Yevgeniy Zagorodny Nikolayevich was appointed for Nizhny Novgorod, with the ministry describing the area covered by the consulate as economically developed and with substantial potential for economic cooperation with Slovenia.

Majda Povoden-Ngnje was appointed to the Nairobi consulate, which covers the whole of Kenya, and Petra B. Mitchell to Pittsburgh. Mitchell is the head of a consultancy firm with a developed network of ties with local authorities and companies, the ministry said.

Slovenia will moreover have an honorary consulate in Malaga, led by Peterko Omer Vandenberghe.

The honorary consul in Cardiff will be Richard Llywelyn Thomas, experienced in the world of business, especially investment and banking. He is expected to contribute above all to Slovenia becoming better known business-wise in Wales.

Meanwhile, the government relieved today Yuliya Ottovna Mizrakh of her duties as honorary consul in the Ukraine. She had been appointed in 2005.