Weekly Review of Events Involving Slovenia from 8 to 14 May

Ljubljana, 15 May - The week was dominated by EU issues, as the parliament adopted the government-proposed programme of Slovenia's EU priorities in 2004 and the cabinet passed a convergence programme, which will be one of the key elements in deciding about Slovenia's admission to the European Exchange Rate Mechanism II (ERM II) and subsequently to the eurozone. Parties were busy handing in their lists of candidates for European elections as the election campaign officially kicked off on Friday.