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Tag: Slovenia
Slovenian company gets award for satellite imaging solution
Slovenian company Sinergise has won a European Space Agency (ESA) award for a solution that significantly reduces the time it takes from the satellite taking an image to the image being available for use.
Uber wants to launch UberX and Uber Ljubljana in Slovenian capital
Uber wants to launch two services in the Slovenian capital.
Marko Grobelnik appointed new digital champion
The government has appointed Marko Grobelnik Slovenia’s new digital champion, a position created in 2012 at the initiative of the European Commission, with its main role being the promotion of the use of the latest technologies.
10 startups to watch in Ljubljana
Connecting the Alps and the Adriatic Sea, there’s a small but very diverse country: Slovenia.
Slovenian team wins Mars Express mission extension contest
A team of Slovenian researchers from the Jožef Stefan Institute has won a European Space Agency (ESA) competition, whose aim it was to find ways to extend the mission of the Mars Express, which has been in orbit around the red planet for twelve years.
Slovenian researchers create the first prototype of an elastocaloric r ...
The Ljubljana Faculty of Mechanical Engineering has developed the first prototype of an elastocaloric heat pump. It can cool or heat temperatures by expanding and compressing a piece of superelastic metal. The process could potentially be more efficient than the classic system already in use.
Alpine Museum wins prestigious Swiss award
The Slovenian Alpine Museum has won a prestigious award given out by the King Albert I Memorial Foundation from Switzerland for outstanding achievements regarding mountains and the protection of the Alps. The museum plays a pre-eminent role as the national archive of Slovenian alpinism and is an important regional cultural event organizer and promoter of tourism.
Slovenia’s economy expands
Slovenia’s economy expanded at an annual rate of 2.7% in the second quarter of the year, while working days and seasonally adjusted growth was 1.9%, show the first estimates from the Statistics Office. The overall added value of the Slovenian economy was up by 2.9%.
Slovenia PM to Visit Luxembourg
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Miro Cerar, will be in Luxembourg on a working visit on Monday 29 August 2016. He will be hosted by Luxembourg’s Prime Minister and Minister of State, Xavier Bettel, at the Hotel de Bourgogne.