the process Slovenia went through to gain membership in the first place and it looks positively speedy. The country first applied to join the OECD in 1996. The accession process alone has taken almost three years. In that period, Slovenia’s readiness for membership was scrutinised by 18 OECD committees and almost 160 legislative changes had to be made to ensure compliance with membership requirements. A quarrel over one of the last of these – changes to the ownership of assets held by the state-run Pension Management Fund and Restitution Fund – almost saw the eleven year process scuppered at the eleventh hour.

Sigh of relief for a tough sell

So Slovenia’s leaders might be forgiven for breathing a sigh of relief when the ratified membership treaty is finally deposited with the French government. It will mark the end not only of the application process but also of an enormous and time consuming political effort – from both Slovenia’s current leaders and from their predecessors. If there is one issue which has united Slovenia’s politicians over the past decade, it is the value of OECD membership. They have been backed up by some of the country’s most prominent economists. Indeed, Bogomor Kovač of the Ljubljana Faculty of Economics has declared OECD membership will outweigh the benefits of the country’s membership of NATO.

NATO, which Slovenia joined in 2004, was an easy sell. Most citizens immediately understood what the organisation was and how the country would benefit from membership. In contrast, it has been a challenge to communicating the nature and value of OECD. Just what, many have asked, does the OECD do?

The answer to the question depends on who you ask. It’s a point acknowledged by the organisation itself, which has said it’s regarded by some as a think tank, by others as a monitoring agency and by others still as an unacademic university. Its own description of its work does not entirely clear the issue up – it declares itself to be “an international organisation helping governments tackle the economic, social and governance challenges of a globalised economy.”

What have you done for me lately?

Arguably the simplest way to describe the organisation is as a club of industrialised nations. Through the OECD, these countries come together to discuss public policy and share ideas. The discussion is often guided by the vast quantity of statistics the organisation produces, on everything from education to uptake of information technology. From discussion and analysis, recommendations are made on the best courses of action in specific policy areas. Some ultimately become legally binding.

Essentially, Slovenia’s membership of the OECD will give the country’s leaders instant access to a massive pool of information and knowledge. The organisation is able to offer guidance on how to reach the highest standards in business, finance and corporate governance as well as in broader areas such as the social sector and environment. And it is rigorous guidance, based on the knowledge the organisation has accumulated in the half century it has existed.

Slovenia has already adopted much of this guidance to gain membership. But it is a process that will be ongoing. While OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria says the country’s accession process has “delivered real policy changes and reform” – specifically efforts to combat corruption, protect intellectual property rights and ensure high standards of corporate governance – he adds that “the transformational process continues.”

A prestigious group

In the meantime, Slovenia’s leaders hope membership of the OECD will serve as another sign the country has arrived on the world stage. After all, the OECD is a prestigious club. It is estimated that Slovenia will pay at least EUR 2.4m a year to be a member. And as the country’s long battle to gain membership has proved, they don’t just let anyone in.

Some argue that is precisely the problem. Over the years the organisation has built up a reputation as a “rich man’s club” centred solely on the traditional, high-GDP economic powerhouses of Europe. Admitting former Communist countries such as Slovenia – and farer-flung nations such as Mexico, Chile and South Korea – has gone some way to combating this image. But many are urging the organisation to make more determined efforts to include newer power economies and to look at measures of success beyond GDP. Doubts also linger over the OECD’s effectiveness in the current world climate. ZSSS, Slovenia’s largest association of trade unions, has for instance questioned why the organisation failed to promote fiscal transparency in Greece.

The club defender

Its proponents dismiss suggestions that the OECD is no longer relevant or that it is out of touch. According to Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile – another country which has recently become a member – the organisation should not be referred to as a club of rich countries but instead as “a club of countries that promote and foster best practices.”

It is a sentiment echoed by OECD Secretary General Guirra who argues that Slovenia’s membership, as well as the simultaneous accession of Estonia and, controversially, Israel: “confirms our global vocation as the group of countries that searches for answers to the global challenges and establishes standards in policy fields such as environment, trade, innovation or social issues.”

Just as Slovenia’s leaders must have said many times over the past fourteen years: time will tell.

Slovenia is going home from South Africa

2010-06-24T09:47:00.001-07:00

Slovenia lost to England 1:0 at the World Cup on Wednesday and failed to qualify for the second round of competition after the US scored a sole goal against Algeria in the second Group C match.

Slovenia were on track to advancing despite being down 1:0 on a 23rd minute goal by Jermain Defoe. But Landon Donovan scored in the last minute for the US, shattering Slovenia's hopes of achieving the biggest success in national football history.

Both teams looked nervous at the start but quite equal until Frank Lampard warmed up keeper Samir Handanovic with a shot from 35 metres in the 14th minute, a move that signaled the start of English dominance.

Defoe turned the game around in the 23rd minute, when he converted James Milner's cross from five meters with a right-foot volley that would prove to be England's ticket to the top 16.

Dafoe and Frank Lampard were close to taking England to a two-goal lead in the 26th, but Dafoe's shot was deflected by Miso Brecko and Lampard's went wide.

England had several serious opportunities early in the second half as Slovenian defence crumbled. Defoe had a chance in the opening minute of the second half, but he flicked the ball wide.

Keeper Handanovic was kept very busy, blocking John Terry's header in the 57th minute and finger-tipping Wayne Rooney's shot into the post a minute later.

In the 68th Slovenia were within a whisker of equalising, but amidst confusion in England's penalty area consecutive shots by Milivoje Novakovic, Zlatko Dedic and Valter Birsa failed to land in the net.

The pace slowed down in the final twenty minutes, with both teams still on track to making it to the next round as Algeria held the US to a goalless draw.

But in overtime Landon Donovan scored for the US, securing a last-minute ticket to the round of 16.

Slovenian players were clearly disappointed at the outcome. "If we had more experience we could have won this game. We're disappointed, but we're proud of our four points and proud of being a real team," Robert Koren said.

But coach Matjaz Kek did not share the players' disappointment, on the contrary he said he was "proud and glad to be in the company of these boys, to have done what we have done."

"We had the match ball at the end and could have gotten that golden point, but this is just how things are in sport. If you cannot be big in defeat...you don't deserve victory," said Kek, who hopes England will get "to the end" at the World Cup.

The US ended the preliminary round at the top of Group C with five points. England have five points as well but scored fewer goals and Slovenia are in third with four points from a win against Algeria and a draw with the US.

Despite the bitter aftertaste, the South Africa campaign will go down in history as Slovenia's most successful bid yet at a major international tournament.

In their first stint at Euro 2000 Slovenia managed a sole draw with Yugoslavia. It walked away without a single point from the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea.

Slovenians Own More Gold Than Central Bank

2009-02-20T03:39:00.000-08:00

With the demand for gold and silver increasing heavily since the beginning of the global financial crisis, Slovenians now own more gold than the Slovenian central bank, Banka Slovenije, according to precious metal dealer Elementum.
Elementum quotes data from the World Gold Council which show that Banka Slovenije has about 3.2 tonnes of gold in its reserves. It also quotes Umicore, a leading world refiner of precious metals, which says that Slovenian investors had surpassed that amount in the last 18 months. Last year the majority of investors in gold opted for buying an ounce of gold (31.1 grams), which represented more than 40% of all gold bars sold and about 7% of the total value of gold purchased in 2008. The second most attractive option was buying a 250-gram bar, which represented about 20% of all sold bars, their value accounting for almost 30% of the total sales of gold last year. According to Umicore, investment in precious metals in Europe increased considerably in the second half of 2008, with the highest demend for of 1,000-gram and 500-gram bars.

The Winter of Our Discontent

2009-02-20T03:38:00.000-08:00

Ardent skiers might rejoice in it, but the snowy and unexpectedly cold winter has laid bare some of the inconsistencies in Slovenia’s energy policy. Things were brought to a head when the Russian energy giant Gazprom cut off the supplies of gas to the country at the beginning of January, citing an unresolved pricing dispute with Ukraine. Although the gas is flowing freely at the moment, the episode should give a jolt to Slovenian policy makers negotiating with Russian energy tsars.
The thought that a dispute over the price of gas between two faraway countries such as Russia and Ukraine should worry the average Slovene might have seemed far-fetched a decade ago when Russian influence in the ex-Soviet region was still relatively uncontested. However, as a number of the so-called colour revolutions have established market democracies and brought western-sponsored leaders to power on its borders, Russia has obviously decided that it is time for the former satellites to put their money where their mouth is, i.e. to start paying market prices for the gas they buy from Gazprom, Russia’s state-owned energy giant.
At the beginning of January, when Ukraine, a transit country for 80 percent of Russian gas exports to the European Union, started diverting some gas destined for European consumers to its own gas distribution system, nobody was surprised. That had happened in 2006 and again in 2007, with authoritarian Russia demanding too high a price for its gas in order to punish the country for its pro-Western leanings; Ukrainians are doing the only thing they can to keep their homes warm, fumed the commentators. This year, however, Russians called their neighbour’s bluff and cut off the gas to Eastern and Central Europe, putting a couple of countries in a tight spot. Righteous indignation gave way to fear.
Southern comfort
Although natural gas accounts for only around 14 percent of Slovenia’s energy needs, industry depends on it for a little more than a third of its final energy consumption. When Geoplin, the operator of the gas transmission network and the country’s biggest gas importer, announced that Gazprom had stopped supplying gas to Slovenia, industrial facilities were first to suffer reductions. There was no talk of cutting off the supply of gas to private households, but the gas reserves could have lasted only a few weeks. The lesson was clear: Slovenia depends on Russian natural gas; energy security should therefore be the top priority of the country’s energy officials.
Coincidentally, Alexei Miller, Gazprom’s boss, was in Slovenia just at the time when nervous government officials were assuring the public that the country had enough gas reserves to keep their homes warm and dry. Miller came to discuss the possibility of Gazprom’s planned South Stream pipeline crossing Slovenia on its way from Russia to Italy. The pipeline will start on the Russian shores of the Black Sea, cross underwater, then continue through Bulgaria, Serbia and Hungary and will reach Italy either through Austria or Slovenia, perhaps both.
By agreeing to establish a joint company with Gazprom to build the Slovenian section of the pipeline, Slovenia would arguably settle the gas issue once and for all. South Stream will bypass Ukraine, so abstruse pricing disputes far to the east would no longer be a concern of the Slovenes. Furthermore, the security of supply would be greatly enhanced by the country being one of the transit countries for gas destined for western European markets.
Fault lines within
It thus came as a surprise when Matej Lahovnik, the minister of the economy, appeared to be less than enthusiastic about the prospect of quickly concluding talks with Gazprom. He said that it had to be certain that Slovenia’s strategic interests are safeguarded and that the project would have to be checked for conformity with EU law before it could proceed. Miller did not succeed in persuading the new government to continue the negotiations from where the previous government had left them.
One may conjecture that this is just a clever negotiating tactic on the Slovenian side. Miller is known for his hard bargaining style, evidenced by the favourable terms obtained for Gazprom in joint ventures with national companies in two other transit countries, Bulgaria and Hungary. Perhaps Lahovnik wants to obtain better terms for Slovenian companies than the standard 50-50 joint venture and is holding out for a better offer from Gazprom. But since none of the negotiating parties wanted to comment on the talks, there is no clarity on this issue.
What is clear, however, is that Lahovnik’s way of negotiating with Gazprom provoked Slovenian president Danilo Türk to warn publicly that the country cannot afford to drag its feet on the issue of South Stream for much longer. “This pipeline will enhance Slovenia’s energy security,” read the statement issued by the office of the president.
The big game
Inadvertently, perhaps, the president may not have exposed only different views within the Slovenian politics on the negotiating tactics to be employed in talks with Gazprom, but also differences within the government itself. Well-informed sources say that Vlado Dimovski, whom Prime Minister Borut Pahor proposed preside over the government’s strategic energy council, is a staunch supporter of South Stream. But after Zares, Pahor’s junior coalition partner, demanded that Lahovnik chair the council in his ministerial office, Pahor backed down.
Dimovski was not present at talks with Miller. Observers say this may be a sign that Lahovnik has warmed up to the Nabucco option, an EU-sponsored pipeline that is supposed to bring gas from Central Asia to Western Europe via Turkey, circumventing Russia but following more or less the same route as South Stream after hitting the Balkans.
Slovenia could connect to the Nabucco pipeline that is planned to cross Hungary on its way to the Baumgarten gas hub in Austria, supplying several EU countries. Energy experts state that this would reduce the country’s dependency on Russia’s gas, while proceeding with the South Stream option would certainly increase it. To tap the huge LNG terminals on the Croatian island of Krk that are due to come on line after a few years would also be a step in the direction of an ideally diversified gas supply.
The energy business, however, deals with hard money rather than ideals. While you may not have noticed it, next winter is literally around the corner, global warming notwithstanding.

Slovenia Bidding for EU Energy Agency Seat

2009-02-20T03:37:00.000-08:00

Slovenia is vying to host the seat of the EU's new energy agency. Slovenian officials presented the candidacy for the seat of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators at the session of EU energy ministers.
The Czech EU presidency urged other EU member states to put forward any possible candidacies for the ACER seat by mid-March. Apart from Slovenia a candidacy has so far been presented by Slovakia, in December 2008, while Hungary and Romania have announced their bids. Slovenia's bid was presented by Andreja Jerina, the state secretary at the Government Office for Development and European Affairs. Jerina said that Slovenia would be a very good host owing to its natural and economic circumstances, transport links and the fact it is a member of both the Schengen area and the euro zone. Its odds of winning the seat depend on how many candidacies will be fielded. "But Slovenia has very good reasons to justify its candidacy," Jerina said. Vying for the seat of this agency does not, however, mean that Slovenia is giving up any other candidacies, Jerina said, referring to the bid to host the supervisory authority of the Galileo sat-nav system. "Both our candidacies are strong and there is no exclusion involved," she said. The energy agency will be established after the endorsement of the third energy package for the liberalisation of gas and electricity market, which is expected to be passed this year.

Ljubljana Housing Market Slows Down in 2008

2009-02-16T06:53:00.000-08:00

The growth of advertised prices of flats in Ljubljana fell to 3.4 percent in 2008, as the prices fell in the third and fourth quarters by 0.7 percent and 2.3 percent respectively, according to the real estate website www.slonep.net.
The main reasons are the reduced ability of potential buyers because of the high prices, the vast offer of new flats and worse borrowing terms.
Buyers started delaying the purchase when they saw the prices are going down, which in turn meant further decrease in demand.
Prices around Ljubljana rose by 10 percent and were also falling in the second half of the year.
The average growth of listed house prices in Slovenia varied between 4.9 percent at the coast and 34.8 percent in the Koroško region. The price of houses went up by an average of 10.1 percent in Ljubljana and 13.7 percent on its outskirts.
The price of building land increased in most of the regions - by 90.7 percent in Koroško, by 78.4 percent in Dolenjsko, 65.4 percent in Posavje, 34.8 percent in Ljubljana and 32.2 percent on its outskirts - while falling in the northern part of Primorsko and in Pomurje.
Offices in Ljubljana were 3.8 percent more expensive and finished the year at 1,733 euros per sq. metre, while the prices of commercial facilities fell by 3.3 percent and the price of bars and restaurants rose by 1.4 percent.
Apartment rents in Ljubljana also rose considerably, as they finished the year 11.8 percent higher with an 8 percent growth in the second half of the year alone.
The advertised rents grew the most for two-bedroom flats (18 percent), rooms (14 percent) and four-bedroom flats (13.5 percent). The growth was slowest for flats with more than four bedrooms (0.5 percent) and flatlets (1.5 percent).

Gorenje Most Popular Among Foreigners

2009-02-16T06:52:00.000-08:00

Gorenje, the Velenje-based home appliance manufacturer, is the leading Slovenian company in terms of foreign shareholding. The latest available data from the NLB bank show 17.59% of Gorenje shares are owned by foreigners.
Etol, the flavourings and essential oils manufacturer, follows with 15.33% foreign ownership and Mercator, Slovenia's biggest grocer, ranks third with 12.28%, followed by drug company Krka with 8.11% foreign shareholding. Compared to the year before, the share of foreign shareholders in Gorenje increased by 7.5 percentage points. Available information shows its biggest foreign shareholder is Home Products Europe (7.63%), followed by Raiffeisen Central Bank Austria (3.7%), EECF (2.92%) and Unicredit Bank Austria (0.77%). EECF and Erste Group, have increased their shares the most this year, while Raiffeisen Central Bank Austria and Hypo Alpe Adria Bank are the foreign owners that have sold the most of their shares. The share of foreign shareholders in Krka has changed little for the past year, the biggest being New World Fund (2.6%), Unicredit Bank Austria (0.97%), American Funds Insurance Series (0.52%), Raiffeisen Central Bank (0.26%) and Pictet&CIE Banquiers (0.26%). Pictet&CIE Banquiers, New World Fund, BGI Frontier Markets Fund (under Barclay's Bank) and the Swedish East Capital Balkan Fund have increased their shares the most, while the biggest foreign sellers of Krka were Unicredit Bank Austria, AXA World Funds, Dexia Equities and GP Morgan Funds. The share of foreign owners in Mercator dropped somewhat at the annual level. One of the biggest is Serbian holding Rodic, which acquired a 4.6% stake in the Slovenian retailer when it sold its retail division to Mercator in 2006. Nearly 48% of Mercator is now being offered for sale by Infond Holding and beverage group Pivovarna Lasko. Some information has it documents for the purchase of Mercator have been taken out by between 10 and 15 bidders, while only the Serbian Delta Holding has confirmed it has submitted a non-binding offer. A while ago, the Austrian Raishop Holding expressed interest in acquiring Infond Holding's 23% stake in the Slovenian grocer, but the deal failed. The Competition Protection Office initially declined to sanction the sale, but then the buyer backed out after the onset of the financial crisis. Following the four companies in terms of the share of foreign shareholders are Pivovarna Lasko (7.42%), NKMB bank (5.75%), reinsurer Sava Re (5.48%), insurer Zavarovalnica Triglav (4.61%), food and pasta maker Zito (3.85%) and telco Telekom Slovenije (3.42%).

USA: It's time to fix the 401(k)

2009-02-16T06:33:00.000-08:00

Alicia Munnell is a Harvard-trained economist. She served as an assistant secretary of the Treasury and is regarded as one of America's foremost experts on 401(k)s. You'd think she'd be terrific at managing her own retirement, but even she has to fess up to some mistakes. "When my son got married, I took some money out of my plan to help," says Munnell, who heads Boston College's Center for Retirement Research (CRR). "And I ended up paying a 10% penalty and taxes."
In the jargon of the retirement business, that's called leakage. It's a common problem: About 60% of job switchers with a 401(k) plan cash it out.
That's just one of the many pitfalls. Lots of people start saving too late, save too little or make missteps with their portfolio. And all of us are vulnerable to risks that we can't control. Your employer might not offer a plan or might choose one with second-rate investments. Or you may hit a market storm at precisely the wrong moment: the year you stop working.
That last problem is especially obvious now. Over the past 12 months, a 64-year-old investor in an age-tailored "target date" mutual fund has lost 26%. Savers with high balances can recover from that. But many lost more, and the typical near-retiree with a 401(k) has less than $50,000 stashed away in it. That will spend down quickly, and once the money's gone, it doesn't matter if the market roars back.
A recent CRR study shows that a bear market retiree could easily end up with just half the income from a 401(k) as someone retiring during a bull market. "Any system that delivers such wild swings in retirement income is just not working," says Munnell.
She isn't the only one who's worried. A growing number of policy experts who study 401(k)s think they fall short. So why not rethink America's retirement system from the ground up? No, it won't be easy: We're in an economic crisis, and lobbyists for the financial services industry will fight like tigers for the status quo. But that doesn't make the task any less urgent. Some 78 million baby boomers are hurtling toward retirement. Their poverty, if it comes to that, will be a burden to their children and lead to calls for taxpayers to support them.
What would a better system look like? It would be universal and strike a more conservative balance of risk and return. Most of all, it would be designed for savers, not employers or money managers. Here are five principles for reform.
1. We need a plan for everyone
Our current retirement system hasn't broken - it was never really a working system to begin with. No law-makers designed the 401(k) to displace the traditional pension, although that's what ultimately happened. It is named for a tax loophole that pension consultants gradually built a plan around. Under the rules, the earnings you put into a 401(k) aren't taxed, and the account grows tax deferred until you cash out at retirement. It's not a cheap program: The tax advantage for 401(k) contributions will cost the Treasury $51 billion in 2009. Add in the break for IRAs, which are largely funded by 401(k) rollovers, and it's $63 billion.
If you are a typical reader of this magazine, that tax break has been extremely valuable for you. Whether it actually encourages you to save more is another matter. Since 401(k)s became more popular, some studies have shown, higher-income people seem to have shifted their assets from taxable to nontaxable accounts rather than saving more.
Lower- and middle-income households, on the other hand, don't benefit as much from the program. They are less likely to be covered by any plan or by one that offers a generous company match. Since they pay lower tax rates, they get less out of the tax deferral. In all, about 70% of the tax benefits for 401(k) savings goes to the top 20% of earners. "Given the way 401(k)s are structured, they are virtually designed to provide inadequate retirement income for the average worker," says University of California Berkeley political scientist Jacob Hacker. So how can the system pull more people in?
Enlisting employers
One obvious approach is to ensure that more people have access to a savings plan through their jobs. This one could be an easy bipartisan compromise. Retirement experts at the conservative Heritage Foundation and the liberal Brookings Institution have together proposed an "automatic IRA." Businesses with no retirement plan would have to put a portion of workers' paychecks into an IRA unless the employee opted out.
Pension experts Pamela Perun and Eugene Steuerle have proposed a simplified retirement plan similar to one in the U.K. Employers would be required to offer a retirement plan with a match of up to 3% of salary. As part of the bargain, the plan would lift some of the burdensome administrative rules of today's 401(k).
Getting a boost from Uncle Sam
A more ambitious approach would be a government savings match similar to what you get from your employer. If this sounds like a subsidy, it is - but then, so is the current tax break. The difference is that this one would take the form of a refundable credit. Unlike tax deferrals, such a credit can benefit even people in low brackets. Gene Sperling, a former Clinton administration official, has proposed a "universal 401(k)" in which low-income workers can get as much as a two-to-one match. Higher-income families may get a 30% match.
Economist Teresa Ghilarducci of the New School for Social Research goes further. To ensure that everyone saves from the start of their career to the end, she proposes a mandatory national savings account on top of Social Security. You'd kick in 2.5% a year and your employer another 2.5%. In one version, the tax credit would be a flat $600 a year for everybody.
Of course, the government can't just throw cash around (recent events notwithstanding). Paying for tax credits would likely mean trimming or eliminating the existing deferrals. Tough sell. No one is talking about touching existing 401(k) balances. But if you are a high earner able to contribute the max to your 401(k), you'd pay more taxes under Ghilarducci's plan. Before you throw out the idea altogether, though, consider this: You weren't always in your current tax bracket. A plan for moderate-income earners could have gotten you saving consistently from the first day of your first job. It could do the same for your kids.
2. Spread some of the risk - but not all of it
In any retirement system, your standard of living will depend to some extent on the state of the economy. Traditional pensions rely on a financially healthy employer. Even Social Security, as a pay-as-you-go system, depends on the productivity of current workers. But 401(k)s stand out for the way that they concentrate nearly all the economic risk on you alone.
With that risk comes a shot at high rewards. If you have an above-average income, it makes sense to have at least some of your retirement money in the market over your career. But many retirement experts think we need a third tier of savings in between Social Security and the 401(k). It would offer a better return than Social Security but less market risk than mutual funds and other investments. Just a portion of the money you now put into 401(k)s would go here.
Working out the details of this third-tier plan won't be simple. One approach would be to offer a straight-up guarantee. In Ghilarducci's plan, the mandatory savings would go into a single government fund invested in stocks and bonds. You would be guaranteed a payment based on a 3% annual return after inflation, possibly more if the market did so well that the managers decided they could safely distribute extra gains. "Historically, that's a very achievable rate of return," says Ghilarducci. Unfortunately, it is also a modest one - over long periods, stocks have generally beaten inflation by six percentage points or more.
Boston College's Munnell thinks the Dutch retirement system might be a better model. In their national pension fund, retirees get a payment based on their salary and years of service, similar to a company pension. But the amount can change in the event of a severe market crash or funding shortfall. "If returns are low, everyone takes a hit," says Munnell. "Retirees might not get the full cost-of-living adjustment, employers may have to put in more, and workers building up benefits will accrue less."
An American solution would be different in the details. Even so, the basic principle could apply: Spread risk among employers, retirees and current workers and you can smooth out the highs and lows to make some retirement income more predictable.
3. Help us make the money last
At the end of your career, a 401(k) will leave you (you hope) with a big pile of money. But stretching those dollars over two or more decades is as big a challenge as accumulating them was.
You face two uncertainties: how markets will perform and how long you will live. Spend too much and you might find yourself a hale and hearty 85-year-old with an empty bank account. One solution is to use at least part of your savings to buy a fixed-rate immediate annuity, which creates a pensionlike income for life. But almost no one does this with their 401(k) balance.
Why? Annuities can be complex - insurance salesmen like them that way - and the expenses are higher for retail investors than for institutions like pension funds. There's also a big psychological barrier: You give up hundreds of thousands of dollars in exchange for a lot of smaller checks. Yet there's evidence that older retirees are happier if they have some annuity income.
A third-tier savings program could provide some guaranteed income. But even without a whole new retirement plan, there are ways to make it easier for retirees to annuitize.
Right now most 401(k)s pay out in a lump sum as a default. It's just less trouble for employers that way. But simply by switching that default to an annuity - or a partial annuity - new retirees would get a signal that this is the smart move. This would also remove some of the hassle and encourage a more competitive annuity market. Experts at Brookings and Heritage recommend automatically converting a portion of a new retiree's 401(k) into a "trial" annuity for just two years. If retirees like getting the regular paychecks, they can convert to a lifetime annuity. "It's a way of letting investors take an annuity for a test drive," says Mark Iwry of Brookings.
4. Choke off high investment fees
Unfair as it sounds, 401(k) plans do not have to fully disclose how much you're being charged. Chances are, it's a lot. "A typical 401(k) plan may be charging participants 1.5% or more annually, when a more reasonable cost would be 0.5% to 1%," says Matthew Hutcheson, an independent pension fiduciary in Portland, Ore. Over 20 years, paying an extra 1% in expenses can reduce your nest egg by about 17%, assuming a 6.5% annual average return.
Low costs would be a key advantage of a public savings plan - in general, the larger the plan, the lower the expenses. In the meantime, though, we could at least set some sensible expense rules for the system we have. Congressman George Miller, head of the House Education and Labor committee, has introduced a bill mandating that plans offer at least one low-cost index fund. That's a great start.
5. How about a "retirement Fed"?
All of these proposals require some public oversight of your retirement investments. But when tax breaks are involved, that's inevitable - your current 401(k) plan is already highly regulated. The task is to make the regulation more effective. To see how the current rules fall short, consider the 2006 Pension Protection Act. It encourages employers to sign people up for 401(k)s automatically and to use target-date retirement funds and other diversified stock-and-bond portfolios as the default investments. Money markets and stable-value funds were mostly ruled out as automatic options.
In other words, the government has already started opining on what is and isn't an appropriate retirement investment. The bill has probably helped steer more savers in the right direction. Even so, the investment guidelines were left quite loose, and different fund companies offered wildly different asset mixes. When the market collapsed last year, investors who happened to be in plans that had nudged them into stock-heavy allocations suffered steep losses.
These are tricky issues. We need a visible public forum to thrash them out, and we ought to be drawing on the advice of the nation's top retirement and investing minds.
So why not create a quasi-independent Federal Retirement Security Board? The members of this "Retirement Fed" should represent a range of backgrounds and points of view - academics, small business owners, workers and money managers. The board's first task would be to set better rules of the road for those default plans and work on standards for expenses. But it could also develop proposals for that crucial third-tier savings plan. Getting retirement right is essential to our nation's economic health. Let's give it the attention it deserves.

Short overview of the labour market

2009-01-21T03:39:00.000-08:00

Slovenia is a central European country bordering Austria (to the north), Italy (to the west), Hungary (to the north-east) and Croatia (to the east and south). It has a surface area of 20 273 km2 and a population of 2,019,406. The capital city is Ljubljana.
Since 1993, economic results in Slovenia have been positive. With restructuring largely complete, the economy has become more competitive and export-oriented. Thanks to more extensive foreign trade and greater investment activities, economic growth of 6.1 % was achieved in 2007.
The processes of economic restructuring, which began in the late 1980s, have been reflected in the sectoral structure as a decline in the agricultural and non-agricultural sector and the growth of the service sector. Production has fallen in individual activities such as the mining, textile, leather, food and wood processing industries. In manufacturing, production is increasing, in particular of chemicals, chemical products, man-made fibres, products made of rubber and plastic, metals and metal products, machines and instruments and electrical and optical equipment. Another important sector, alongside manufacturing, is construction. Commerce continues to strengthen, tourism is developing, while the fastest growth is being recorded in the field of business services. Successful large enterprises or groups of enterprises include Lek, Gorenje, Krka, Merkur, Mercator, Revoz Unior, Primorje, Petrol, Pivovarna Laško, Hidria, Helios and, Sava.
Economic growth is also affecting conditions on the labour market, where employment is increasing and unemployment is decreasing. Despite the shedding of jobs in individual labour intensive sectors, the number of economically active persons has been on the increase since 2004. Figures for February 2008 show that there were 870,947 economically active persons in the country (figures from the register of economically active population of Slovenia), up 3.5 % from the previous year.
In March 2008 the number of registered unemployed was 64,295 (unemployed persons registered with the Employment Service of Slovenia), down 13.4% from a year ago. The structure of unemployment remains problematic, in particular among women and older people, while recently the proportion of the unemployed with further and higher education qualifications has been growing, especially among the young. The registered unemployment rate in February 2008 was 7.1 %. According to the internationally comparable data from the Labour Force Survey, in the last quarter of 2007 the survey rate of unemployment was 4.7 %, which is below the European Union average. The level of activity of the population was 59.4 % and the level of economic activity 56.6 %.

Cultural and social life

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Slovenia enjoys a very dynamic cultural life. It has two national opera and ballet houses, as well as a large number of national theatre institutions.
The most important institutions in the field of the fine arts are the Narodna Galerija (National Gallery) and Moderna Galerija (Museum of Modern Art), both in Ljubljana. For classical music, the best-known orchestra is the Slovenska Filharmonija (Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra).
Slovenia has a rich and diverse network of cultural organisations and societies. In addition, a large number of performances and events are arranged in the tourist areas of Slovenia every year. These include a very large number of smaller local events featuring stories from everyday life, customs of work and life, and history. A number of traditional folk customs have been revived, including: jurjevanje, kurentovanje, furmanski praznik, national costume days, jousting, etc. Slovenia is also a land of choirs, folklore groups and wind bands. Sports lovers can enjoy the traditional annual ski-jumping and ski-flying competitions, as well as other skiing and water-sport competitions.
The most popular individual sports are mountaineering, mountain-climbing, skiing, swimming and cycling; the main team sports are football, handball, basketball and volleyball. Adults and children alike can join sports societies, of which Slovenia has over 4 700. These offer a diverse range of recreation programmes, with construction and modernisation being financed by the state or local community. A large number of facilities are also in private hands. Among the most popular forms of family recreation, particularly at weekends between May and November, are mountain-climbing and family excursions to the surrounding countryside.

Health Systems

2009-01-21T03:34:00.001-08:00

Primary healthcare in Slovenia is provided by health centres and pharmacies. Health centres offer preventive care (for adults, children, young people), emergency medical services, home care, general medicine, healthcare for women, children and young people, and laboratory and other diagnostic services. Private doctors, different specialists, therapeutists and nurses may also offer primary healthcare services. Everyone selects their own general practitioner and dentist; women also select their own gynaecologists. Generally speaking, healthcare centres have pharmacies from which drugs may be collected. Non-prescription drugs may also be obtained only from pharmacies.
Specialist outpatient activities cover diagnostics, treatment and medical rehabilitation, healthcare support, accommodation and food. Hospitals are of a general or specialist nature. Patients present themselves at a general or specialist hospital on the basis of a referral from their general practitioner.
The most complex forms of outpatient and specialist treatment are carried out by clinics and institutes. In most cases, specialist treatment is free of charge; supplementary payment is required for some services, particularly where private service providers are involved.
The telephone number for the emergency medical assistance and ambulance service is 112.
The extent of coverage of health services and public health care providers is set annually by the Ministry of Health. Where they have compulsory insurance, insured persons can be granted full or partial payment for health services, depending on the service concerned.
In cases where full payment for the service is not provided, e.g. organ transplant and other highly complex operations, fertility treatment), a certain percentage of the costs is covered, about which the patient is informed before the planned intervention.
Disabled persons and those on low incomes enjoy special reliefs when paying for healthcare services where emergency treatment is involved.
In Slovenia you can claim necessary health services with the European Health Insurance Card or other suitable certificate or the health insurance card that is received by everyone who is insured under the compulsory health insurance scheme in Slovenia. Each person confirms the validity of the card themselves using the self-service terminals located in healthcare institutions.

Cost of living

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Most household income in Slovenia is used for the purchase of consumer goods (84.3%), followed by housing costs (12.2%). The remainder, around 3.5%, goes on other expenditure.
The majority of expenditure on consumer goods goes towards transport and communication (around 25.7%), which includes spending on the purchase of vehicles, their maintenance, buying tickets and so on. Only then comes spending on food and non-alcoholic beverages (17.4%). Housing and housing equipment costs constitute a large proportion of expenditure (rent, regular maintenance of dwelling, costs of electricity, water, gas, utilities and other services), at 25.4%. Recreation and culture account for around 8 % of spending, while footwear and clothing make up 7.6% of expenditure.
The average retail prices of some of the most basic products as at March 2008 were: white bread EUR 1.88 a kg; a boneless beef joint EUR 7.34 a kg; full-fat milk EUR 0.75 a litre; potatoes EUR 0.60 a kg; sugar EUR 0.81 a kg; the daily electricity tariff of EUR 0.11 a kWh; unleaded 95-oct petrol EUR 1.10 a litre; natural gas for heating EUR 0.62 a Sm3; a restaurant meal (soup, main dish, dessert) EUR 7.72.

Incomes and taxation

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If you are permanently or temporarily resident in the Republic of Slovenia or you create taxable income in the national territory or are the owner of taxable movable or immovable property, you are therefore a taxable person, and you have your own tax number.
All employees and insured persons who earn income from employment, from the performance of an agricultural or forestry activity, from a pension, from the letting of property or from capital are liable for the payment of income tax. From personal receipts they pay a monthly advance payment of income tax, which is taken into account in the final assessment of income tax and is subtracted from it.
In addition to income tax, individuals in Slovenia pay taxes, contributions and other compulsory duties, which might include tax on real estate transactions, inheritance and gift tax, tax on property, tax on winnings accrued through games of chance, motor vehicle tax, value added tax, a compensation fee for building site use, environmental levies, and social security contributions.
The figures showing the net monthly pay of full-time new workers and those with five years of experience from 2006, taken from the newspaper Finance, and based on offers from employers in private agency databases, are as follows for the professions with the highest demand:
Lawyers, judges
from EUR 1 043 for beginners to 2 112
IT system programmers and analysts
from EUR 1 200 to 1 690
Mechanical and electrical engineers etc.
from EUR 626 to 1 180
Specialist physicians
from EUR 1 170 to 1 900
Customs officers, secretaries, bank tellers
from EUR 543 to 718
Nurses
from EUR 501 to 592
Chefs, waiters, sales and security staff
from EUR 417 to 845
Builders, carpenters
from EUR 417 to 634
Foundry workers, welders, toolmakers
from EUR 501 to 676
Drivers of heavy lorries and towing vehicles
from EUR 417 to 1 690
Unskilled construction workers
from EUR 501 to 650
At the beginning of 2008 wages were linked to inflation, therefore the wages are at least 6% higher.A worker pays social security contributions and income tax amounting in 2008 to 22.1% of his/her monthly income from employment. Prepayment of income tax is calculated during the year on all receipts as tax deduction in a percentage for the income tax bracket depending on your tax base.This comprises income and benefits from employment, income from capital (dividends), company scholarships, in the event that they exceed the minimum wage in Slovenia, and other income, reduced by the general allowance amounting to EUR 246.63 a month and other personal allowances (granted to disabled persons, the over-65s, school pupils or students who receive income from work through the student employment service) and an allowance for maintained family members (from EUR 181.98 for one, EUR 397.81 for two and EUR 709.77 for three maintained family members).
In 2008 the prepayment of income tax amounted to 16% for the monthly tax base up to EUR 598.96, 27% for the tax base from EUR 598.96 to 1 197.93 and 41% for the tax base above EUR 1 197.93.
Completed the fiscal year 2008 you will receive at your address in March 2009 a previously completed tax return from the Tax Administration based on data from the payers of your earnings. If you agree with the return, it will become a final assessment. On the basis of this assessment you must make up any shortfall in your income tax payments during the year, or the Tax Administration will make a refund to your business account for any excess payments made during the year.
In paying wages employers pay contributions for health insurance, maternity insurance, pension and disability insurance, employment and unemployment insurance and accidents at work insurance, at an overall rate of 16.10%.
Employers — legal and natural persons who pay wages also pay a payroll tax. This tax is calculated and paid from gross wages at rates relating to the level of the monthly gross wage of the employee which in the year 2008 exceed EUR 688.54 at rates of 1.1%, 2.3% and 4.4%. Payroll tax will be abolished in the year 2009.
Value added tax is paid on goods transactions, service transactions and the import of goods. The general rate is 20 % and the reduced rate is 8.5%. The reduced rate is used for the calculation and payment of VAT on food, water supply, medicines, books, tickets for cultural events, etc.

Finding accommodation

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In Slovenia you can choose from among the following types of accommodation: hotels, apartments, private rooms, rented accommodation, motels, bungalows, campsites, youth hostels, school/student halls of residence.Notices about the purchase, sale and letting of property are published in daily and weekly newspapers (Delo, Dnevnik, Večer), magazines, on property agents’ websites (nepremičninski Oglasi, Nepremičnine SLONEP), and in other printed media.
The price of property depends on the location, size, age and fittings of the property concerned and changes constantly in accordance with supply and demand. Property prices are highest in the capital Ljubljana and also in Koper, Maribor and Celje.
RentingThere are no restrictions on citizens of the EU and EEA with respect to the purchase and commercial letting of property, and therefore you may purchase or rent property regardless of where you come from. Slovenian citizenship is only a condition for renting non-profit accommodation.You will need only a valid identity document in order to rent a property and sign an agreement.Registration of the agreement and tax payments are performed by the landlord.

Recognition of diplomas and qualifications

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The importance of transparency and mutual recognition of diplomas as a crucial complement to the free movement of workers
The possibility of obtaining recognition of one’s qualifications and competences can play a vital role in the decision to take up work in another EU country. It is therefore necessary to develop a European system that will guarantee the mutual acceptance of professional competences in different Member States. Only such a system will ensure that a lack of recognition of professional qualifications will become an obstacle to workers’ mobility within the EU.
Main principles for the recognition of professional qualifications in the EU
As a basic principle, any EU citizen should be able to freely practice their profession in any Member State. Unfortunately the practical implementation of this principle is often hindered by national requirements for access to certain professions in the host country.
For the purpose of overcoming these differences, the EU has set up a system for the recognition of professional qualifications. Within the terms of this system, a distinction is made between regulated professions (professions for which certain qualifications are legally required) and professions that are not legally regulated in the host Member State.
Steps towards a transparency of qualifications in Europe
The European Union has taken important steps towards the objective of achieving transparency of qualifications in Europe:- An increased co-operation in vocational education and training, with the intention to combine all instruments for transparency of certificates and diplomas, in one single, user-friendly tool. This includes, for example, the European CV or Europass Trainings.- The development of concrete actions in the field of recognition and quality in vocational education and training.

Going beyond the differences in education and training systems throughout the EU
Education and training systems in the EU Member States still show substantial differences. The last enlargements of the EU, with different educational traditions, have further increased this diversity. This calls for a need to set up common rules to guarantee recognition of competences.
In order to overcome this diversity of national qualification standards, educational methods and training structures, the European Commission has put forward a series of instruments, aimed at ensuring better transparency and recognition of qualifications both for academic and professional purposes.
The European Qualifications Framework

The European Qualifications Framework is a key priority for the European Commission in the process of recognition of professional competences. The main objective of the framework is to create links between the different national qualification systems and guarantee a smooth transfer and recognition of diplomas.
The National Academic Recognition Information Centres (NARICs)

A network of National Academic Recognition Information Centres was established in 1984 at the initiative of the European Commission. The NARICs provide advice on the academic recognition of periods of study abroad. Located in all EU Member States as well as in the countries of the European Economic Area, NARICs play a vital role the process of recognition of qualifications in the EU.
The European Credit Transfer System (ECTS)

The European Credit Transfer System aims at facilitating the recognition of periods of study abroad. Introduced in 1989, it functions by describing an education programme and attaching credits to its components. It is a key complement to the highly acclaimed student mobility programme Erasmus.
Europass

Europass is an instrument for ensuring the transparency of professional skills. It is composed of five standardised documents

a CV (Curriculum Vitae),
a language passport,
certificate supplements,
diploma supplements, and
a Europass-Mobility document.

The Europass system makes skills and qualifications clearly and easily understood in the different parts of Europe. In every country of the European Union and the European Economic Area, national Europass centres have been established as the primary contact points for people seeking for information about the Europass system.

Overview of Working Conditions in Slovenia

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Quality of work and employment - a vital issue, with a strong economic and humanitarian impact
Good working conditions are important for the well-being of European workers. They- contribute to the physical and psychological welfare of Europeans, and- contribute to the economic performance of the EU.From a humanitarian point of view, the quality of working environment has a strong influence on the overall work and life satisfaction of European workers.
From an economic point of view, high-quality job conditions are a driving force of economic growth and a foundation for the competitive position of the European Union. A high level of work satisfaction is an important factor for achieving high productivity of the EU economy.
It is therefore a core issue for the European Union to promote the creation and maintenance of a sustainable and pleasant working environment – one that promotes health and well-being of European employees and creates a good balance between work and non-work time.
Improving working conditions in Europe: an important objective for the European Union.
Ensuring favourable working conditions for European citizens is a priority for the EU. The European Union is therefore working together with national governments to ensure a pleasant and secure workplace environment. Support to Member States is provided through:- the exchange of experience between different countries and common actions- the establishment of the minimum requirements on working conditions and health and safety at work, to be applied all over the European Union
Criteria for quality of work and employment
In order to achieve sustainable working conditions, it is important to determine the main characteristics of a favourable working environment and thus the criteria for the quality of working conditions.
The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) in Dublin, is an EU agency that provides information, advice and expertise on, as the name implies, living and working conditions. This agency has established several criteria for job and employment quality, which include:- health and well-being at the workplace – this is a vital criteria, since good working conditions suppose the prevention of health problems at the work place, decreasing the exposure to risk and improving work organisation- reconciliation of working and non-working life – citizens should be given the chance to find a balance between the time spent at work and at leisure- skills development – a quality job is one that gives possibilities for training, improvement and career opportunities
The work of Eurofound shall contribute to the planning and design of better living and working conditions in Europe.
Health and safety at work
The European Commission has undertaken a wide scope of activities to promote a healthy working environment in the EU Member States. Amongst others, it developed a Community Strategy for Health and Safety at Work for the period 2002-2006. This strategy was set up with the help of national authorities, social partners and NGOs. It focuses on the promotion of international cooperation and the necessity of a strong culture of prevention. A new strategy for the period 2007-2012 is underway.
The Community policy on health and safety at work aims at a long-lasting improvement of well-being of EU workers. It takes into account the physical, moral and social dimensions of working conditions, as well as the new challenges brought up by the enlargement of the European Union towards countries from Central and Eastern Europe. The introduction of EU standards for health and safety at the workplace, has contributed a lot to the improvement of the situation of workers in these countries.

Improving working conditions by setting minimum requirements common to all EU countries
Improving living and working conditions in the EU Member States depends largely on the establishment of common labour standards. EU labour laws and regulations have set the minimum requirements for a sustainable working environment and are now applied in all Member States. The improvement of these standards has strengthened workers’ rights and is one of the main achievements of the EU’s social policy.

Registration procedures and residence permits

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You need to be registered at the address where you normally live. You will need a permit to reside in Slovenia for a period exceeding three months. You must apply to the administrative unit in whose territory you reside. It will be granted on the basis of a valid identity card or passport. In the case of planned employment, you must submit confirmation from your employer that he will employ you or proof of employment (an employment contract) and, in the case of study, self-employment or retirement, evidence thereof. You must also provide proof that you have a secure means of subsistence and compulsory health insurance.
However, as a national of a Member State of the European Union you may only be refused residence in Slovenia if you constitute a threat to public law and order or national security or are a financial burden on the State.
If you apply for a permanent residence permit in Slovenia, the permanent residence registration in your own country will remain valid until a Slovenian permit is issued. Your permanent residence in Slovenia is normally registered at the address at which you usually reside.

How to apply for a job

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Most employers recruit new employees by collecting applications from candidates. You should send your job application to the employer within the deadline which should not be shorter than 5 days from the publication of an offer. An application should be concise, easy to read, clear and structured (introduction, main body, conclusion).
A job application should normally contain the following information:
at the top of the letter: your contact details (full name, address, telephone number and e-mail address), name and address of employer, date,
in the introduction: a salutation and introduction,
in the body of the letter: the job you are applying for, where you saw the advertisement, why you are suitable for the job, what you can offer the employer,
in the conclusion: valediction, signature and list of attachments.
Write an application in Slovene, unless the employer requests applications in other languages, most often English or German, depending on the needs of the employer. Applications should be accompanied by a CV containing a detailed description of your knowledge, work experience and education required for the job position in question. Attach also copies of proofs of educational qualifications.The European Union has adopted a standard European CV (Europass Curriculum Vitae). The instructions and the web application for compiling a CV are available in 31 languages on the EURES website.Original education certificates or employment references should not be attached to your job application. You can hand them over at your job interview.

How to find a job

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Vacancies can be found by searching through job offers published on the premises of the Employment Service of Slovenia, private employment agencies or those published by the employers themselves. All employers and agencies offering services providing manpower to other employers are obliged to notify the Employment Service of Slovenia about all job vacancies. Therefore all available job vacancies in the country are posted on the notice boards located on the premises of the Employment Service of Slovenia. Only those vacancies, whose publication in mass media is explicitly requested by the employer, are available also on the national TV teletext pages and on the Service’s and EURES websites
Many Slovenian companies publish their job advertisements in daily newspapers, radio stations, on the Internet and teletext. The highest number of advertisements can be found in regular weekly employment sections of mayor Slovenian newspapers: Delo — Borza dela (Job market), Večer, Primorske novice, Gorenjski glas and Dolenjski list. Larger companies also search for employees through the recruitment sections of their web sites. These offers usually include a more detailed job description (requirements and working conditions) for the positions that the recruitment process is being conducted for.
Web pages of recruitment agencies include most short-term employment and job offers, while more specialised agencies also offer more demanding positions. Work and training for foreign students is arranged through the corresponding students’ organizations, authorised by the Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs.
Job vacancies are collected either by the Employment Service of Slovenia or by recruitment agencies which have signed a concession contract with the Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs. Having obtained a residence permit for living in Slovenia one can proceed to registering as an unemployed person at one of the regional Employment Services. This gives access to various types of assistance in seeking employment. Neither the Employment Service nor the agencies can demand a fee from jobseekers for the services they offer.
A modern and faster way of finding employment is by registering in the CV database which enables a potential employer looking for new employees to consider your CV. This service is provided by the Employment Service of Slovenia (in Slovenian) and by the EURES web page that offers the service in all European languages and in different formats. This web service is also available from some agencies and employers. The web pages of the Employment Service of Slovenia offer easy access to detailed information regarding job vacancies, as well as — through the EURES section — information regarding the labour market, living and working conditions and mobility in Slovenia and also employment and EURES contact information on counsellors.
Also jobs will be posted on this blog.

Information on the transitional rules governing the free movement of workers from, to and between the new member states

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In the Member Countries of the European Economic Area (EEA) the free movement of workers is a fundamental right which permits nationals of one EEA country to work in another EEA country on the same conditions as that member state’s own citizens.
During a transitional period of up to 7 years after accession of 10 Member States to the EU on 1 May 2004 and of 2 Member States on 1 January 2007 , certain conditions may be applied that restrict the free movement of workers from, to and between these member states.
These restrictions only concern the freedom of movement for the purpose of taking up a job and they may differ from one member state to another

Přehled of Pracovní podmínky do Slovinsko

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Jakost of práce a činnost jeden osudný číslo , s jeden silný hospodářský a humanitní dopad Blaho pracovní podmínky ar důležitý do člen určitý dobře - bytost of Evropan dělníci. ona přispět na člen určitý fyzický a psychological blaho of Evropan , a - přispět na člen určitý hospodářský čin of člen určitý EU.From jeden humanitní hledisko , člen určitý jakost of činnost obklíčení 3sg.préz.od have jeden silný účinek na člen určitý kombinéza práce a duch uspokojení of Evropan dělníci. Dle neurč. člen hospodářský hledisko , vysoký - jakost námezdní dostat se do dobré kondice ar jeden hnací dohnat of hospodářský nárůst a jeden nadace do člen určitý konkurenční hodnost of člen určitý Evropan Anglická národní vlajka. JEDEN vysoký hladina of práce uspokojení is neurč. člen důležitý činitel do dosáhnění vysoký plodnost of člen určitý EU hospodárnost. Ono is pročež jeden cívka číslo do člen určitý Evropan Anglická národní vlajka až k hájit zájmy člen určitý pro boha a údržba of jeden sustainable a příjemný činnost obklíčení – jeden aby hájit zájmy zdraví a dobře - bytost of Evropan zaměstnanec a jmenovat jeden blaho balancovat mezi práce a bez- - práce čas. Opravit pracovní podmínky v Evropě : neurč. člen důležitý cíl do člen určitý Evropan Anglická národní vlajka. Pojistit příznivý pracovní podmínky do Evropan občanství is jeden časová přednost do člen určitý EU. Člen určitý Evropan Anglická národní vlajka is pročež činnost kromě toho národní pravidlo až k pojistit jeden příjemný a bezpěčný město práce obklíčení. Podepřít až k Člen Stavy is darovat docela : člen určitý burza of podstoupit mezi neobvyklý kraj a běžný činy - člen určitý bydliště of člen určitý minimum nárok dále pracovní podmínky a zdraví a jistota při práci , až k být zařízení u konce člen určitý Evropan Anglická národní vlajka Kritérium do jakost of práce a činnost Aby dosáhnout sustainable pracovní podmínky , ono is důležitý až k končit člen určitý hlavní rozvádec charakteristický of jeden příznivý činnost obklíčení a tak člen určitý kritérium do člen určitý jakost of pracovní podmínky. Člen určitý Evropan Nadace do člen určitý Pokrok of Prebenda a Pracovní podmínky Eurofound ) do Dublin is neurč. člen EU působení aby darovat hlášení , rada a dělat znalce dále , ačkoliv člen určitý jméno důsledek , prebenda a pracovní podmínky. Tato působení 3sg.préz.od have pevně ustanovený několik kritérium do námezdní a činnost jakost , kdo obsahovat : zdraví a dobře - bytost v člen určitý město práce – tato is jeden osudný kritérium , od té doby blaho pracovní podmínky předpokládat člen určitý opatření of zdraví otázka v člen určitý práce bydliště , úbytek člen určitý expozice až k dávat v sázku a opravit práce organisace - smír of činnost a bez- - činnost duch – občanství požadovat být darovat člen určitý náhoda až k nález jeden balancovat mezi člen určitý čas trávit při práci a v prázdno - obratnosti rozvoj – jeden jakost námezdní is jeden aby darovat možnost do kurz , pokrok a běhat příležitost Člen určitý umělecké dílo Eurofound mám přispět na člen určitý plánování a cíl of lépe prebenda a pracovní podmínky v Evropě. Zdraví a jistota při práci Člen určitý Evropan Důstojnický dekret 3sg.préz.od have odvážit se jeden široký rozhled of činnost až k hájit zájmy jeden zdravý činnost obklíčení do člen určitý EU Člen Stavy. Mezi jiní , ono vývojka jeden Obec Strategie do Zdraví a Jistota při práci do člen určitý doba 2002-2006. Tato strategie was vztyčit jít s duchem času pomoci of národní autority , společenský společenství a NGOs. Ono ložisko v rozhlase agitace of internacionál družstvo a člen určitý nutnost of jeden silný kultura of opatření. JEDEN nový strategie do člen určitý doba is pod čarou ponoru. Člen určitý Obec chytrost dále zdraví a jistota při práci záměry v jeden dlouhá hláska - stálý pokrok of dobře - bytost of EU dělníci. Ono brát do účet člen určitý fyzický , morální a společenský dimenze of pracovní podmínky , jakož i člen určitý nový dovolávat se brought autobus mezi námi obšírnější výklad of člen určitý Evropan Anglická národní vlajka asi kraj dle Centrální a Orientální Evropa. Člen určitý představení koho-čeho EU korouhevi do zdraví a jistota v člen určitý město práce , 3sg.préz.od have přispět množství až k člen určitý pokrok of člen určitý místo of dělníci do tezaury kraj. Opravit pracovní podmínky do sázení minimum nárok běžný až k celek EU kraj Opravit prebenda a pracovní podmínky do člen určitý EU Člen Stavy čekat vyřízení do velké míry v rozhlase bydliště of běžný dělnictvo korouhevi. EU dělnictvo soudní proces a nařízení mít dát člen určitý minimum nárok do jeden sustainable činnost obklíčení a ar teď zařízení celkem Člen Stavy. Člen určitý pokrok of tezaury korouhevi 3sg.préz.od have posilovač dělníci dobrý a is jeden z člen určitý hlavní rozvádec výkony of člen určitý EU’s společenský chytrost.

Posouzení of diplom a kvalifikace

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Člen určitý důležitost of diapozitiv a vzájemný posouzení of diplom ačkoliv jeden kritický dodatek až k člen určitý drzý pohyb of dělníci Člen určitý možnost být v módě posouzení of one’s kvalifikace a dostatečné prostředky pocínovat činnost jeden osudný role do člen určitý rozhodnost až k dodržet přimísit jiný EU kraj. Ono is pročež nutný až k vyvolat jeden Evropan osoustava to postačí chránit člen určitý vzájemný přijetí of odborný dostatečné prostředky do neobvyklý Člen Stavy. Ale takový jeden osoustava vůle pojistit aby jeden nedostatek posouzení of odborný kvalifikace vůle stát se neurč. člen překážka až k dělníci pohyblívost v člen určitý EU. Hlavní rozvádec kořen do člen určitý posouzení of odborný kvalifikace do člen určitý EU Ačkoliv jeden bazický kořen , jakýkoliv EU občan požadovat být schopný až k námezdník cvičit jejich povolání do jakýkoliv Člen Stav. Bohužel člen určitý praktický implementace of tato kořen is často překážet do národní nárok do přístup až k jakýsi povolání do člen určitý dav kraj. Za účelem čeho překonat tezaury dělat rozdíl , člen určitý EU 3sg.préz.od have vztyčit jeden osoustava do člen určitý posouzení of odborný kvalifikace. V člen určitý čas of tato osoustava , jeden přednost is udělal mezi omezit povolání ( povolání do kdo jakýsi kvalifikace ar právní nařídit ) a povolání aby ar ne právní omezit do člen určitý dav Člen Stav. Kráče asi jeden diapozitiv of kvalifikace v Evropě Člen určitý Evropan Anglická národní vlajka 3sg.préz.od have brát důležitý kráče asi člen určitý cíl of dosáhnění diapozitiv of kvalifikace v Evropě : Neurč. člen bonus co - činnost do týkající se povolání instruktáž a kurz , jít s duchem času cíl až k kombinát celek výrobní do diapozitiv of nóta a diplom , v jednom kuse jednoduchý , právo užívání - laskavý jet. Tato obsahovat , například , člen určitý Evropan ŽIVOTOPIS či Evropa Kurz. Člen určitý rozvoj of beton činy v oboru posouzení a jakost do týkající se povolání instruktáž a kurz. Existující na druhou stranu člen určitý dělat rozdíl do instruktáž a kurz osoustavy docela člen určitý EU Instruktáž a kurz osoustavy do člen určitý EU Člen Stavy tichý ukazovat podstatný dělat rozdíl. Člen určitý konečně obšírnější výklad of člen určitý EU , s neobvyklý školský tradice , mít dále bonus tato rozličnost. Tato čerpat do jeden potřebovat až k vztyčit běžný krotit až k chránit posouzení of dostatečné prostředky. Aby překonat tato rozličnost of národní omezení korouhevi , školský metody a kurz složení , člen určitý Evropan Důstojnický dekret 3sg.préz.od have navrhnout jeden řada of výrobní , zaměřený na pojistit lépe diapozitiv a posouzení of kvalifikace oba do akademický a odborný cíl. Člen určitý Evropan Kvalifikace Kostra Člen určitý Evropan Kvalifikace Kostra is jeden identifikovat časová přednost do člen určitý Evropan Důstojnický dekret do člen určitý běh of posouzení of odborný dostatečné prostředky. Člen určitý hlavní rozvádec cíl of člen určitý kostra is až k jmenovat golfové hřiště mezi člen určitý neobvyklý národní omezení osoustavy a chránit jeden hladký doprava a posouzení of diplom. Člen určitý Národní Akademický Posouzení Hlášení Být středem NARICs ) JEDEN přenosový článek of Národní Akademický Posouzení Hlášení Být středem was pevně ustanovený do 1984 v člen určitý iniciativa of člen určitý Evropan Důstojnický dekret. Člen určitý NARICs darovat rada dále člen určitý akademický posouzení of doba of učení v cizině. Nalézt celkem EU Člen Stavy jakož i do člen určitý kraj of člen určitý Evropan Hospodářský Plocha NARICs činnost jeden osudný role člen určitý běh of posouzení of kvalifikace do člen určitý EU. Člen určitý Evropan Čest Doprava Osoustava ECTS ) Člen určitý Evropan Čest Doprava Osoustava záměry v usnadnit člen určitý posouzení of doba of učení v cizině. Předložit do 1989, ono být v činnosti do kreslit neurč. člen instruktáž plán a připevnit čest až k its dílčí. Ono is jeden identifikovat dodatek až k člen určitý vysoce hlasitě uvítal student pohyblívost plán Mazatelný. Evropa Evropa is neurč. člen dokument do pojistit člen určitý diapozitiv of odborný obratnosti. Ono is klidný of pět standardizovaný dokázat jeden ŽIVOTOPIS ( životopis ), jeden jazyk cestovní pas , nóta doplněk , diplom doplněk , a jeden Evropa - Pohyblívost dokázat. Člen určitý Evropa osoustava díla obratnosti a kvalifikace jasně a snadno nabyl, snadno pozbyl understood do člen určitý neobvyklý část of Evropa. Do každý kraj of člen určitý Evropan Anglická národní vlajka a člen určitý Evropan Hospodářský Plocha , národní Evropa být středem mít been pevně ustanovený ačkoliv člen určitý bezprostřední dotyk výhybka do lid hledat do hlášení kolem člen určitý Evropa osoustava.

Hledání přizpůsobení

2009-01-14T03:38:00.000-08:00

Do Slovinsko tebe pocínovat chtít z člen určitý následující být typickým of přizpůsobení : hotel , garsoniéry , domácí komnata , nájemce přizpůsobení , prášek , bungalov campsites , mládež hospoda , škola / student dvorana of residence.Notices kolem člen určitý cena , prodej a litevský of divadelní rekvizity ar oznámit do deník a týdenní noviny Delo Dnevnik Večer ), zásobníky , dále divadelní rekvizity činiteli websites nepremičninski Oglasi Nepremičnine SLONEP ), a do druhý forma media. Člen určitý cena of divadelní rekvizity čekat vyřízení v rozhlase lokalizace , velikost , věk a upevnění of člen určitý divadelní rekvizity dotýkat se a burza konstatně podle čeho poptávka a nabídka. Divadelní rekvizity cena ar vyšší do člen určitý kapitál Ljubljana a rovněž do Kopejka , Měsiček a Celje. RentingThere ar ne omezení dále občanství of člen určitý EU a EEA pokud se týče člen určitý cena a komerční litevský of divadelní rekvizity , a pročež tebe moci cena či důchod divadelní rekvizity bezohledný of kde tebe pocházet z. Slovinsko občanství is ale jeden dostat se do dobré kondice do důchod bez- - důchod accommodation.You vůle potřebovat ale jeden pádný identita dokázat aby důchod jeden divadelní rekvizity a znamení neurč. člen of člen určitý souhlas a clo mzda ar akrobat mezi námi domácí pán.

Důchod a clo

2009-01-13T03:36:00.000-08:00

-li tebe ar permanentní či dočasný bydlící do člen určitý Republika of Slovinsko či tebe jmenovat zdanitelný důchod do člen určitý národní oblast či ar člen určitý majitel of zdanitelný pohyblivý či nemovitý majetek , tebe ar pročež jeden zdanitelný osoba , a tebe mít tvůj drahý clo číslo. Celek zaměstnanec a pojištěnec osoba kdo zasloužit si důchod dle činnost , dle člen určitý čin of neurč. člen zemědělský či lesnictví činnost , dle jeden důchod , dle člen určitý litevský of divadelní rekvizity či dle kapitál ar zodpovědný za člen určitý mzda of daň z příjmů. Dle osobní kvitance ona mzda jeden měsiční záloha of daň z příjmů , kdo is brát do účet do člen určitý definitivní odhad of daň z příjmů a is odčítat dle ono. Kromě daň z příjmů , celistvost do Slovinsko mzda taxes , článek a druhý donucovací duties , kdo mohl obsahovat poplatek z fyzický hodnost zpráva o činnosti , dědictví a dar clo , poplatek z divadelní rekvizity , poplatek z výhry narůstal docela hráč of náhoda , dopravovat autem pomůcka clo , barevný tón added clo , jeden honorář dát spropitné do staveniště cvičení , obklíčení levies , a společenský bezpečí článek. Člen určitý číslicová klávesa ukazovat člen určitý síť měsiční mzda of mandlovat - čas nový dělníci a those s pět dlouhá doba of podstoupit dle 2006, brát dle člen určitý noviny Důchod , a báze dále nabídka dle upotřebitel důvěrně působení báze dat , ar ačkoliv doprovázet do člen určitý povolání jít s duchem času vyšší nárok : Advokát , soudce dle EUR 1 043 do začátečník až k 2 112 ONO osoustava programátor a analytici dle EUR 1 200 až k 1 690 Mechanický a elektrický ženisté etc. dle EUR 626 až k 1 180 Specialista lékař dle EUR 1 170 až k 1 900 Celnice důstojník , sekretariát , bank plynoměr dle EUR 543 až k 718 Ošetřovatele dle EUR 501 až k 592 Vrchní kuchař , číšníci , prodeji a bezpečí hůl dle EUR 417 až k 845 Budovatel , dělat tesařinu dle EUR 417 až k 634 Slévárna dělníci , svářci toolmakers dle EUR 501 až k 676 Hnací kolo of těžký nákladní auto a towing pomůcka dle EUR 417 až k 1 690 Necvičený budování dělníci dle EUR 501 až k 650 V člen určitý počátek of 2008 mzdy byli článek až k inflace , pročež člen určitý mzdy ar při nejmenším 6% vyšší dělník pays společenský bezpečí článek a daň z příjmů činění do 2008 až k of jeho / ji měsiční důchod dle činnost. Předplatné of daň z příjmů is úmyslný během člen určitý dlouhá doba dále celek kvitance ačkoliv clo dedukce do jeden procentní sazba do člen určitý daň z příjmů dát do závorek čekat vyřízení dále tvůj clo base.This obsahovat důchod a dobrodiní dle činnost , důchod dle kapitál ( dividenda ), hosté stipedia , v případě něčeho aby ona nemírně něco dělat člen určitý minimum vést válku do Slovinsko , a druhý důchod , dobýt mezi námi celek dovolení činění až k EUR 246.63 jeden měsic a druhý osobní příděle ( dejme tomu až k oslabit osoba , člen určitý nad -65s, škola chovanec či student kdo dostat důchod dle propracovat se člen určitý student činnost a neurč. člen dovolení Do 2008 člen určitý předplatné of daň z příjmů činil až k 16% do člen určitý měsiční clo báze autobus až k EUR 598.96, 27% do člen určitý clo báze dle EUR 598.96 až k 1 197.93 a 41% do člen určitý clo báze nad EUR 1 197.93. Celý daňový rok 2008 tebe vůle dostat v tvůj adresovat do Pochodovat 2009 jeden dříve celý clo dopravit dle člen určitý Clo Správa báze dále data dle člen určitý platič of tvůj výdělek. -li tebe souhlasit s člen určitý dopravit , ono vůle stát se jeden definitivní odhad. V rozhlase báze of tato odhad tebe musit kosmetické prostředky jakýkoliv shortfall do tvůj daň z příjmů mzda během člen určitý dlouhá doba , či člen určitý Clo Správa vůle délat jeden nahradit až k tvůj obchod účet do jakýkoliv do krajnosti mzda udělal během člen určitý dlouhá doba. Do paying mzdy upotřebitel mzda článek do zdravotní pojištění , materství pojistka , důchod a neschopnost pojistka , činnost a nezaměstnanost pojistka a náhody při práci pojistka , v neurč. člen kombinéza cena of 16.10%. Upotřebitel — právní a přirozený osoba kdo mzda mzdy rovněž mzda jeden výplatní listina clo. Tato clo is úmyslný a paid dle brutto mzdy v cena poměr až k člen určitý hladina of člen určitý měsiční brutto vést válku of člen určitý zaměstnanec kdo do člen určitý dlouhá doba 2008 nemírně něco dělat EUR 688.54 v cena of 1.1%, 2.3% a 4.4%. Výplatní listina clo vůle být zrušil do člen určitý dlouhá doba 2009. Barevný tón added clo is paid dále zboží zpráva o činnosti , služba zpráva o činnosti a člen určitý dovážet of zboží. Člen určitý celek cena is 20 % a člen určitý dobýt cena is 8.5%. Člen určitý dobýt cena is opotřebovaný do člen určitý kalkulace a mzda of KÁĎ dále jídlo , vodovod , lékarstva , blok , cedulka do kulturní příhoda etc.

Cena prebenda

2009-01-13T03:35:00.000-08:00

Nejčetnější domácnost důchod do Slovinsko is opotřebovaný do člen určitý cena of spotřební zboží (84.3%), milenec do útulek cena (12.2%). Člen určitý ostatek , asi goes dále druhý spotřeba. Člen určitý hodnost majora of spotřeba dále spotřební zboží goes asi dopravit a komunikace ( asi 25.7%), kdo obsahovat trávit v rozhlase cena of pomůcka , jejich údržba buying cedulka a tak dále. Ale někdy ale jděte trávit dále jídlo a bez- - alkoholový nápoje (17.4%). Útulek a útulek povahové vybavení cena jmenovat jeden hojný část of spotřeba ( důchod , pořádný údržba of bydliště , cena of elektřina , voda , benzin utilities a druhý služby ), v 25.4%. Občerstvení a kultura účet do asi of trávit , chvíle obuv a šatstvo kosmetické prostředky of spotřeba. Člen určitý přůměr obchod v malém cena of nějaký of člen určitý nejčetnější bazický plod ačkoliv v Pochodovat 2008 byli : bíly chléb EUR 1.88 jeden kg ; jeden boneless hovězí spojení EUR 7.34 jeden kg ; mandlovat - hloupý mléko EUR 0.75 jeden litr ; brambory EUR 0.60 jeden kg ; cukr EUR 0.81 jeden kg ; člen určitý deník elektřina clo of EUR 0.11 jeden kWh ; odučit oct benzin EUR 1.10 jeden litr ; zemní plyn do topení EUR 0.62 jeden Sm3; jeden hostinec jídlo ( polévka , hlavní jídlo , dezert EUR 7.72.

Zdraví Osoustavy

2009-01-12T03:34:00.000-08:00

Bezprostřední healthcare do Slovinsko is darovat do zdraví být středem a farmaceut. Zdraví být středem nabídka lék dbát o ( dospělí , dítě , mládě lid ), krize lékařský služby , domov líbit se , celek lék healthcare do ženy , dítě a mládě lid , a laboratorní a druhý diagnostický služby. Domácí doktor , neobvyklý specialisty , léčebný a ošetřovatele moci rovněž nabídka bezprostřední healthcare služby. Každý vybrat jejich drahý praktický lékař a zubní lékař ; ženy rovněž vybrat jejich drahý ženský lékař. Všeobecně mluvení healthcare být středem mít farmaceut dle kdo drogerie može být sebraný. Bez- - nařízení drogerie moci rovněž být být v módě ale dle farmaceut. Specialista outpatient činnost deska diagnostický , častování a lékařský doléčení healthcare podepřít , přizpůsobení a jídlo. Nemocnice ar of jeden celek či specialista příroda. Nemocný dar ona v jeden celek či specialista nemocnice v rozhlase báze of jeden dovolávat se dle jejich praktický lékař. Člen určitý nejčetnější celek brloh of outpatient a specialista častování ar doprava mimo do klinika a dosadit. Do nejčetnější bedna , specialista častování is bezplatně ; dodatečný mzda is nařídit do nějaký služby , podrobně kde domácí služba dárce ar obsahovat. Člen určitý telefonní číslo do člen určitý krize lékařský pomoc a sanitní auto služba is 112. Člen určitý míra of dosah of zdraví služby a obec zdraví líbit se dárce is dát každoročně mezi námi Ministerstvo of Zdraví. Kde ona mít donucovací pojistka , pojištěnec osoba pocínovat být dejme tomu mandlovat či částečný mzda do zdraví služby , čekat vyřízení v rozhlase služba dotýkat se. Do bedna kde mandlovat mzda do člen určitý služba is ne darovat , e.g. orgán přenést a druhý vysoce celek činnost , plodnost častování ), nějaký pan procentní sazba of člen určitý cena is deska , kolem kdo člen určitý nemocný is denunciant dříve člen určitý dělat plány intervence. Oslabit osoba a those dále bučení důchod být šťasten zvláštní kontrast kdy paying do healthcare služby kde krize častování is obsahovat. Do Slovinsko tebe pocínovat činit si nárok na něco nutný zdraví služby jít s duchem času Evropan Zdravotní pojištění Card či druhý vhodný nóta či člen určitý zdravotní pojištění card to jest dostat do každý kdo is pojištěnec chybějící- člen určitý donucovací zdravotní pojištění zobrazení do Slovinsko. Každý osoba biřmovat člen určitý pádnost of člen určitý card ona using člen určitý sám - služba koncové zařízení nalézt do healthcare instituce.

Kulturní a společenský duch

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Slovinsko být šťasten jeden dokonalý dynamický kulturní duch. Ono 3sg.préz.od have dva národní opera a balet dům , jakož i jeden hojný číslo of národní divadlo instituce. Člen určitý nejčetnější důležitý instituce v oboru krásná umění ar člen určitý Narodna Galerija ( národní Balkon ) a Moderní Galerija ( muzeum of Moderní umění ), oba do Ljubljana. Do klasický hudba , člen určitý nejlépe - vŘdŘl orchestr is člen určitý Lajdáci Filharmonija ( slovinsko Filharmonický orchestr ). Slovinsko 3sg.préz.od have jeden bohatý a rozličný přenosový článek of kulturní organisace a společnosti. Do dodatek , jeden hojný číslo of čin a příhoda ar srovnal do člen určitý turista plochy of Slovinsko každý dlouhá doba. Tezaury obsahovat jeden dokonalý hojný číslo of malý lokálka příhoda být nápadným rysem čeho vyzdobený obrazy z historie dle denně duch , celnice of práce a duch , a dějiny. JEDEN číslo of tradiční lidé celnice mít been obnovit , včetně : jurjevanje kurentovanje furmanski praznik , národní kostým days , turnaj etc. Slovinsko is rovněž jeden dát of kůr , báje a pověsti část paměti a vítr hudební pavilonek. Hry milenec pocínovat být šťasten člen určitý tradiční každoroční lyže - skákání a lyže - let konkurence , jakož i druhý lyžování a voda - hra konkurence. Člen určitý nejčetnější lidový celistvost hry ar horolezectví , hora - jít do kopce , lyžování , plavání a cyklistika ; člen určitý hlavní rozvádec četa hry ar fotbal , házená , košíková a odbíjená. Dospělí a dítě podobný pocínovat spojit hry společnosti of kdo Slovinsko 3sg.préz.od have nad 4 700. Tezaury nabídka jeden rozličný být odstupňován of občerstvení plán , s budování a modernisation bytost důchod mezi námi stav či lokálka obec. JEDEN hojný číslo of příslušenství ar rovněž důvěrně ruce. Mezi člen určitý nejčetnější lidový brloh vznešeného původu občerstvení , podrobně v víkend mezi Moci a Listopady , ar hora - jít do kopce a čeleď odchylka až k člen určitý okolní krajina.

Krátký přehled of člen určitý dělnictvo trh

2009-01-12T03:31:00.000-08:00

Slovinsko is jeden centrální Evropan kraj hranice Rakousko ( až k člen určitý sever ), Itálie ( až k člen určitý západ ), Maďarsko ( až k člen určitý sever - Orient ) a Chorvatsko ( na východ a jih ). Ono 3sg.préz.od have jeden plocha povrchu of 20 273 km2 a jeden lidnatost of 2,019,406. Člen určitý kapitál město is Ljubljana. Od té doby 1993, hospodářský končit do Slovinsko mít been absolutní. S restructuring do velké míry celý , člen určitý hospodárnost 3sg.préz.od have stát se více konkurenční a vyvážení - orient. Být zavázán až k více obsáhlý zahraniční obchod a celek investice činnost , hospodářský nárůst of was dosáhl do 2007. Člen určitý běh of hospodářský restructuring , kdo began do člen určitý bývalý 1980s, mít been kárat do člen určitý kruhová složení ačkoliv jeden chřadnutí do člen určitý zemědělský a bez- - zemědělský kruhová a člen určitý nárůst of člen určitý služba kruhová. Dílo 3sg.préz.od have být chycen do celistvost činnost jako takový člen určitý hornictví , textilie , kožený , jídlo a les vyvolání průmyslový. Do provozní , dílo is bonus , zejména of chemický , chemický plod man - udělal podstatný charakter , plod udělal of brus a plastická hmota , kovi a kov plod , stroje a výrobní a elektrický a oční povahové vybavení. Jiný důležitý kruhová , těsně vedle provozní is budování. Cesťák odročit až k posílit , turista is rozvíjení , chvíle člen určitý být připevněn nárůst is bytost archiv v oboru obchod služby. Úspěšný hojný podnik či část paměti of podnik obsahovat Lek , Cvikl Krka Merkur Mercator Revoz Anglická národní vlajka , Prvotní , Benzin Pivovarna Laško Hidria Helios a , Divoký. Hospodářský nárůst is rovněž působení dostat se do dobré kondice v rozhlase dělnictvo trh , kde činnost is bonus a nezaměstnanost is úbytek. Navzdory člen určitý shedding of jobs do celistvost dělnictvo mocný kruhovy , člen určitý číslo of hospodárný aktivní osoba 3sg.préz.od have been na vzestupu od té doby 2004. Číslicová klávesa do Únor 2008 ukazovat tamhleten byli 870,947 hospodárný aktivní osoba na venkově ( číslicová klávesa dle člen určitý evidovat of hospodárný aktivní lidnatost of Slovinsko ), autobus 3.5 % dle člen určitý předešlý dlouhá doba. Do Pochodovat 2008 člen určitý číslo of evidovat nezaměstnaný was 64,295 ( nezaměstnaný osoba evidovat jít s duchem času Činnost Služba of Slovinsko ), dole 13.4% dle jeden dlouhá doba před. Člen určitý složení of nezaměstnanost mrtvola pochybný , zejména mezi ženy a starodávný lid , chvíle v poslední době člen určitý část of člen určitý nezaměstnaný s dále a vyšší instruktáž kvalifikace 3sg.préz.od have been příznivý pro vzrůst , po výtce mezi mladí. Člen určitý evidovat nezaměstnanost cena do Únor was 7.1 %. Podle toho člen určitý internacionál comparable data dle člen určitý Pracovní síla Podrobně si prohlédnout , do člen určitý konečně čtvrt of 2007 člen určitý podrobně si prohlédnout cena of nezaměstnanost was 4.7 %, kdo is pod člen určitý Evropan Anglická národní vlajka přůměr. Člen určitý hladina of činnost of člen určitý lidnatost was 59.4 % a člen určitý hladina of hospodářský činnost 56.6 %.

Registrace jednání a byt dopustit

2009-01-11T03:28:00.000-08:00

Tebe potřebovat až k být evidovat v člen určitý adresovat kde tebe normálně aktivní. Tebe vůle potřebovat jeden dopustit až k bydlit do Slovinsko do jeden doba nadmíru trojka mésice. Tebe musit přiložit až k člen určitý správní agregát do čí oblast tebe bydlit. Ono vůle být dejme tomu v rozhlase báze of jeden pádný občanská legitimace či cestovní pas. Do člen určitý bedna of dělat plány činnost , tebe musit podrobit biřmování dle tvůj upotřebitel aby on vůle použít tebe či číslovaná rytina of činnost ( neurč. člen činnost brát na sebe ) a , do člen určitý bedna of učení , sám - činnost či odchod do výslužby , dokázat o tom. Tebe musit rovněž darovat číslovaná rytina aby tebe mít jeden bezpěčný životní prostředky a donucovací zdravotní pojištění. Jakkoli , ačkoliv jeden národní of jeden Člen Stav of člen určitý Evropan Anglická národní vlajka tebe moci ale být brak byt do Slovinsko -li tebe jmenovat jeden hrozba až k mezinárodní zákon a druh či národní bezpečí či ar jeden finanční machinace břímě v rozhlase Stav. -li tebe ucházet se oč jeden trvalé bydliště dopustit do Slovinsko , člen určitý trvalé bydliště registrace do tvůj drahý kraj vůle mrtvola pádný až jeden Slovinsko dopustit is vydáno. Tvůj trvalé bydliště do Slovinsko is normálně evidovat v člen určitý adresovat v kdo tebe obvyklý bydlit.

Jak až k ucházet se oč jeden námezdní

2009-01-10T03:27:00.000-08:00

Nejčetnější upotřebitel branec nový zaměstnanec do hromadit přiložení dle kandidát. Tebe požadovat poslat tvůj námezdní přiložení až k člen určitý upotřebitel v člen určitý uváznutí kdo požadovat ne být zkracený než days dle člen určitý dílo of neurč. člen nabídka. Neurč. člen přiložení požadovat být stručný , bezstarostný až k číst , celý a složení ( doporučení , mocný , konec ). JEDEN námezdní přiložení požadovat normálně být dělitelný člen určitý následující hlášení : v člen určitý hlava of člen určitý abecední znak : tvůj dotyk detail ( úplné jméno , adresovat , telefonní číslo a e - dát na poštu adresovat ), jméno a adresovat of upotřebitel , datle , do člen určitý doporučení : jeden pozdrav a doporučení , do člen určitý body společenstvo of člen určitý abecední znak : člen určitý námezdní tebe ar přiložení do , kde tebe pila člen určitý inzerát , proč tebe ar vhodný do člen určitý námezdní , jaký tebe pocínovat nabídka člen určitý upotřebitel , do člen určitý konec : rozloučení , podpis a barevný pruh of připojení. Psát neurč. člen přiložení do Slovinec , jestliže ne člen určitý upotřebitel dotaz přiložení do druhý jazyk , nejčetnější často Anglicky či Germán , čekat vyřízení v rozhlase potřeby of člen určitý upotřebitel. Přiložení požadovat být průvodní jev do jeden ŽIVOTOPIS být dělitelný jeden detail deskriptor of tvůj vŘdomosti , práce podstoupit a instruktáž nařídit do člen určitý námezdní hodnost do otázka. Připevnit rovněž kopírka of korektura of školský qualifications.The Evropan Anglická národní vlajka 3sg.préz.od have přijmen za vlastního jeden korouhev Evropan ŽIVOTOPIS ( Evropa Životopis ). Člen určitý pokyny a člen určitý tkanivo přiložení do compiling jeden ŽIVOTOPIS ar přístupný do 31 jazyk v rozhlase EURES website.Original instruktáž nóta či činnost citované prameny požadovat ne přidat se k tvůj námezdní přiložení. Tebe pocínovat ruka je nad v tvůj námezdní dotazníková akce.

Jak až k nález jeden námezdní

2009-01-10T03:25:00.000-08:00

Volné pokoje pocínovat vyjít najevo do pátravý docela námezdní nabídka oznámit v rozhlase budova of člen určitý Činnost Služba of Slovinsko , domácí činnost působení či those oznámit mezi námi upotřebitel ona. Celek upotřebitel a působení nabídka služby darovat pracovní síla až k druhý upotřebitel ar prokázat laskavost až k oznámit člen určitý Činnost Služba of Slovinsko kolem celek námezdní volné pokoje. Pročež celek přístupný námezdní volné pokoje na venkově ar posta v rozhlase oznámení prkna nalézt v rozhlase budova of člen určitý Činnost Služba of Slovinsko. Ale those volné pokoje , čí dílo do hromadné sdělovací prostředky is explicit, označení konce ve starých rukopisech dotaz mezi námi upotřebitel , ar přístupný rovněž v rozhlase národní TELEVIZE teletext blok a v rozhlase Služba a EURES websites Mnoho Slovinsko druh oznámit jejich námezdní inzeráty do deník noviny , rádio místa , v rozhlase Internovaná osoba a teletext. Člen určitý vyšší číslo of inzeráty pocínovat vyjít najevo do pořádný týdenní činnost úseci of starosta Slovinsko noviny : Delo — Chrt bránit ( námezdní trh Večer , Prvotní nováček Gorenjski barometr a Dolenjski barevný pruh. Hojný druh rovněž hledat co zaměstnanec docela člen určitý najímání úseci of jejich tkanivo polohy. Tezaury nabídka obvyklý obsahovat jeden více detail popis práce ( nárok a pracovní podmínky ) do člen určitý hodnost aby člen určitý najímání běh is bytost vedený do. Tkanivo blok of najímání působení obsahovat nejčetnější krátký - čas činnost a námezdní nabídka , chvíle více specializoval působení rovněž nabídka více nárok hodnost. Práce a kurz do cizí student is srovnal docela člen určitý dopisovat student organizace , schválil mezi námi Ministerstvo of Dělnictvo , Čeleď a Společenský Věči. Námezdní volné pokoje ar sebraný jeden nebo druhý mezi námi Činnost Služba of Slovinsko či do najímání působení kdo mít podepsaný jeden koncese brát na sebe jít s duchem času Ministerstvo of Dělnictvo , Čeleď a Společenský Věči. Having být v módě jeden byt dopustit do prebenda do Slovinsko jeden pocínovat jednat až k evidovat ačkoliv neurč. člen nezaměstnaný osoba v jeden z člen určitý krajinný Činnost Služby. Tato darovat přístup až k mnohostranný být typickým of pomoc do hledat činnost. Žádný člen určitý Činnost Služba ani člen určitý působení pocínovat nárok jeden dát spropitné dle jobseekers do člen určitý služby ona nabídka. JEDEN moderní a být připevněn cesta of hledání činnost is do evidovat do člen určitý ŽIVOTOPIS báze dat kdo dát možnost jeden dosud neprojevený upotřebitel hledět do nový zaměstnanec až k mít za to tvůj Životopis. Tato služba is darovat mezi námi Činnost Služba of Slovinsko ( do Slovinsko ) a mezi námi EURES tkanivo blok aby nabídka člen určitý služba celkem Evropan jazyk a do neobvyklý dát do formátu. Tato tkanivo služba is rovněž přístupný dle nějaký působení a upotřebitel. Člen určitý tkanivo blok of člen určitý Činnost Služba of Slovinsko nabídka bezstarostný přístup až k detail hlášení ohledně čeho námezdní volné pokoje , jakož i — docela člen určitý EURES úsek — hlášení ohledně čeho člen určitý dělnictvo trh , prebenda a pracovní podmínky a pohyblívost do Slovinsko a rovněž činnost a EURES dotyk hlášení dále advokát. Rovněž jobs vůle být posta dále tato blog.

Hlášení v rozhlase přechodný krotit ovládat člen určitý drzý pohyb of dělníci dle, až k a mezi člen určitý nový člen stavy

2009-01-10T03:23:00.000-08:00

Do člen určitý Člen Kraj of člen určitý Evropan Hospodářský Plocha EEA ) člen určitý drzý pohyb of dělníci is jeden podstatný dobrý kdo dopustit národní of jeden EEA kraj až k přimísit jiný EEA kraj v rozhlase týž dostat se do dobré kondice ačkoliv aby člen stav drahý občanství. Během jeden přechodný období autobus až k 7 dlouhá doba další přístup of 10 Člen Stavy až k člen určitý EU dále 1 Moci 2004 a of 2 Člen Stavy dále 1 Leden 2007 , jakýsi dostat se do dobré kondice može být zařízení aby obmezit nač člen určitý drzý pohyb of dělníci dle , až k a mezi tezaury člen stavy. Tezaury omezení ale dotýkat se člen určitý svobodné užívání čeho pohyb za účelem čeho dobytí autobus jeden námezdní a ona moci nesouhlasit s jeden člen stav až k jiný.