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• Mar 26, 2013: Alenka Bratusek is Slovenia's new premier, Europeonline-magazine.eu (2013) Alenka Bratusek on Wednesday became the new Slovenian prime minister, with 52 of the 90 legislators backing her cabinet with 13 ministers.
• Jul 26, 2012: Slovenia to hold presidential election on November 11, Reuters (2012) Slovenia’ Parliament speaker announced the date of the upcoming Republic president elections, which is determined to be 11th of November.
• Apr 02, 2012: Slovenian referendum rejects law allowing same-sex couples to adopt children in some cases, washingtonpost (2012) The national referendum in Slovenia was held on a new family law that included a highly contested clause that would allow same-sex couples to adopt children in some cases. About 55 percent of those who took part in the referendum rejected the law, while about 45 supported it.
• Feb 08, 2012: Slovenia’s legal framework provides sound basis for democratic elections, some aspects could benefit from further review, says ODIHR final report, OSCE (2012) The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights released final report on Slovenia’s early parliamentary polls on 4 December 2011. The OSCE concluded that the legislative framework provided a sound basis for the conduct of democratic elections, although certain aspects could benefit from further review.
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• Dec 05, 2011: Positive Slovenia Party Wins, Faces Rising Debt, Recession, Bloomberg (2011) The Positive Slovenia party of Ljubljana Mayor Zoran Jankovic, which won a surprise electoral victory, needs to persuade potential coalition partners the two- month-old party can tackle rising debts and a faltering economy.
• Sep 29, 2011: Early elections in Slovenia set for December, The Sacramento Bee (2011) Danilo Turk, Slovenia`s president said Wednesday that Slovenia's first snap election since gaining independence in 1991 will be held Dec. 4. Turk called the vote after the center-left government was ousted in a no-confidence vote in the parliament on Sept. 20.
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• Aug 15, 2011: Slovenian PM calls for deal over early elections, The New Age (2011) In Slovenia the next regular elections were planned for autumn 2012 but PM Borut Pahor urged all political sides in the tiny EU state to reach an agreement on early elections, after his coalition suffered a new blow last week. According to Slovenian legislation, the president can call snap elections only after three failed attempts by parliament to appoint a prime minister.
• Jun 21, 2011: Slovenia:Coalition party expected to resign, Irishtimes.com (2011) Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor expects Zares – their junior coalition partner -to leave the government after a series of government defeats. Thus the centre-left government will own only 33 seats out of the possible 90.
• Jun 07, 2011: Slovenia rejects pension reform, Financial Times (2011) In the recent national referendum on whether to increase the pension age from 60 to 65, 72.2 per cent of Slovenians voted to keep the pension plan as it now is. The article reports the results of said referendum.
• May 19, 2011: The share of Slovenians opposing pension reform has risen, Balkans.com (2011) The 5 June referendum about pension reforms shares the Slovenian more than a week ago. As the referendum is getting closer the number of undecided dropped significantly.
• Oct 27, 2010: Seaside town elects Slovenia's first black mayor (CNN, 2010) Peter Bossman is elected as the first black mayor of Slovenia's history in Piran, on the second round of local elections.
• Oct 27, 2010: Local Elections: Polls Close in Second Round of Votes (STA. 2010) 74 municipalities participated in the second round of local elections in Slovenia.
• Oct 15, 2010: Slovenian local polls seen as warning to government (Reuters, 2010) Slovenia's ruling party scored poorly in Sunday's local elections but analysts said gains by some opposition and independent candidates were not a serious threat to the center-left government.
• Oct 15, 2010: Independent parties make biggest gains in Slovenian local elections (M&G, 2010) Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor's Social Democratic party and its coalition allies fared poorly in Sunday's local elections, results on Monday showed. The social democrats captured just around 12 per cent of the municipal seats in Slovenia, according to preliminary results. In 2008 parliamentary elections the party won 30 per cent of the votes
• Oct 15, 2010: Slovenian centre-right tops local elections (AFP, 2010) Slovenia's centre-right opposition Democratic Party (SDS) has topped local elections but failed to unseat the centre-left mayor in the capital Ljubljana, preliminary results have shown. With more than 80 percent of the votes counted, former prime minister Janez Jansa's SDS was on the lead with 18.9 percent of all the ballots cast, slightly better than the 17.3 percent registered at the last local elections in 2006.
• Oct 11, 2010: Slovenian centre-right tops local elections (AFP, 2010) Slovenia's centre-right opposition Democratic Party (SDS) has topped local elections but failed to unseat the centre-left mayor in the capital Ljubljana, preliminary results have shown. With more than 80 percent of the votes counted, former prime minister Janez Jansa's SDS was on the lead with 18.9 percent of all the ballots cast, slightly better than the 17.3 percent registered at the last local elections in 2006.
• Sep 15, 2010: Slovenia: Ljubljana Mayor Files Bid, Challengers Follow Suit (STA, 2010) Ljubljana Mayor Zoran Jankovic filed an official bid to run for another term in the 10 October local elections on Tuesday. His main challengers have also followed suit in entering their bids.
• Sep 15, 2010: Slovenia: LDS Launches Local Election Campaign (STA, 2010) The junior coalition Liberal Democrats (LDS) launched in Ljubljana on Monday their campaign ahead of the 10 October local elections with the head of the Ljubljana LDS branch Ales Zalar saying that the party's programme sees the capital as a five-star city.
• Sep 15, 2010: Slovenia: Campaigning Begins For Local Elections (STA , 2010) The campaign ahead of the 10 October local elections begins on Friday. Candidates will have a month to win over voters with rallies, stands, election debates and campaign advertising.
• Aug 23, 2010: Slovenia: Nomination Procedures Start for Local Elections (STA - Slovenian Press Agency, 2010) Monday marks the official beginning of activities related to the 10 October elections in Slovenia, including nomination procedures. Parties and independents will have time until 15 September to register candidates for mayors and city councilors.
• Jul 06, 2010: Slovenia: Date of Local Elections to be Revealed by End of July (STA, 2010) Speaker of the National Assembly Pavel Gantar is expected to call local elections by the end of the month, his office has told the STA. The earliest date for the fifth local elections since independence is 22 August, while the latest is 17 October.
• Jun 07, 2010: Slovenian referendum clears Croatia's path to EU - Summary (Earth Times, 2010) Slovenians backed an agreement their government made with Croatia to send a border dispute to international arbitration in a referendum Sunday, clearing the path for their neighbour's accession to the European Union.
• Jun 07, 2010: Slovenians en route to approve key border deal with Croatia (Earth Times, 2010) Slovenians on Sunday backed an agreement their government made with Croatia to send a border dispute to international arbitration, early figures from a referendum indicated.
• Jun 07, 2010: Slovenia: 4 PM Turnout at 30.4% (STA - Slovenian Press Agency, 2010) The latest unofficial turnout data from the National Electoral Commission show that 30.41% of the registered voters cast their ballots in the referendum on the border arbitration agreement with Croatia until 4 PM.
• Jun 07, 2010: Slovenia's reputation could suffer in referendum (WAZ.euobserver.com, 2010) On Sunday (6 June), Slovenian voters will go to a referendum in which they have to declare if they support an arbitration agreement for resolving the Croatian-Slovenian border dispute.
• Oct 27, 2008: General Elections in Slovenia, a round-up one week before the vote, Robert Schuman Foundation (2008) More than 1000 candidates are running in the general elections in Slovenia on 21st September next. Analysis by Robert Schuman Foundation.
• Sep 17, 2008: Slovenia Parliamentary Election, Suite 101.com (2008) Preview of September 2008 Vote for National Assembly Deputies
• Sep 17, 2008: Polls and Politics, The Slovenia Times (2008) Analysis on the forthcoming elections, Slovenia
• May 23, 2008: Presidential election in Slovenia headed for a runoff, IHT (2007) Second round of the Slovenian Presidential elections.
• May 23, 2008: Tuerk leads in Slovenia elections, BBC (2007) An article about the second round of the Presidential elections held last Sunday in Slovenia.