Provinces Expected to Be Fully Established in 2009

Ljubljana, 31 January - According to plans, provinces will be up and running in 2009, after first elections in provincial bodies are held along with the general election in 2008, local representatives were told on Wednesday as government officials unveiled a package of legislation necessary to establish provinces in Slovenia.

Ljubljana Local Self-Government and Regional Development Minister Ivan Zagar (left) and Prime Minister Janez Jansa at a meeting with mayors and other local representatives, where a package of legislation dealing with the formation of provinces was presented. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Local Self-Government and Regional Development Minister Ivan Zagar (left) and Prime Minister Janez Jansa at a meeting with mayors and other local representatives, where a package of legislation dealing with the formation of provinces was presented.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana Franci Rokavec, state secretary at the Office for Local Self-Government and Regional Development, at a meeting with mayors and other local representatives, where a package of legislation dealing with the formation of provinces was presented. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Franci Rokavec, state secretary at the Office for Local Self-Government and Regional Development, at a meeting with mayors and other local representatives, where a package of legislation dealing with the formation of provinces was presented.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana Prime Minister Janez Jansa (left), Local Self-Government and Regional Development Minister Ivan Zagar (centre), and Franci Rokavec, state secretary at the Office for Local Self-Government and Regional Development, at a meeting with mayors and other local representatives, where a package of legislation dealing with the formation of provinces was presented. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Prime Minister Janez Jansa (left), Local Self-Government and Regional Development Minister Ivan Zagar (centre), and Franci Rokavec, state secretary at the Office for Local Self-Government and Regional Development, at a meeting with mayors and other local representatives, where a package of legislation dealing with the formation of provinces was presented.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk (left) and Prime Minister Janez Jansa at a meeting with mayors and other local representatives, where a package of legislation dealing with the formation of provinces was presented. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk (left) and Prime Minister Janez Jansa at a meeting with mayors and other local representatives, where a package of legislation dealing with the formation of provinces was presented.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk (left) and Prime Minister Janez Jansa at a meeting with mayors and other local representatives, where a package of legislation dealing with the formation of provinces was presented. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk (left) and Prime Minister Janez Jansa at a meeting with mayors and other local representatives, where a package of legislation dealing with the formation of provinces was presented.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana Mayors and other local representatives at a meeting on a package of legislation dealing with the formation of provinces. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Mayors and other local representatives at a meeting on a package of legislation dealing with the formation of provinces.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana Mayors and other local representatives at a meeting on a package of legislation dealing with the formation of provinces. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Mayors and other local representatives at a meeting on a package of legislation dealing with the formation of provinces.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana Mayors and other local representatives at a meeting on a package of legislation dealing with the formation of provinces. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Mayors and other local representatives at a meeting on a package of legislation dealing with the formation of provinces.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana Local Self-Government and Regional Development Minister Ivan Zagar addressing mayors and other local representatives at a meeting on a package of legislation dealing with the formation of provinces. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Local Self-Government and Regional Development Minister Ivan Zagar addressing mayors and other local representatives at a meeting on a package of legislation dealing with the formation of provinces.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana Prime Minister Janez Jansa addressing mayors and other local representatives at a meeting on a package of legislation dealing with the formation of provinces. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Prime Minister Janez Jansa addressing mayors and other local representatives at a meeting on a package of legislation dealing with the formation of provinces.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana Prime Minister Janez Jansa addressing mayors and other local representatives at a meeting on a package of legislation dealing with the formation of provinces. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Prime Minister Janez Jansa addressing mayors and other local representatives at a meeting on a package of legislation dealing with the formation of provinces.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

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