L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
After the Slovenian soccer team upset Russia to reach the 2010 World Cup, Prime Minister Borut Pahor cleaned the players' shoes, but he admits he didn't do a thorough job. In the lame history of lame stunts by lame politicians regarding upcoming sporting events, there finally has come a creative turn.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor makes good on his vow to clean the national football team's boots after a World Cup play-off victory over Russia.
IntelliBriefs (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
16 Nov 2009 Now that Croatia and Slovenia have signed a deal for international arbitration to resolve a long-running border dispute, assuming the deal makes it past public reluctance and opposition accusations of treason, it’s a win-win situation for local politics, Anes Alic writes for ISN Security Watch . By Anes Alic in Sarajevo for ISN Security Watch Neighbors Slovenia and Croatia have resorted...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Russia has signed agreements on the South Stream gas pipeline with all partners after reaching an agreement with Slovenia, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Saturday. "We signed today the final (in a series of agreements) with allthe necessary European partners for us to be able to complete this project," Putin said after talks with his Slovenian counterpart Borut Pahor at his residence...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Russia has signed agreements on the South Stream gas pipeline with all partners after reaching an agreement with Slovenia, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Saturday. "We signed today the final (in a series of agreements) with allthe necessary European partners for us to be able to complete this project," Putin said after talks with his Slovenian counterpart Borut Pahor at his residence...
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Slovenia signed an agreement on Saturday for the massive South Stream gas pipeline from Russia to Europe to pass through the country. Prime Minister Borut Pahor and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin witnessed the accord signed by their respective energy ministers Matej Lahovnik and Sergei Shmatko at Putin's residence at Novo-Ogarevo near Moscow. "We have now signed agreements with all the...
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor are among the 70,000 football fans in Moscow supporting their teams in the World Cup 2010 qualifying match.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Slovenian President Danilo Tuerk called on Friday for the border arbitration agreement with Croatia to be "put to verification" to the people in a consultative referendum. The president said that a referendum needs to take place before the document is ratified, as it would not make sense to ask people about their opinion once the document has already been endorsed, according to Slovenian...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Slovenia's coalition parties welcomed the signing of an arbitration agreement with Croatia concerning border issues on Wednesday. But the opposition labeled the action a betrayal of Slovenia's national interests and called for a referendum on the issue. Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor and his Croatian counterpart Jadranka Kosor signed the agreement in Stockholm. The measure provides for the establishment...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
• Borut Pahor believes Slovenia will make it through play-off • Team will play France, Russia, Portugal or Greece next month The Slovenian prime minister, Borut Pahor, has offered to clean the national team's players' shoes if they successfully make it through their play-off next month and qualify for the World Cup finals. "We have a second chance and we will use it ... and I will clean...
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Borut Pahor has offered to clean the players' shoes if the national soccer team qualify for the World Cup finals via next month's playoffs.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
Ljubljana - Slovenia and Croatia have decided to resolve their long-standing border dispute through international arbitration, Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor said Thursday. Pahor said that the two countries decided, behind closed doors, to let ...
Connecting the Dots in the New World Order (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has suggested that if the Irish people vote against the Lisbon Treaty a second time, a group of European Union member states should move to create a "core Europe" in order to implement the treaty. "If the Lisbon Treaty on EU reform does not pass, we need to completely revisit the current functioning of Europe to create a core of states that operate...
Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 09/12/2009
Slovenia says it is ready to lift its block on Croatia's bid to join the European Union. The announcement came after talks between Prime Minister Borut Pahor and his Croat counterpart Jadranka Kosor, the BBC reported. They also said they had agreed that a continuing 18-year-old border dispute would not prejudice Croatia's accession talks with the EU. ...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 09/12/2009
Slovenia agreed on Friday to unblock Croatia's EU membership talks following an agreement between the prime ministers of the two countries to solve the border dispute before Croatia's EU accession. Slovenian Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar said in the capital Ljubljana that the two prime ministers had reached an agreement to unblock Croatia's EU talks, the Slovenian news agency STA reported. Under the...
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