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Lindsey Vonn wins World Cup super-G
Lindsey Vonn's rivalry with World Cup leader Tina Maze heated up and threatened to boil over Saturday, when the Slovenian's coaches accused the ...
Maze wins super-combi, Vonn fails to finish
Tina Maze of Slovenia won her third race of the season by finishing first in both runs of a World Cup super-combined event Friday, while Lindsey Vonn ...
More street protests rock tiny EU nation Slovenia
Slovenia's prime minister is on trial accused of involvement in a bribery scandal. The main opposition leader — who is also mayor of the capital — is ...
Exit poll: Ex-PM Pahor wins Slovenia presidency
Former Slovenia Prime Minister Borut Pahor won the presidential election Sunday, calling for unity in the tiny EU nation where discontent has been ...
Slovenes choose leader amid uncertainty
Voters in small, crisis-hit Slovenia chose a president on Sunday amid growing discontent with government cost-cutting measures designed to avoid an ...
Clashes in Slovenia before presidential vote
Clashes broke out Friday night in the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana as angry demonstrators tried to push through a police cordon to storm parliament ...
Maze wins 2nd straight GS race, Vonn takes 21st
Completely exhausted, Lindsey Vonn collapsed to the snow soon after crossing the finish line. Totally elated, Tina Maze performed a cartwheel right ...
Gazprom secures Slovenian leg in pipeline project
Russian gas giant Gazprom advanced its plan to lay a major pipeline network across Europe by striking a deal on Tuesday with Slovenia. The South ...
Runoff expected in Slovenia presidential election
No candidate appeared to win an outright majority in Sunday's presidential election in Slovenia, and a runoff is expected next month between the ...
Slovenia presidential vote comes amid debt crisis
Three candidates are vying for the presidency in Slovenia, a tiny, economically troubled European Union nation that is riven by deep political ...
Once star of EU newcomers, Slovenia falters
Andrej Plut has always thought he was fortunate to live in Slovenia, at one time the most prosperous of the former republics of Yugoslavia and a star ...
Slovenia PM: No bailout needed
Slovenia's prime minister insisted that the Alpine nation does not need a bailout from the European Union, despite a crippling banking crisis that has ...
The attraction and risks of hot air balloons
The hot air balloon that crashed in Slovenia was one of the largest of its kind in the world. Tourists who are willing to pay more than $100 each to ...