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| 10.8.2010 |
International Youth Day 2010 |
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According to UN estimates, every fifth person in the world is young: almost 85% of young people live in developing countries (of whom 60% in Asia), 10% in Europe. However, the share of young people is decreasing. |
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| 9.7.2010 |
FIFA World Cup 2010, South Africa |
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Among 32 FIFA World Cup 2010 participants Slovenia ranks last both by population size and by the number of all football players. |
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| 9.7.2010 |
World Population Day 2010 |
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World population is drawing close to 7 billion. Slovenia contributes only 0.4% of the total EU-27 population. |
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| 15.6.2010 |
Fathers Day 2010 |
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The share of fathers who are present at the birth of their children is increasing. Fathers are also more and more involved in taking care of the children. Families of single fathers with children are still rare in Slovenia. |
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| 14.5.2010 |
World Museum Day 2010 |
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In 2008, Slovenia had 86 cultural institutions performing museum activities (7 more than in 2007), of which 52 museums. |
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| 7.5.2010 |
International Nurses Day 2010 |
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At the end of 2009 slightly more than 16,900 people in Slovenia worked as nurses, among them 11% men, who were on average 3.8% better paid than their female colleagues. |
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| 26.4.2010 |
International Labour Day 2010 |
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In March 2010 around 100,000 unemployed persons were registered at the Employment Service of Slovenia. At the beginning of 2010 about 16,000 people were receiving the minimum wage (less than EUR 600 gross), while 55,000 people were receiving financial social assistance (EUR 230). |
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| 21.4.2010 |
Slovene municipalities in 2010 |
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In the week when the conference »Days of Slovenian Local Self-Government« is held we present some basic characteristics of Slovene municipalities: only 7 of the 210 municipalities in Slovenia have fewer than 1,000 people. |
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| 20.4.2010 |
World Book Day 2010 |
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In 2008, 3,813 books were published in Slovenia, of which 18.8% from the field of linguistics, literature and literary science, 13.4% from the field of social sciences and 8.9% from the field of applied sciences, medicine and technology. |
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| 14.4.2010 |
Let's clean Slovenia in one day |
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In 2008 on average 1.24 kg of municipal waste per person per day was generated in Slovenia. 74% of all municipal waste was brought to landfills. Only about 11% of municipal waste was collected separately. |
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| 2.4.2010 |
World Health Day 2010 |
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In 2007 Slovenia spent 6.1% of its gross domestic product on health care. People in Slovenia most frequently fall ill with and die of cardiovascular diseases and cancer. |
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| 23.3.2010 |
Mother’s Day 2010 |
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In Slovenia more and more women experience motherhood: about a century ago some 20% of women did not have children, while today the share is around 7%. Among girls born in independent Slovenia – who are now teenagers – only 61 are mothers. |
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| 19.3.2010 |
World Water Day 2010 |
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Slovenia is among the water-richest countries in Europe: as regards the total amount of water per capita, our country is almost four times above the European average. In 2008, 73% of wastewater in Slovenia was treated, 1% less than in 2007. |
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| 5.3.2010 |
International Women's Day 2010 |
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In terms of the gender empowerment measure, Slovenia is 15th among EU-27 Member States and 34th in the world. Every fifth woman in Slovenia has tertiary education, but female earnings are on average still around EUR 110 lower than male earnings. |
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| 1.3.2010 |
Fight Against Cancer Week 2010 |
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Every year more than 12 million people in the world fall ill with cancer and 7.6 million people die of cancer. In Slovenia, every year more than 10,000 people fall ill with cancer and about 6,000 people die of cancer. In Slovenia the most common type of cancer in women is breast cancer and in men lung cancer. |
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| 19.2.2010 |
Women managers in Slovenia |
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As regards the gender empowerment measure, Slovenia is 34th in the world with 10% representation of women in politics. |
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| 19.2.2010 |
International Mother Language Day 2010 |
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At the 2002 population census, Slovene was spoken as the mother tongue by 87.8% of people living in Slovenia, while the languages of national minorities – Hungarian and Italian – were spoken by 0.2% of the population, the same as Romany. |
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| 30.12.2009 |
Birthdays of people in Slovenia |
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January 1 is not only the start of a new year; it is also the birthday of the greatest number (more than 7,800) of people in Slovenia. |
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| 16.12.2009 |
International Migrants Day 2009 |
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In the past 50 years as a rule every year more people immigrated to Slovenia than emigrated from it. In mid-2009 every eighth person in Slovenia was born abroad. |
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| 1.12.2009 |
3 December 2009, International Day of Persons with Disabilities |
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Disabled persons represent the largest minority in the world as according to UN and WHO data around 10% of the world’s population (more than 650 million people) are disabled. There are around 170,000 disabled persons in Slovenia and around 230,000 people with long-term illnesses. |
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| 27.11.2009 |
World AIDS Day 2009 |
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According to United Nations data, around 60 million people have been infected with HIV and around 27 million have already died of AIDS. In the 1999-2008 period, 258 cases of HIV infection were registered in Slovenia and 28 people died of AIDS. |
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| 13.11.2009 |
International Students Day 2009 |
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In 2008, 17,221 students graduated from vocational colleges and higher education institutions, two thirds of them women. In the academic year 2008/09, there were 114,391 students in Slovenia, almost half of people aged 19-24. |
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| 29.10.2009 |
World Savings Day 2009 |
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Slovenes are a thrifty people: among the European countries, in 2007 only Switzerland (17.8%) and Germany (16.7%) had higher saving rates than Slovenia (16.4%). |
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| 14.10.2009 |
Women Farmers Day 2009 - - CORRECTION |
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Due to an error in the figure on agricultural areas in the Special Release of 13 October 2009 we are publishing the text again, apologising for the mistake. |
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| 2.10.2009 |
Children’s Week 2009 |
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As regards statistical regions, people in Jugovzhodna Slovenija are on average the youngest; the share of children is 18.5%. In the Obalno-kraška region the share of children is only 14.7%. Among municipalities, Osilnica has the lowest share of children (only 9%) and Gorenja vas–Poljane the highest (25%). |
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| 2.10.2009 |
World Teachers’ Day 2009 |
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There are 30,000 teachers in Slovenia teaching in elementary, upper secondary and tertiary education. Together with teachers in non-formal education and in music and dance education, and educators in kindergartens and in student halls the number is over 46,000. |
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| 25.9.2009 |
World Tourism Day |
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The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) gave special attention to diversity in tourism on this year's 27 September. Diversity in natural environment, architecture, local customs and culture, languages, religions … are the driving forces of tourism development. |
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| 15.9.2009 |
Mobility Week 2009 |
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In Slovenia more than every other person has a car, while in the European Union almost every other person has a car. Both in Slovenia and in the EU people prefer driving a car to using public transportation: in 2007 more than 80% of all passenger kilometres in land transport were made by cars. |
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| 8.9.2009 |
World Suicide Prevention Day 2009 |
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Suicide is the most frequent violent death in Slovenia and one of the three leading causes of death for young people under 25 in the world. |
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| 9.7.2009 |
World Population Day 2009 |
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There are 6.8 billion people in the world and according to demographic projections by 2050 the number should increase to 9.1 billion. The EU-27 has almost 500 million people and according to Eurostat projections by 2050 the number should increase to 506 million. Slovenia has just over 2 million people and by 2050 the number should drop to 1.88 million. |
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| 15.6.2009 |
Fathers Day 2009 |
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Ever more fathers are present at childbirth: in 2007 over 71%, in 1992 only slightly more than 9%. In 2008, paternity leave was used by 15,800 fathers and childcare leave by 1,125 fathers. |
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| 3.6.2009 |
World Environment Day 2009: facing the challenge of climate change |
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Slovenia ratified the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and then in 1998 signed the Kyoto Protocol to the Convention, which imposes the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 8% in the 2008-2012 period compared to base year 1986. |
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| 29.5.2009 |
Maja, Maj |
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Most children named Maja and Maj are born in the month of May. |
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| 15.5.2009 |
World Telecommunication and Information Society Day |
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Regular use of the Internet was in the 1st quarter of 2008 the most prevalent in the age group 10-15 (95%). 51% of people aged 10-74 regularly used the Internet for various means of communication, the most frequently (89%) users aged 16-24. |
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| 15.5.2009 |
18 May - World Museum Day |
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In 2007, Slovenia had 79 cultural institutions performing museum activities, including 48 museums; each of these institutions was, on average, visited by more than 24,000 visitors. |
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| 13.5.2009 |
International Day of Families, Slovenia |
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According to 2002 population census data, 78% of the population in Slovenia lived in 556,000 families, which had on average 3.06 members. Most (37%) of the families had 1 child, almost 33% had 2 children, just over 7% had 3 or more children, and close to 21% were without children. |
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| 8.5.2009 |
International Nurses Day 2009 |
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At the end of 2008, almost 17,000 people in Slovenia worked as nurses, among them 11% men, who were on average 4.1% better paid than their female colleagues. |
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| 8.5.2009 |
Week of lifelong learning |
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People in Slovenia who are in further training are on average between 25 and 34 years old, highly educated and employed. They train due to job requirements and training takes place mainly outside the working hours. |
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| 24.4.2009 |
International Labour Day |
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In 2008, there were almost a million persons in employment in Slovenia, 10% of them were self-employed persons and 90% of them were persons in employment; average monthly net earnings of the latter amounted to slightly less than EUR 900. |
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| 3.4.2009 |
World Health Day 2009 |
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In Slovenia, in 2007 there were in hospitals nearly 362,000 hospitalizations, which is 1.35% more than in 2006. Most hospitalizations were due to cardiovascular diseases (14.6%), which represent 40% of all causes of death. |
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| 20.3.2009 |
World Water Day |
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Most of the water in Slovenia (75%) is abstracted from the Sava river basin, and most of the wastewater (90%) is discharged into the Danube river basin.
In 2007, business entities in manufacturing discharged 4% more untreated wastewater than in 2006. |
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| 20.3.2009 |
Mother's Day 2009 |
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Mothers in figures: among 19,554 mothers who gave birth in 2007, 1.5% were teenagers, over 47% were at least 30 years old, 2.2% had 40 years or more, 19 had their eighth child or more, and 15 gave birth at home. Around 70% of women aged over 14 have given birth at least once. |
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| 4.3.2009 |
International Women's Day 2009 |
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According to the latest data, average women in Slovenia are 3.4 years older than men, in 94% of cases have upper secondary school education, in 75% of cases decide to continue studies at tertiary level, have their first child at age 28, earn 5% less per hour than men and live 9.1 years longer. |
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| 27.2.2009 |
Fight Against Cancer Week |
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In Slovenia, each year more than 10,000 people fall ill with cancer. The most common type of cancer in men is prostate cancer and in women breast cancer. In the 2001-2005 period the five-year relative survival rate for men was 51% and for women 65%. |
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| 19.2.2009 |
International mother language day |
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According to the 2002 population census, Slovene is the mother tongue of nearly 88% of the population of Slovenia; for 0.4% of people in Slovenia Hungarian is the mother tongue and for 0.2% of the people in Slovenia it is Italian, followed by languages of other former Yugoslav republics. |
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| 10.2.2009 |
Safer Internet Day |
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In the first quarter of 2007, 29% of people in Slovenia aged 16-74 protected their computers against viruses, harmful software and advertisements. In the EU-27 the share was 30%; it was the highest in Denmark (60%) and the lowest in Latvia and Romania (5%). |
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| 6.2.2009 |
Slovenian cultural holiday |
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In Slovenia, twice as many titles of books were published in 2007 (5,129) than in 1991 (2,459). Most of the original literary works published in 2007 were devoted to poetry (152 or more than 29% of all literary works, excluding poetry for children and youth). |
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| 16.12.2008 |
International Migrants Day |
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According to United Nations estimates, in the 1960-2005 period the number of migrants in the world more than doubled; from 75 million to 191 million in 2005. Slovenia has, mainly after 2004, recorded a trend of increasing immigration from abroad. |
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| 4.12.2008 |
7 December – International Civil Aviation Day |
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In 2007, for the first time more than 1.5 million passengers registered at Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport; according to Eurostat classification this result ranks the central Slovene airport 131st largest in the EU. |
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| 1.12.2008 |
3 December, International Day of Persons with Disabilities |
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Disabled persons represent the largest minority in the world as according to UN data around 10% of the world’s population (more than 650 million people) are disabled. There are around 170,000 disabled persons in Slovenia and around 230,000 people with long-term illnesses. |
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| 14.11.2008 |
International Students’ Day |
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According to the Eurostudent SI-2007 survey, in the academic year 2006/07 average monthly student income amounted to EUR 755, while the costs of living were on average just over EUR 500 per month. |
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| 13.10.2008 |
Women farmers in Slovenia |
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In the spring of 2008 an economically active woman farmer in Slovenia on average worked almost 40 hours per week, while a retired woman farmer worked on average 36 hours per week. Women farmers in Slovenia mostly work 7 days a week: 90% of them work on Saturdays and 80% also on Sundays. |
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| 3.10.2008 |
Enriched and expanded programs in kindergartens and schools |
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In the school year 2006/07 kindergartens implemented 10,147 enriched and additional activities, while within the expanded program elementary schools offered to pupils professionally guided care, remedial and additional classes, and open-air school. |
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| 2.10.2008 |
World Teacher’s Day |
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In Slovenia, almost 30,000 teachers teach in elementary, upper secondary, post-secondary and higher education. According to OECD data, annual gross salaries of teachers in Slovenia are below the average of OECD countries. |
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| 29.9.2008 |
1 October, International Day of Older Persons |
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In 2007, 69 old people’s homes in Slovenia took care of 13,856 residents (10,359 women and 3,497 men), which is more than 4% of people aged 65+ living in Slovenia. |
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| 24.9.2008 |
World Tourism Day |
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In 2007 almost 2.7 million tourist arrivals and almost 8.3 million overnight stays were registered, the highest numbers after Slovenia gained independence. Last year was a record year for world tourism. |
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| 5.9.2008 |
World Suicide Prevention Day |
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In 2006, 529 people died by suicide in Slovenia; one every 17 hours. This figure ranks Slovenia at the very top of EU member states. As regards statistical regions, most suicides were registered in the north-eastern part of the country. |
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| 8.8.2008 |
International Youth Day |
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Education of today’s youth in Slovenia: more than half of pupils select a general programme or an economics programme and almost half of people aged 19 to 23 are enrolled in vocational colleges and higher education institutions. |
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| 13.6.2008 |
Fathers in Slovenia |
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At the 2002 Population Census almost 61% of families in Slovenia were two-parent families with children and less than 5% were single fathers with children. |
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| 4.6.2008 |
World Environment Day: CO2 – kick the habit! Towards a low carbon economy |
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In 2005, greenhouse gas emissions in Slovenia increased by 2.1% over 2004. In 2006, 431 kg of municipal waste per person was generated and a year before 422 kg. |
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| 16.5.2008 |
World museum day |
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In 2006, Slovene museums, galleries and exhibitions grounds were visited by more than 2.3 million domestic and foreign visitors, 27% of them children and youth. |
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| 15.5.2008 |
May 17 – World Telecommunications Day |
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In the first quarter of 2007, 80% of people aged 16-74 living in households with broadband Internet access were regular Internet users; the comparable share for the EU-27 was 73%. |
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| 9.5.2008 |
International Nurses Day |
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At the end of 2007 there were 16,658 nurses in Slovenia, 221 more than at the end of 2006. Male nurses represented almost 11% of all nurses, 5% more than a year before. |
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| 9.5.2008 |
May 15 – International Day of Families |
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As regards families, at the last population census conducted in 2002, 48.6% of families had one child, 42.5% of families had two children and 8.9% of families had three or more children. 18.8% of families were single-parent families, among them 86% mothers with children and 14% fathers with children. |
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| 25.4.2008 |
International Labour Day |
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In Slovenia, people have 14 days of national holidays, while on average they work just over 40 hours per week. In February 2008 they received just over EUR 1,300 gross earnings, about EUR 200 more than in 2005. |
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| 18.4.2008 |
A day dedicated to books |
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As regards books and brochures published in Slovenia in 2006, 3,306 were original Slovenian works and 1,378 were translations; 44.2% of books and brochures were novels, followed by short stories, poetry, drama, etc. On average, every public library user borrowed 46 books. |
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| 4.4.2008 |
World Health Day |
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In 2006 in the days of high temperatures 33,972 people were hospitalised due to problems with the heart and cardiovascular system and 2,909 due to chronic lung problems, of whom almost 37% due to asthma. The most vulnerable groups of population are the elderly, children and homeless people. |
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| 21.3.2008 |
Mother’s Day |
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There are around 670,000 mothers in Slovenia. Among women over 40 about 10% have never given birth. |
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| 20.3.2008 |
World Water Day |
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In 2005 the largest water protection investment in Slovenia was recorded in Pomurska (30%) and Osrednjeslovenska (25%) regions. |
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| 6.3.2008 |
Women in Slovenia |
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The position of women in Slovenia is slightly better than in the EU: in our country the female employment rate is 61.8%, while in the EU it is 57.2%. In the EU Member States the female employment rate varies between 73.4% in Denmark and 35% in Malta. |
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| 19.2.2008 |
21 February, International Mother Language Day |
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Due to a modest number of speakers, 96% of the world’s almost 7,000 languages are spoken by only 4% of the world’s population. At the 2002 Population Census, Slovene was the mother tongue of 87.9% of the people living in Slovenia. |
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| 11.2.2008 |
12 February – Safer Internet Day |
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Security problems have been encountered by 35% of Internet users aged 10-74, while 29% of users have protected their computers against viruses, harmful software and advertisements: users aged 16-24 are the most aware of security problems (59%) and users aged 65-74 are the least aware (4%). |
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| 6.2.2008 |
Slovenian cultural holiday |
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In 2006, 156 works of Slovenian poetry for adults and 16 works of Slovenian poetry for children and youth were published, which is over a third of all Slovenian literary works. |
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| 28.12.2007 |
Birthdays on 1 January |
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In 2007 on the first day of the year 7,811 people celebrated their birthday, which is the greatest number of birthdays on any day of the year. |
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| 14.12.2007 |
International Migrants Day |
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In 2006, 20,016 people immigrated to Slovenia and 13,749 emigrated from it. Most often they immigrated to Slovenia due to employment or seasonal work, most frequently in construction. |
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| 16.11.2007 |
International Day of Students |
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In the academic year 2006/07 almost a half of young people aged 19 to 23 were included in tertiary education. |
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| 16.10.2007 |
17 October – International Day for the Eradication of Poverty |
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In the past decade between 12% and 14% of people in Slovenia were living below the at-risk-of-poverty threshold. |
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| 12.10.2007 |
Women farmers in Slovenia |
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A woman farmer in Slovenia is on average 54 years old, has elementary school education and spends 40 hours a week on farm work. |
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| 8.10.2007 |
9 October, World Post Day |
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The public postal network in Slovenia has 558 units, among them two logistic centres (in Ljubljana and Maribor). Every postal unit covers on average 36 square km and provides services for 3,599 people. |
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| 3.10.2007 |
World Teachers’ Day |
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In Slovenia elementary and upper secondary school teachers represent 2.9% of the labour force. |
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| 28.9.2007 |
1 October – International Day of Older Persons |
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Slovenia belongs among countries with ever older population: at the end of 2006 almost 320,000 people in Slovenia were over 65 years old, which is 15.9% of total population. |
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| 27.9.2007 |
Children’s Week |
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In 2006, 64.7% of children were attending kindergartens, 97.1% were attending elementary school and 96.5% were attending upper secondary school. |
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| 25.9.2007 |
World Tourism Day |
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In 2006 almost 2.5 million tourist arrivals were recorded in Slovenia or 4% more than a year before. Tourists spent over 7.7 million nights or 2% more than a year before. |
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| 25.9.2007 |
European Day of Languages |
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As regards foreign language learning, people in Slovenia most frequently study English, followed by German and French. |
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| 14.9.2007 |
International Day of Ozone Layer Protection |
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Reduction in the production and use of ozone depleting substances after 1986: the use of chlorofluorocarbons and halons in Slovenia dropped from 2,718 ODP t and 19 ODP t to zero. |
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| 6.9.2007 |
Slovenian climbers’ day |
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In 2006, 51,088 arrivals of domestic and foreign tourists were registered in Slovenian mountains, i.e. 2% of all tourists in Slovenia. Most of the foreign tourists came from Croatia, 18%. |
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| 10.8.2007 |
On 12 August, International Youth Day |
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Even though the number of population in Slovenia is (slightly) growing, the number and share of young people are falling. Many of them are unemployed, they are more vulnerable at the workplace than older people, but most of them think they are healthy. |
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| 10.7.2007 |
World Population Day |
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According to United Nations data, there are 6.7 billion people in the world, which is 0.2 billion more than in 2006: in the past year the world population increased by a hundred Slovenias. |
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| 15.6.2007 |
Fathers in Slovenia |
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Ever more fathers are present at birth: in 1991 the share was 9.2%, while by 2005 it has grown to 68.3%. However, in Osrednjeslovenska and Goriška regions only two out of ten mothers give birth without fathers being present while in Koroška, Pomurska and Spodnjeposavska regions the share is a half. |
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| 4.6.2007 |
World Environment Day |
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In 2006 the average temperature in Slovenia was 1-1.5°C higher than the long-term average. A year before damage caused by natural disasters was estimated at SIT 18.8 billion, more than a half on account of hail. |
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| 16.5.2007 |
World Telecommunications Day |
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In the first quarter of 2006, 54% of households in Slovenia had Internet access: 62% of them had broadband access, i.e. ADSL, VDSL, cable. 86% of people aged 10-74 used mobile phones. |
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| 10.5.2007 |
International Nurses Day |
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At the end of 2006 Slovenia had 16,437 nurses, about a tenth of them men. Nursing ranks 5th among the most sought occupations. |
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| 10.5.2007 |
Families in Slovenia |
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At the 2002 Population Census the most frequent type of family in Slovenia was married couples with children (53%), followed by married couples without children (21%), mothers with children, unmarried couples with children, fathers with children and unmarried couples without children. |
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| 26.4.2007 |
Labour Day |
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In Slovenia a person in paid employment earns on average EUR 793 net per month, has on average 25.5 days of annual leave and retires at age 59. |
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| 20.4.2007 |
World Book Day |
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In 2005, 4,394 book titles were published in Slovenia, which is 37% more than ten years before. In 2004 a household in Slovenia spent on average 0.4% of its income on buying books. |
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| 13.10.2006 |
Women Farmers Day |
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In 2005, 94,000 women worked on family farms. They performed 43% of the farm work. On average, women were holders of a quarter of all family farms in Slovenia. |
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| 29.9.2006 |
1 October – International Day of Older Persons |
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At the end of 2005, 15.5% of the population in Slovenia was 65 years old or more; on the global scale the share is 7.4%. |
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| 21.8.2006 |
Slovenia 15 years after independence |
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Comparison of some important statistical indicators for 1991 and 2005. |
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| 16.5.2006 |
World telecommunications day |
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In the first quarter of 2005, 48% of households in Slovenia had access to the Internet, while 87% of households had at least one mobile phone. |
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| 11.5.2006 |
International Day of the Family: families in Slovenia |
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The number of families is increasing, but families are smaller. The most common type of family is a married couple with children. An average family with children has 3.4 members. |
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| 21.4.2006 |
Earth Day |
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In recent years most damage was caused by natural disasters in 2003: damage caused by drought amounted to SIT 31 billion. |
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| 16.12.2005 |
Aviation in Slovenia |
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Slovenia has 15 airports, 3 of thjem are public, and 41 runways. In 2004, 19,730 airplanes landed on public access airports, which is 7% more than in 2003. |
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| 14.10.2005 |
Farm women in Slovenia |
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Farm women in Slovenia are on average 50 years old, are cultivating 6.3 hectares of agricultural land and breeding 6.6 livestock units, for which they spent 42 hours per week. |
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| 10.10.2005 |
Natural disasters |
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It is estimated that natural disasters cause damage of 2 % GDP per year in Slovenia. |
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| 7.10.2005 |
World Day of Post |
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Post of Slovenia has a nationwide network of 550 post offices, most of which (93) are located in Podravska region. |
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| 4.10.2005 |
Children in Slovenia |
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At the end of 2004 there were almost 286 thousands children under the age of 15 living in Slovenia, which was 14.4% of total population. |
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| 30.9.2005 |
1 October – International Day of Older Persons |
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The share of older people (65+), which stagnated in the 1980s at around 10%, has been increasing since 1987 and last year exceeded 15%. |
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| 23.9.2005 |
World Tourism Day |
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In 2004 2.3 mio tourist arrivals were registered. This was 4.2% more than in 2003 but still 17% less than in 1986. |
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| 14.9.2005 |
Ozone Layer |
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Enterprises in Slovenia are giving ever more ozone depleting substances to waste collectors: in 2003 93 tons was collected in Slovenia.
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| 9.9.2005 |
Mountaineering in Slovenia |
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80% of domestic and foreign tourists venture into mountains in July, August or September. In 2004 mountain huts registered about 22,000 foreign tourists, of that 20% from Germany.
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| 2.9.2005 |
Day of Slovene Judiciary |
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In 2004 there were 248 male judges and 604 female judges in Slovenia. Similar gender structure is on all courts, the only exception being the supreme court with 34% female judges. |
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| 10.8.2005 |
Young people in Slovenia |
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August 12th is the World Youth Day (15 - 29 years) - 55% of young people are in education in Slovenia.
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| 7.7.2005 |
World Population Day |
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In the past 100 years total world population grew from 1.6 billion to 6.1 billion. |
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| 16.6.2005 |
Fathers in Slovenia |
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Average age of father at Census2002, who lived together with children, was 46.4 years, average age of father of the child, born in 2003, was 32.0 years. |
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| 3.6.2005 |
World Environment Day |
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Every year the UN aim to stimulate worldwide awareness of the environment and its importance for the life on our planet. |
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| 12.5.2005 |
Families in Slovenia |
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According to 2002 Census data there were 555,945 families in Slovenia. An average family had 3.1 members and 86.7% of population was included in the families. |
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| 24.3.2005 |
Mother’s Day |
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The 2002 Census data show that almost 74% of women aged 15 or more are mothers. On average, each mother has 2.1 children and her mean age is 52.3 years. |
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| 7.3.2005 |
Women in Slovenia |
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On the occasion of 8 March, the International Women''s Day, we prepared a brief presentation of data on women in Slovenia with the chronology of important events in the history of women in Slovenia.
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