Medical experts of Narayana Hrudayalaya were approached by the authorities of Slovenian for the assistance in developing an economical health centre.

Narayana Hrudayalaya Chairman, Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty has agreed to help the Slovenia authorities in the matter. The team of Dr. Shetty will primarily edge on the cardiology and oncology department. The Chairman said that Narayana hospital will associate with Slovenia and will look over the factors like providing better health care facilities to foreign patients.

Ljubljana - Slovenia put on a "brilliant performance" to defeat Russia Wednesday night and secure its second World Cup appearance next year, Ljubljana press said Thursday.

With the 1-0 home win, following a 2-1 away loss on Saturday in World Cup qualification playoffs, the former Yugoslav republic of 2 million has denied Russia a place in South Africa next year thanks to the away goals rule.

Among those watching the match in Maribor were Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and the Slovenian state leadership.

Ljubljana - The mood was hope in Sunday's newspaper headlines in Slovenia following a 2-1 defeat in Moscow in the first leg of the World Cup qualifications.

"Hooray, we still live," screamed a headline in the daily Dnevnik. It said that the star-studded Russian team was dominant throughout the match, but that "surefooted and confident" Slovenia in the end "got away very well."

Ljubljana  - A Slovenian climber who went missing in the Himalayas this week was found dead, a spokesman told the TVS on Saturday.

Tomaz Humar, 41, fell on Tuesday during a solo ascent on the north face of Langtang Lirung, a 7,227-metre peak in Nepal. In a single radio call on that day, he said his leg and his spine were broken.

"Humar's body was found at 5,600 metres with grave injuries of the spine, along with several leg and rib fractures," Viki Groselj, a spokesman of the Slovenian climbing organization said.

Ljubljana  - Rescuers were trying to locate a seriously injured Slovenian climber stranded in poor weather on a Himalayan mountain, Slovenian newspapers said Friday.

Tomaz Humar, 41, fell somewhere around 6,300 during a solo ascent on the north face of Langtang Lirung in Nepal. In a single radio call on Tuesday, he said his leg and his spine were broken.

A Swiss mountain rescue team has reached Nepal meanwhile, but was unable to lift off in a helicopter on Friday morning due to a low cloud ceiling, the 24Ur news portal said.

Ljubljana - Slovenian authorities on Wednesday said that they detained two top business managers suspected of corruption and money laundering.

The two men, Igor Bavcar and Bosko Srot, formerly led two of Slovenia's most powerful firms. Bavcar was the head of the Istrabenz Holding Co until this past June. Srot was, until recently, the head of Pivovarna Lasko, a brewery.

The men were arrested after police searched their homes in the capital, Ljubljana. Srot was released, while Bavcar remains in custody.

London, Sep. 6 : Slovenia’s football captain Robert Koren has rejected England forward Wayne Rooney’s view that he is not a deliberate diver.

Koren believes the Manchester United star made a meal of a tussle for possession with defender Bostjan Cesar and earned England a penalty with a dive.

Ljubljana  - Two people died Tuesday when a small sports plane crashed near town Izlake in central Slovenia, local media reported.

The accident happened some some 45 kilometres north-east of the capital Ljubljana.

Authorities are investigating the incident. (dpa)

Ljubljana/Zagreb  - A man armed with four hand grenades was arrested early Saturday on the train at the Slovenian-Croatian border, local media reported.

The 65-year-old man, a former war veteran, allegedly planned to murder Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor.

He also tried to blow himself and the train up, but was overpowered by the Slovenian police which was tipped on his intentions.

Ljubljana  - Slovenian parliamentary parties agreed Tuesday to continue talks about a border dispute that have so far led it to block neighbouring Croatia's European Union accession talks.

"It would be a pity to end this process now," Prime Minister Borut Pahor said after consulting heads of other parties in the Slovenian legislature.

Ljubljana - The head of Slovenia's huge Istrabenz holding, Igor Bavcar, has stepped down under the pressure of mounting losses, local media said Tuesday.

During Bavcar's seven-year reign, Istrabenz bought into 78 Slovenian companies, including the key businesses such as the largest retail chain, Mercator, food processor Droga Kolinska, the oil company Petrol and top tourism projects.

Ljubljana - The Slovenian Health Ministry has confirmed on Friday the country's first case of swine flu.

Health Ministry spokesman said the case was of a young woman who recently visited New York.

The woman, who returned on June 17 to Slovenia, felt symptoms while returning from New York.

Television station TVS reported that the woman was being treated with Tamiflu and that she was sent home and is in good condition.

The World Health Organization declared a swine flu pandemic earlier in June.(dpa)

Ljubljana - Slovenia's economy slipped by 8.5 per cent year- on-year in the second consecutive quarter in 2009, the national statistical office said, formally announcing a recession.

The country's gross domestic product declined by 6.4 per cent in the first half of 2009, it said.

The data in the export-oriented Slovenia reflect the recession and sharply falling demand in the European Union, particularly in the top buyer of Slovenian products, Germany.

Ljubljana  - Slovenia's conservative opposition won the most votes in the European Parliament election, defeating the ruling coalition of Prime Minister Borut Pahor.

With a record low voter turnout of 28 per cent in the election on Sunday, the Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) won 26,9 per cent of vote and two seats. Another party from the political right, the New Slovenia, claimed a single place in the European Parliament.

Ljubljana - The Slovenian capital Ljubljana has named a street after former Yugoslav communist leader Marshall Tito, it was reported Tuesday - sparking protests from nationalists.

The maverick dictator, popular within the former Yugoslavia at the time for steering an independent line from Moscow under communism, remains a controversial figure.

Brussels - The European Union will continue to push for a compromise solution to the obscure border row between Slovenia and Croatia which has belatedly stymied Croatia's bid to join the EU, the bloc's enlargement commissioner said Friday.

"We are so close to an agreement that it makes no sense to give up since we have almost reached the goal. What matters is an agreement between both countries," Olli Rehn told journalists in Brussels.

Ljubljana - Slovenia warned Thursday that it could not accept without amendments a European Union mediation proposal in an ongoing dispute with neighbouring Croatia over its accession to the bloc.

The pair have been at loggerheads for months in an obscure row over their joint border at the Bay of Piran, which is threatening to hold up Croatia's bid to join Brussels.

Luxembourg - Slovenia resisted European Union pressure on Monday to give immediate backing to a plan aimed at easing Croatia's EU membership path, officials at a meeting of EU foreign ministers said.

Slovenia has been blocking Croatia's EU bid in a row over the two neighbours' maritime border.

Last week EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn proposed a compromise which would see the two countries nominate five judges tasked with solving the problem. Croatia and many EU member states welcomed the proposal.

Ljubljana/Vienna - Slovenia's government on Thursday decided to field former diplomat Ernest Petric as a candidate to lead the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), further widening the pool of potential successors to Mohamed ElBaradei.

Petric, 72, serves as a judge on Slovenia's Constitutional Court. He previously represented his country as ambassador to Austria and international organisations in Vienna, including the IAEA.

Ljubljana  - Slovenian foresters used tranquilizer darts to capture a young brown bear after it wreaked havoc by appearing and disappearing in the capital Ljubljana Thursday.

The first sighting of the bear was in a park at 4 am, but the search was called off eight hours later after forestry workers failed to locate the animal.

After the barricades were removed and the park re-opened, the bear again appeared and was eventually tranquilized 150 metres from the US ambassador's residence and 400 metres from the Slovenian parliament.