Slovenia News

turns shoeshine boy after World Cup win Updated on Thursday, November 19, 2009, 09:25 IST Ljubljana: Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor said he had made good on a promise to clean the team's boots after Wednesday's victory over Russia earned...

Slovenia's dramatic win over Russia Wednesday, and to a lesser extent Ireland's narrow loss to France, capped off a grueling two-year qualifying period that saw some of the smallest countries in the world kick some of soccer's biggest names in...

France — Celebrations rang out around France on Wednesday as the French national team and the team from Algeria, which used to exist under French rule, qualified for next year’s World Cup in dramatic fashion. At the Stade de France...

Russia will stick to their crowd-pleasing style of attacking play when they take a narrow lead over Slovenia into today�s World Cup playoff return-leg, coach Guus Hiddink said. The Dutchman, who has taken three teams to soccer�s most prestigious tournament...

An indictment accuses former New York building inspectors and reputed mob leaders of construction corruption during the city's recent building boom. The charges unveiled Thursday include allegations that building inspectors were bribed to void violations and lift stop-work orders.

President Boris Tadi� spoke today with Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor on the second day of his visit to Ljubljana. On Tuesday, after talks with his Slovenian counterpart Danilo Turk, Tadi� thanked Ljubljana for supporting Serbia�s aspirations to join the...

The parties of the Slovenian ruling coalition have proposed a referendum for the arbitration agreement with Croatia. It is expected that the parliament will announce the referendum for the second half of December, which is before its ratification would reach...

Slovenian customs workers arrested a man carrying a Serbian passport and seized 24.5 kilograms of heroin in his Austrian license plates car. The identity of the man detained on Tuesday at the border crossing of Gru�kovje, between Slovenia and Austria,...