Slovenian Press Agency

The Slovenian Press Agency is a source of news for Slovenian media outlets and the Slovenian public in general, as well as the main source of news on events in Slovenia for foreign press agencies and major international media outlets. The STA is the only provider of daily news in English for the expatriate community in Slovenia and for English-speaking readers abroad.

The General News Service in Slovene is a source of information for Slovenian and foreign media, state institutions, diplomatic offices, companies, non-governmental organizations and other users. Every day the General News Service provides up to 300 reports, features, press reviews and other news items covering domestic policy, business, international affairs, EU affairs, arts and sport.

The General News Service includes the following categories:

• News (Categories: Slovenia, European Union, Business and Economy, Arts and culture, Sport, Health, Education and science, crime and accidents, human interest)
• Daily and weekly schedules of events Daily and weekly schedules of events in Slovenia and around the world, daily schedules of features and interviews and the daily schedule of the Picture Service)
• Daily and weekly roundups of major events (Comprehensive roundups of the most important events of the day or week in Slovenia] and abroad)
• Advisories (updates about the latest events and changes to scheduled events)
• Press review (Commentary and interviews from Slovenian and foreign press)
• Traffic (The latest information on traffic in Slovenia)
• Weather (Weather forecasts for Slovenia and Europe)

The English News Service is a source of news on Slovenia in English. The team of journalists and translators prepares up to 50 daily news items, interviews, press reviews and other contributions.

Aside from events in Slovenia, the English Service reports on Slovenia’s international activities, with special focus on the European Union, Southeastern Europe and international organizations. It also provides coverage of business and economic policy and reports on operations of Slovenian companies in foreign markets.

The English News Service is divided into the following categories:

• News (Politics, Business and economy, Environment, Health and Science, Sport, Arts and culture, around Slovenia)
• Daily and weekly schedules of events (schedules of daily and weekly events in Slovenia and foreign events involving Slovenia)
• Daily and weekly roundups of major events (roundups of events in Slovenia and foreign events involving Slovenia)
• Press review (commentary and interviews from the Slovenian press)

The Slovenian Press Agency launched a radio news service, STA-R, in the autumn of 2009. STA-R provides subscribers with text and audio news adapted for radio broadcasting. The audio service covers news in home affairs, foreign policy, the economy, culture, sports and other areas of interest and supplements the existing daily news wire service. The audio service is created by STA journalists with the help of domestic and foreign correspondents. STA-R also offers a schedule of events.

The STA Picture Service provides daily images from major political, business, cultural and sports events, as well as images accompanying entertainment and human interest stories. Content is produced by staff photographers and STA's correspondents from Slovenia and abroad. Moreover, the STA also taps into an international exchange of photographs through its partner agencies (Itar Tass, Xinhua, Beta, Tanjug, HINA, Telam).

The STA Picture Service was expanded in 2010 with an Official Photography segment available to STA subscribers. The special segment includes images from official events at home and abroad. It was created after STA won a public tender to become the official provider of photography for a number of state agencies and institutions.

Covering between 20 and 25 major events, the STA Picture Service produces over 200 photographs daily. The number is even higher for special events such as Olympic Games or Slovenian elections. The STA Picture Archive contains over 110,000 press photographs capturing life in Slovenia since 2002.

The STA's daily bulletin in Slovene offers an overview of major domestic and international events, features, schedules of events in Slovenia and around the world, as well as a daily press review and reporting by foreign press agencies on Slovenia.

Responding to the prevailing economic conditions, the STA launched a new service in 2009 dedicated to covering measures aimed at economic recovery. The content of the website is accessible to the public. Users can find information related to the Slovenian economy as well as the economies of other countries. The website raises cases of best practice, presents an overview of crisis measures and provides an analysis of the latest economic trends in Slovenia and abroad. It also provides commentary and opinions on economic measures from business officials, economists, social partners and other experts.

The KR-OG bulletin represents an extension to the Kr-og website. It is intended for business officials, editors, journalists, public servants and experts, opinion-makers and others. The content includes a weekly interview with a business official or economist and a summary of topical news related to the road to recovery.

Aside from the daily news, schedules and roundups in English and Slovene, the STA provides specialized and on-demand services. For major events such as Slovenia's EU presidency, Olympic Games, the introduction of the euro and elections, the STA provides a news service with a team of journalists and contributors. The STA also provides on-demand information services such as the production of special publications or on-demand photo coverage.

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