Reception on the Occasion of the 20Th Anniversary of the Independence of the Republic of Slovenia
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I S S U E SLOVENIAN EMBASSY 05 SKOPJE JUNE MONTHLY e-NEWSLETTER 2 0 1 1 In this issue 20 Years of Independence of Slovenia P.1 to 3 Snap Parliamentary Elections 2011 in Macedonia P.4 Constitutive Session of the new Parliament P.4 Trajko Veljanoski elected for Parliament Speaker P.4 5th Conference of Balkan Chiefs of Staff in Ohrid P.4 Minister Stavrevski at a business conference in Slovenia P.5 Referendum in Slovenia P.5 Business Day in Kumanovo P.5 Ljubljanske Mlekarne with new premises in Skopje P.6 Sava Tabak Day in Skopje P.6 Sava Tabak – opening of a branch office in Čair P.7 20 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE Unior Komerc moves in new facilities P.7 Skopje Architecture Week – Supercity 2011 P.7 REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA Morning Coffee with Ambassador Bergant at WCM P.8 Bergant at a roundtable - International School NOVA P.8 Tourist destinations: Portorož and Piran P.9 Gastronomy: Prekmurska gibanica P.10 Reception on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Independence of the Republic of Slovenia Skopje, 21 June 2011 Skopje, 21 June 2011 – The Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia, in cooperation with the Slovenian- Macedonian Business Club, organized a reception to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Independence of Republic of Slovenia. Among the numerous guests were the Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski accompanied by his spouse, several ministers (Defense, Culture, Education and Science, Information Technology and Public Administration), Deputy Ministers, State Secretaries, a large number of government members and opposition parties, Ambassadors and other representatives of the diplomatic corps and international organizations, political, economic, scientific and cultural representatives, representatives of religious communities, NGOs, the presidents and members of all three Slovenian associations in Macedonia (France Prešeren from Skopje, Triglav from Bitola and Slovenian Centre from Skopje), Honorary Consul Mihajlo Mojsov, Slovenian officers and soldiers participating in KFOR, Slovenian language students at the Faculty of Philology, and many other Slovenians who live and work in Macedonia. The program, which was drafted by the Slovenian company Studio Marketing JWT in cooperation with the Embassy, was moderated by the renowned Macedonian actor Igor Džambazov. Slovenian national anthem was performed by the representative of Slovenia at the Eurovision 2011 Maja Keuc, and Macedonian anthem by the winner of the Macedonian Idol 2011 Ivan Radenov. On a big screen the four minute film about the events and achievements from Slovenia's declaration of independence until today was shown. In his speech, Ambassador Brian Bergant highlighted Slovenia's achievements in the last 20 years and read the official letter of the Slovenian President Dr. Danilo Türk. P . 1 He also stressed the excellent relations between Slovenia and Macedonia. Chairman of the Board, Mr Damir Kuder SMPK highlighted about the economic cooperation between the two countries. The program was enriched with musical performances by quartet SaxTromb, Slovenian singer Maja Keuc, and the Macedonian pop-rock band Next Time. Sava Hotels took care for the traditional Slovenian food, which brought chefs from Slovenia just for this occasion. Artworks on 20th anniversary of the independence of the RS entitled Macedonia Feels SloLOVEnia, from the students (20-year-olds) of the Faculty of Design and Multimedia at FON University in Skopje were exhibited at the reception. The directors of the Slovenian companies awarded the students, and they recieved letters of thanks by the Ambassador. The reception, besides the Embassy and the Slovenian Business Club was sponsored by the Slovenian companies in Macedonia; The main golden sponsor of the reception was ONE Telekom Slovenia, silver sponsors were Energoplan, Group ERA-Skopje Fair, Fructal, Gorenje, NLB Tutunska, Group Riko, Sava Hotels, Insurance Sava Tabak, Skovin, Telesmart, Tuš Macedonia and Vardar Insurance Company, while bronze sponsors the Faculty of Economy from Ljubljana, Krka, Peko, Perutnina Ptuj, Podgorka, Soravia and Vinar. Celebration of the Slovenian Centre on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Independence of the Republic of Slovenia Skopje, 31 May 2011 The Slovenian Centre in Skopje hosted a solemn ceremony on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Independence of the Republic of Slovenia at the premises of the Theatre for children and youth in Skopje on 31 May 2011. The program was conducted by children members of the Slovenian community in Macedonia and welcome speeches were given by Slovenian Ambassador Mr. Brian Bergant, President of the Slovenian Centre Sašo Stojkovski, Vice President Olga Ravnjak Stanković and Director of the Theatre for Children and Youth Dragan Dovlev. Children of all ages who attend additional classes of Slovenian language in Skopje presented themselves with recitals, Slovenian children songs and short drama plays. P . 2 Celebration and Charity Concert by the Slovenian Association France Prešeren from Skopje Skopje, 23 June 2011 Slovenian Association France Prešeren organized, on 23 June 2011, a Celebration and Charity Concert on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Independence of the Republic of Slovenia that was held at the premises of the Home of humanitarian organizations Dare Džambaz in Skopje. The members of the mixed choir, which operates within the Association and under the baton of maestro Tomislav Šopov, staged the musical comedy in one act and four scenes by Ljuba Pretner and Janko Gregorc entitled »Vasovalci«. The funds collected by the performance were dedicated to the orphanage »11 Oktomvri« in Skopje. At the end of the musical comedy »Vasovalci«, the children choir from France Prešeren presented themselves together with the mixed choir. After the Charity Concert at the lobby of Home of humanitarian organizations Dare Džambaz the exhibition »Bizjak-Belčev Slovenia in postcards« was opened. The participants were addressed by the President of Slovenian Association France Prešeren Anastazija Ribarski and Ambassador Brian Bergant, who congratulated the 20th anniversary of Independence of the common homeland Slovenia and stressed the good political, economic and cultural relations between Slovenia and Macedonia. Ambassador Bergant said that the celebration of 20th anniversary enables us to look back and to evaluate the past, but at the same time provides us with the possibility to look forward in the future which we have to build with much needed confidence and trust. In the end he thanked everyone for their hard work in improving overall relations between Slovenia and Macedonia. P . 3 Elections 2011 Snap Parliamentary Elections 2011 in the Republic of Macedonia Macedonia, 5 June 2011 On 5 june 2011, 2,976 polling stations across the country opened at 7am and closed at 7 pm for the country’s seventh general election since independence. Approximately 1,821,122 million people out of 2.2 million citizens of Macedonia were eligible to vote. For the purposes of the general election, the country was divided into six electoral units, each sending 20 legislators to the 123-seat parliament. Macedonians living abroad, who had the right to vote abroad for the first time this year, elected the remaining three seats: 1 from Europe, 1 from North America and 1 from Asia and Australia. No violent incidents or major irregularities were registered as polls closed at 7pm. With a turnout at the elections of over 63 per cent, the ruling VMRO DPMNE party won Macedonia's early elections, but the opposition Social Democrats made a strong showing. Constitutive session of the new Parliament composition Skopje, 25 June 2011 The constitutive session of the new Parliament composition was held on Saturday, 25 June 2011. Oldest MP Ljubisav Ivanov from the Socialist Party was set to chair the session. The agenda included election of the Verification Committee, followed by mandate verification, election of members of the Committee on Election and Appointment Issues, and election of Parliament Speaker. This was the seventh Parliament composition since Macedonia declared its independence in 1991 and the first one to include 123 MPs. Three MPs from the diaspora will assume their posts for the first time, following the vote of Macedonian nationals abroad at the June 5 elections. VMRO-DPMNE-led coalition won 56 MP seats, followed by SDSM-led coalition with 42, DUI - 15, DPA - 8 and NDP - 2. Trajko Veljanoski elected for Parliament Speaker Skopje, 25 June 2011 Trajko Veljanoski was re-elected Speaker at the Parliament's constitutive session on 25 june 2011. Seventy MPs voted 'for', 47 were 'against', while two abstained. The Committee on Election and Appointment Issues endorsed Veljanoski's nomination. Earlier, the Parliament unanimously verified the mandates of 123 MPs. The Verification Committee, established at today's session, proposed the mandate verification following its review of the State Election Commission final report from the June 5 parliamentary elections. Foreign Affairs Ohrid hosted the 5th Conference of Balkan Chiefs of Staff Ohrid, 8 June 2011 Ohrid hosted the fifth Conference of Chiefs of Staff from Balkan Countries. Opening the conference, President Gjorgje Ivanov said cooperation in the field of security was based on shared values, interests and priorities being continuously upgraded through common obligations, tasks and responsibilities. He expressed content with the fact that Balkan leaders in the past decade had turned a new page in the common history, motivated by the joint