Second-seeded Alisa Kleybanova of Russia advanced to the semifinals of the Grand Prix SAR on Thursday by beating Polona Hercog of Slovenia 6-3, 6-4.

Slovenia is home to about 430 brown bears, but residents of Ljubljana, the capital, rarely see any but the two who live in the local zoo.

Tanja Poutiainen of Finland has clinched the World Cup giant slalom title after finishing second to Tina Maze of Slovenia in the final GS race this season.

Tina Maze of Slovenia took advantage of an early start to lead a women’s World Cup giant slalom after the first heat Friday.

EU regulators on Friday cleared Slovenia’s euro12 billion (US$15.8 billion) guarantee for its banks, one of a slew of rescue plans European governments have put forward to shore up troubled lenders.

An executive of the Finnish arms group Patria and its former CEO have been detained by police investigating bribes the Helsinki-based company allegedly paid to a leader of Slovenia, authorities said Friday.

Slovenia gave Britain’s queen a prized Lipizzaner stallion during her visit to this Alpine nation Wednesday _ but she won’t be taking the horse home to meet the rest of the royal menagerie.

Slovenia’s opposition Social Democrats held a razor-thin lead over the ruling center-right party of Prime Minister Janez Jansa in parliamentary elections Sunday, nearly complete results showed. The vote was too close to predict the outcome.

Paul Goodison has won Britain’s third sailing gold medal of the Beijing Games, taking the men’s Laser class dinghy. Vasilij Zbogar of Slovenia won the silver and Italy’s Diego Romero took the bronze.

Seven bodies were pulled out of the Sava River and divers searched for five other missing people Friday after a group of kayakers smashed into a dam being built in southeastern Slovenia, police said.Police spokesman, Pavel Perc, told reporters that two...